payne, minor, and here at capitol hill montessori at logan. happen to find out when they saw the results in a blog. >> we weren't notified when they found high lead levels. >> i'm concerned about it and angry as a parent here and parent as everyone in the system. there are problems to other schools and as a taxpayers. >> test by the city department of general services found lead levels up to 20 times the acceptable 15 parts per billion at the montessori. in payne at one faucet 500 times. a lot came out today at a council hearing for education where a councilmember called at it sig member allen asked why d.g.s. is not sharing results with parents. >> that is unacceptable. unacceptable that the parents weren't told immediately that they could be concerned about the health and safety of the child. >> parents complain after d.g.s. retested at logan and found two faucets with high lead levels and never notified anybody. >> need to be immediately notified when the lead test results come back. positive or negative. sam: they provide testing for hundr

here at capitol hill montessori school, it's oneon that had the elevated levelsd ll and now d.c.ering blood lead tests to capitol hill montessori and two other schools offeringering those to students and to staff s as well.as the city he is admitting that mistakes were made in this t process and protocol was nots n followed.fo d.c. department of general services has been testing drinking since 2007.00 elevated levels now discoveredco at 12 schools in the last round of testing at capitol hill montessori again big questions about communication, tests done eight months agohs ao but the school community never r notified.no in some cases we're told td efforts to fix the problemsroblm were not made and it's it's possible kids may have hav continued to drink the water.her >> the fact that there's leadhea yeah that's disappointing.in they shouldn't testing but the b nictate didn't report it or be b clear about it, you know, that a concerns me because then you have to wonder what else iser there? >> reporter: now, the department says the leads levels discovered last summer sm were elevate

bureau chief sam ford is live outside capitol hill montessori with what they have to say. sam? sam: michelle, this is one of three d.c. schools where there were lead levels in the water that were above the federal guidelines of 15 parts per billion. parents were stunned to find out they were 20 times above the acceptable level but they did not block it off to prevent students from drinking it. payne and minor elementary school had similar problems. one thought at payne was over 500 times the acceptable level. that is believed to be an anomaly. what has the montessori parents most upset the water tests were originally conducted last august and nobody told them abt they happen to learn about this reading a blog. >> we need to be immediately notified when the lead tests come back. immediately. positive or negatively. >> you just happened to find out? >> we just happened to find out. sam: so d.c. p.s. will test hundreds of students for lead levels. hundreds of students at this school, capitol hill montessori at logan and the minor elementary school and that payne elementary school.

so the tests began here today at capitol hill montessori at logan. there will e at other schools where there were elevated lead levels tested. that is miner elementary school and payne elementary school. after the elevated tests the city decided it will retest all of the water sources, the faucets the fountains at all of the d.c. public schools. reporting live from northeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. alison: okay, sam. thank you very much. speaking of lead, president obama is planning to visit flint, michigan, next week. this will be the first time since the city's drinking water was found to be tainted with lead. the president will get a briefing on federal efforts to help with the clean-up there. flint's water system you will remember was contaminated two years ago when the city started taking water from the flint river. instead of treated water from detroit. this was in an effort to save money. earlier this week, virginia senator tim kaine joined 24 other senators calling for more federal resources to test drinking water in schools all

schoo capitol montessori tests were done about eight months agoonth and the school community wasn't notified and some someie cases efforts to fix theforts x problem were never made andvemae it's possible students may have that continued to drinkcont the water.e ater. >> what our goal is is to really just help d.c.p.s. and dgs work more smoothly to are our whole school system, make sure all schools are safe forafe our children.in. that's not a lot to ask. it's something, advise thatise it's wrong, tell the parents.ars the department says the the elevated levels were high buterg they were not dangerous so there's this actionnable levelct that says they have to do something andth what they'rehaty supposed do is either shut off that water source and retestet before that water source issoure put back into service. servi another thing steve andot maureen is that it's not as ifs the pervasive in the entire schoolic it's coming from like onee e particular water fountain orntan two particular water fountainsnt in the school so it's not a a schoolwide contamination issueti for those schools there have

children are being tested one after another at capitol hill montessori to make sure they do not have elevated lead levels in their blood. this little guy's results came back perfect, to the relief of his mother. are sharing cell phone video so you can see the test process taking place. they are deeply concerned about what has transpired the last several months. >> may have known about this issue. the cityhe summer, found elevated lead levels at logan and two other schools in the district. they only posted the information on the website and did parents until a father dug up the information and wrote about it. >> it's good they are testing it. >> i'm discouraged it took so long for us to become aware there was potentially an issue. officials say these tests of these kids will go on .or as long as it takes if necessary when they find the results, people will be held accountable. jay korff, abc 7 news. alison: a powerful drug reportedly missing from the d.c. fire department. this is triggering allegations of misconduct and a cover-up. the dug in question is an addictive opiate used on pa

. >>> students at the green town montessori school in center city philadelphia got their hands dirty today to learn an important lesson. the youngsters learned how to care for trees but it seems that the students already know a lot about that topic. >> the tree got cut down and we won't have our air and we can't survive. >> today's lesson was part of the school's celebration of arbor day. >>> we invite you to join us for the next installment of philadelphia the great experiment tonight. the episode called "an equal chance" covered the period 1855 to 1871. philadelphia grew from a small town into a booming met tropolis, and the city was diffprovided and faced the prospect of civil war. >>> it is the premiere event of the nfl offseason and we are just a day away. >> 8:00 tomorrow in chicago. we'll know what happens with the birds. sam bradford may not want to watch but the eagle fans do. they have the overall two pick and they want the quarterback of the future. jaime apody is live in chicago with the latest. >> reporter: lets hope it works out that way, bradford was a number one overa

sam: we are outside of martilla minor with payne elementary school and capitol hill monte -- montessori found to have the elevated lead from a test in august. the d.c. school system is providing free tests for hundreds of students at the schools where the elevated lead levels were found. we will have more on the story coming up on "abc7 news at 6:00". reporting live from northeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: you can understand the anger. thanks. sam broke the story yesterday right here at 4:00. you can see all of his reporting at wjla.com. just search levels of lead. all right. early voting in maryland is over and it was record-breaking. we are talking about a huge turn-out. according to election officials it was the early voting turn-out ever. more than a quarter million people voted early. that is seven times the normal amount. for everybody else wanting to vote in the primary polls they open up this coming tuesday. i should be an interesting day. michelle: it's been a week since fairfax firefighter nicole mittendorff was reported missing. her body found in parker -

here at the capital montessori at logan school, it involved the test results of just one sink.he results come as the d.c. department of general services continues the regular lead testing which are posted on its website. parents brought concern to the agency after it was learned the principal was not informed of the finding and it rel reveals other schools in the area had similar finding stressing, individual sinks or water fountains. a spokesman says it is their policy to immediate put a filter on the affected water source or shut it off but heightened awareness, coupled with the communication problem caused concern. > this is heart breaking. it is so avoidable. >> when are they going to -- >> when are they going to say something? >> the department of general services says it's working more closely with the school system to make sure that parents are informed. live in northeast washington, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> a man charged in the death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old. police say that he left the girl in a hot car for seven hours. he called 911 when he realized she was th

the schools involved we're talking about miner element, payne elementary and capitol hill montessori.found out not from the district but from a blog. one test found lead up to 20 times the acceptable level. the district is promising children to get tested but they haven't said exactly how. we'll keep watching the situation closely and we'll let you know what happens. alison: jon, thank you very much. also several stories about the zika virus. the governor says that april 24th through the 30th will be zika virus awareness week. that's when you're urged to take steps to get rid of standing water where mosquitoes could breed. residents will be a on whether genetically modified mosquitoes should be released in their neighborhood to try to disrupt breeding and lower the population of dangerousiness sects. -- of dangerousiness sects. diesel cars were programmed to cheat those emissions tests. you can sell the car back to the company or you can have it fixed. if you sell, you'll get the value of the car before the scandal. if you own one you'll get what is called substantial come pen situati

he said the result of the test yesterday, they tested more than 90 children at capitol hill montessori at logan and said there were no problems with any of the children, no elevated lead levels. also he said there is going to be testing going on at payne elementary school in southeast but said they were not going to test the students at miner elementary school in northeast, even though there were level of lead issues found there. they think it's a minor problem. that is their home. reporting from here, sam ford abc7 news. michelle: abc7 is staying on top of this story and we will hear from sam again at 5:00. meantime, get caught up on the story by heading to wjla.com. just search "school lead." all of our reporting is online. jonathan: abc7 side. we'll show you how you can test the water in your home. this story got a lot of people talking about what might be in the water. it's just not about d.c. our consumer investigator kimberly suiters will check in at "abc7 news at 5:00" to walk you through that. look outside and the cloudy, damp trend. it does seem to continue. do we have more sh

wasdisturbing discovery made at minor elementary school and capitol hill montessori school, both in northeast. the students at the schools will all be tested as well. jonathan: new tonight, our region helping with the water crisis in from it. at midnight, these trucks will be heading from upper marlboro to michigan. they are full of donations of bottled water. the water in flight was contaminated after city officials which the water to try to save money. this week, three officials were charged with felonies in connection with this ongoing scandal. it has been a tough night for the washington capitals fans, the home team not able to eliminate philadelphia in game five. instead, they fell game six. tom roussey is joining us at the verizon center. were hoping for a sweep, that did not happen. now it is 3-2. this is getting ugly, tom. tom: some folks are getting nervous. we have some caps fans still hanging out, but not a good night. a lot of them went into tonight expecting they would win the game. when they left the verizon center, it is empty now, but when they walked out, a lot of dejected fa

students at one of the affected schools capitol hill montessori at logan have been receiving tests throughout the day. more testing is scheduled for the coming days. d.c. school discovered the elevated levels in the water just last august. but never flag information. parents learned about it on a blog. maureen: former virginia governor bob mcdonald corruption conviction is now in the hands of the supreme court. leon: that is for the last 39 months. never in 38 years of public service have i done anything that would abuse the powers of my office. maureen: the supreme court is considering whether the anticorruption laws used to convict mcdonald are too vague. some justices said the current law could criminalize common things politicians do to help constituents. mcdonald, republican, facing two-year sentence for doing favors for businessman in exchange for $165,000 in gift and loans. the court ruling is expected in june. a federal judge in chicago sentenced former house speaker dennis hastert to 15 months in prison. for the first time, hastert admitted sexually abusing boys when he was a high sc

miner elementary - payne elementary - and capitol hill montessori, all tested above the acceptable leadthat they did not learn of the issue from the district- but instead from a blog. one test found lead up to 20 times the acceptable level! the district is promising to help children be tested- but they haven't said exactly how. the florida man who flew a gyrocopter over the capitol last year-- is heading to jail. douglas hughes plead guiltto a slew of charges last year. he will now serve 180 days in jail. hughes says the incident was part of a protest to highlight campaign finance reform. afterwards.. hughes will undergo a year of supervision, and will have to stay away from the capitol and the white house. covering metro-- well it was fun while it lasted. after five consecutive weekends without track work delays-- metro has some bad news for riders. single tracking delays will impact service on all six lines this weekend. trains will operate every 10-20 minutes on the red, orange, blue, and silver and sunday, free shuttles will replace green line trains between college park and greenbe

general services and this mom says for her two children at montessori -- >> i don't want them to drink the water >> that makes me wonder what else you're not telling us. sam: expert says there is no lead level good particularly for small children. the standard for d.c. general services is 15 parts per billion. the d.c. public schools said of the three schools miner and the others any of the hundreds of students who parents want them tested for lead the school system will pay for that. for the inspections of the 113 schools in d.c. the doctor of general says it should be completed in 60 days. reporting live from northeast washington i'm sam ford. abc7 news. maureen: thank you, sam. we are following the latest developments in the apparent suicide of a fairfax county firefighter whose body was discovered in shenandoah national park. nicole mittendorff left a suicide note in her car and was reported missing one week ago after she didn't show up for work at the fairfax county fire station number 32. in the past few become aware of online message boards in which mittendorff was the target of

. >>> wilmington montessori school is honored this morning after this year's winner of the national green ribbon award is one of six private and public schools in the entire country to receive the reward. it recognizes their green living and they compost and have a monarch butterfly station. >> very nice but not so nice outside. >> especially the farther and west you go from philadelphia. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you we are indeed looking at rain that moved up from delaware and south jersey pushing into parts of southeastern pennsylvania. i'll start you out with a quick lapse, just to show you the movement. this is coming from the southwest and getting ready to plow into philadelphia. the leading edge seems to be light precipitation highlighted with the lighter shade of green but it doesn't take long to transition into the lighter shades of yellow and that could put ponding and puddling on the roadway. all of chester county covering this and halfway under the rain drops at this point. as we push up towards norristown and philadelphia we are getting much closer to the action

those schools include capital montessori, miner and pane in the capitol hill area. recent testing found the levels elevated but below what the epa considers dangerous. lead was found in individual sinks, water fountains in these schools. the results of the tests done bby the kept of general services were posted, but some parents say word didn't spread fast enough. >> it's so avoidable. >> the department says it's working with d.c. public schools to improve communications with parents. >>> for the first time since the 1980s, d.c. leaders are a constitution for statehood. mayor bowser announced her plan on a special commission last night. the "washington post" reports has unanimous support. right now washington's 670,000 lack voting rights in congress. voters could see d.c.'s initiative for statehood as soon as november. >>> this morning in decision 2016, a top aide to donald trump says he's ready to bring in the big bucks for the rnc. trump's convention manager paul manafort delivered the message with a private meeting with rnc officials in florida on law. he said tr

street northeast, payne elementary school in east and capitol hill montessori school. all compromised water sources have been shut down. >> staying in the district now, even though we are getting close to the end of the school year, some high school students are about to have a schedule change. the school system has decided to stagger the release times of mckinley tech high and dunnbar. they're doing this to try to avoid potential fights between the rival schools. bob barnard reports. >> reporter: this is a situation involving students at nearby mckinley tech and dunbar high schools. who after school have been fighting here at the metro station. most recently last monday. an incident caught in a photograph. this was after school last monday about a hundred students we're told. ten police cars involved, two it started at a nearby fast food restaurant and spilled over here to the metro station. this is apparently a long-standing rye ralry. now they're trying to break things up by starting next monday, splitting the dismissal times. students at mckinley tech will get out

. >>> taking care of mother nature was the message at montessori school. they honored arbor day by teaching students about all the important ways that trees help us and they learned how to take care of the trees around the center city school campuses by preparing them for the summer heat. >>> still ahead. another stormy day in the nation's heartland, cleaning up from yesterday's weather, we'll look at the damage next. >> and a powerful message that takes harassment to another level, the eye opening message coming up in big talkers, and adam joseph standing by with the full accuweather forecast. >>> parts of the midwest and south are on alert after severe storms destroyed homes and buildings and left one person dead. a 62-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell on her home near houston, texas. four others in that state were hospitalized after an apparent tornado hit late last night. communities in oklahoma and arkansas are also cleaning up after extensive damage. >> fast and quick and very loud. >> i'm in shock and still in shock. >> huge pieces of hail

sam: in a week when parents took their children to be blood test for lead at capitol hill montessori, logan school in northeast, members of the siera club environmental justice committee walked the hall of today. also expressing concern about martin luther king elementary school in southeast. pictures tweeted out of dirty water out of the taps there. referring to the problems at this school. they put in bottles like this what they called tea and took it to councilmember offices. they didn't find many councilmembers, but left the bottles of the brown water with their aides and said they are concerned how seriously the government is taking the problems in northeast and southeast. >> the ultimate issues affect that the schools are not prioritized. >> it's really important to make sure that they don't have lead exposure, in lead paint or lead in the pipes from the schools. >> we take the second. >> lead testing continues in schools. d.c. water explained the dirty water at martin luther king elementary school is a mistake in flushing the pipes. bottled water was brought in and the water is

the montessori school is one in six private schools in the entire country to get the award. students have worked on sustainable living including creating gardens, if you are doing the broad street run, you'll have a nice treat waiting for you at the finish line. the snacks will be loaded into trucks and delivered to the navy yard in order to replenish the tired runners. students from archbishop on carol spent the day assembling the packages. adam is asking for tasty cakes. >> sounds good. >>> kids across the country had a chance to skip school for take your child to workday. in gloucester county the office of emergency management had a busy day lined up. they got to see the bomb squad's robots in action and practices safety by crawling through thick smoke. >> and a special demonstration at the waterfront, deputies showed the crowd how their k-9s track down suspects and let the kids climb on an armored vehicle. this seems much more exciting than the average day for most of these kids. >> it's pretty awesome stuff. >> still ahead on "action news," a mumps outbreak at an ivy le

schools these days run from lead concerns at capitol hill montessori at logan in northeast to bound waterweeted out -- brown water as tweeted out from this picture at martin luther king elementary school in southeast. the concerns were members that sierra club group went to the councilmember offices with bottles like this to make the point. they are members to the environmental justice committee. they didn't catch many councilmembers in but left brown water for each office. >> if you can't expect clean water from the tap, you rely on it from the store. that costs money. >> councilmember walked by. >> how is it going councilmember bonds? >> fine, thank you. >> we got a water for you. >> bonds didn't break her stride. responding the issue are a concern for her. the local councilmember and her main opponent in the upcoming election spoke out. >> the same way i wouldn't drink it we don't want our children to drink it. that is why they provide bottled water for the children. >> i want the kids in living environment across the board. >> they say the bush is the government prevent the brown wate

. >> dcps says out of caution more than 90 capital hill montessori were tested for lead and they were below the guidelines. >>> a double stabbing at a tacoma park apartment building late wednesday. one woman died and man was injured. all is not as it may have first appeared. wusa 9 scott broom is live in tacoma park to explain. >> investigators revealed the woman that died was 20 weeks pregnant and the man who was injured, those injuries were apparently self-inflicted as a cover up of the murder of his fiancee because he did not want to tampa bay responsible for the baby. found stabbed in her apartment at 2:00 in the after was 36- year-old mohammed mum, a montgomery county school bus driver pregnant. in the lobby of the building nkusa with stab wounds to the back of his leg and stomach. nkusa told police a masked man attacked him and his fiancee. doctors found his cuts were minor. police suspected they were self- inflicted as part of a cover up. tacoma park police charged nkusa with second-degree murder of his pregnant fiancee. investigators claim nkusa did not want to be responsible

capitol hill monte sorry, payne -- montessori, payne and minor elementary school.y knew about the high lead levels but they didn't tell anyone or do anything about it. parents found out through a blog. alison: dozen of fairfax county firefighters will join the ground search now for missing firefighter nicole mittendorff. it's now been more than a week since anyone heard from her. jeff goldberg is live in the shenandoah national park where mittendorff's car was found. that was over the weekend. jeff? jeff: we are standing at crescent rock overlook. that is miles away from where the vehicle was found over last weekend. search crews are out covering mainly the southern end of the park. they are dealing with really difficult terrain. you ha the steep canyon. rock everywhere. thick brush. starting this weekend, saturday and sunday, 30 members of the fairfax county firefighter search and rescue team are scheduled to begin that search for one of their own. it has been a long and challenging search that has so far yielded few results. >> we searched 15 square miles as of n

. >> we enrolled him in a montessori school thinking it would be better. within two months of being there, he was rocking in a corner and all of the symptoms of what autism is were in sight. >> reporter: they moved to northport for the school district. christian worked with a one-on-one aide through elementary and middle school. his freshman year, he claims his individualized education program wasn't implemented for four weeks. he grew frustrated, yelling at the teacher and was suspended for two days. a punishment christian felt was unfair and he told the sool board just that. >> the punishment you chose for me [inaudible] about individual members of the staff -- >> reporter: that's when christian defined who he was at a person. christian has made stride in and out of the classroom. he has a solid group of friends and is enrolled in driver's ed. >> here's the social behavior map. >> reporter: at school he works with casey who helps improve his social interactions. >> the social language is where his difficulty lies. so having a conversation, sarcasm, makin

those schools include capital montessori, miner, and pane in the capitol hill area.ecent testing found the levels elevated but below what the epa considers dangerous. the results of the testing done by the department of general services were posted on their website, but parents that we spoke with had no idea. >> so when are they going to -- they never said nothing to you some>> no, they never said anything. >> the department of general services says it's working with d.c. public schools to improve communication with parents. >>> a new push for voting rights. city leaders are drafting a constitution for statehood for the first time since the 1980s. mayor muriel bowser announced her plans last night. the "washington post" reports has unanimous support. right now washington's 670,000 citizens lack voting rights in congress. residents could see d.c.'s initiative for statehood as soon as november. >>> well, this morning in decision 2016, a top aide to donald trump says he's ready to bring in the big bucks for the rnc. du trump's convention manager paul than fort delivered

the director of the department of the environment said they are continuing testing over at the montessori school. they will be testing at payne elementary school. testing the children at those schools. but they are not testing the children at miner elementary school because they don't believe it's necessary. reporting live from southeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. leon: thank you, sam. this morning a senate committee approved a $220 million aid package for flint, michi for water projects around the country for things like flood control and deepening harbors. flint water crisis started two years ago when the city switched the water source to save money and then the lead bleached in the water system. the u.s. senate could put on the measure next month. alison: elevated lead levels could have the biggest impact on children. specifically it can lead to hearing problems. and anemia. lower i.q. and behavior and learning problems as well. so, what can you do to find out if there is lead in our water? this is no matter where you live. our consumer investigator kimberly suiters is here w

over a report of elevated lead levels found in the water of three those schools include capital montessori, miner and been oig in the capitol hill area. recent testing found levels elevated but below what the epa considers dangerous. results were posted on the department of general services website, but as you heard from the parents, they were unaware. the department of general services says it is now working with d.c. public schools to improve communication with parents. >>> today grief counselors will be on hand at fairfax county high school. it has been two days since a 16-year-old girl died after officers found her unconscious in a school bathroom. police say brenda soto was a sophomore at lake braddock secondary school. investigators to not believe that there is anything suspicious about soto's death or any threat to public safety.the about soto's death or any threat to public safety. >>> pro prince george's county plans to crack down on gun announced today. the initiatives will strengthen handgun licensing law. that announcement is set for 2:00 this afternoon. >>> 6:15 now. now to th

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education is not a new idea, spent around for 100 years, with john hundred years, with john dewey, montessorithe waldorf schools. what i look at especially is how progressive education can be one of those solutions to how we can transform the school system i find there is some consensus among the public that schools are not working i argue that schools are actually working really well and that they're trying to create a certain type of student with is a compliant student. jonathan has" wrote in the 19 seventies, this writer on education he said the purpose of american schooling is not to create a henry david throw comments to produce a man like richard nixon and a population that would elect a man like richard nixon. i think it's an apt quote because we need to look at the fundamental purposes of public education which are not to create and satisfy the needs of billionaires and wall street and the rich, it's to create a population that is self-directed, lifelong learners and critical thinkers, and i argue the need to distract and dismantle the system of pressures in our society. what we need