i just want to action a few people, assistant superintendant kevin and ms. berkowitz who gave an excellent presentation at the committee as a whole and my colleague for bringing this forward. >> yeah. at first i want to recognize and reflect how extraordinary it is to have so many kids on a school night to say they want to in school and in class and demanding of us. for those listening on the radio or watching, i think it's a testament to good things that are happening in our schools. our students want to remain in class and the impact they can have when they are there. it's important for us to remember that this is our students telling us and our community telling us that they want more education and they want to partner with us to make that happen. to reflect on that. i also want to say this you -- thank you to a couple of folks and public advocates and all the community groups part of this for the last several months, this would not have happened without you bringing it forward and the incredible amount of thoughtfulness and pressure an even on me as we a

kevin. (laughter) >> >> i think we owe you dinner or something thank you very much. okay item q for an audience the superintendents reading from held over and this is a recommendation from the board of education policy 610.56 on physical exemptions to clarify the conditions and requirements do i have a motion and second to authorization to grant alternative or to deny the life grant charter school >> second. this will be referred to the budget and curriculum committee >> your dedicated. >> oh, hi, keri. motion and second in support of naming the library. so moved. we're going to refer that to billings and ground we have a public speaker and you're from the liquify i didn't >> we're still here. >> hello. thank you very much. hi. i am terry the principal of the life academy where we've been now for 15 years. i'm excited we've been there and thank you very much for considering our renewal of our charter school. we've done amazing things and i feel like we continue to do amazing things we'll be excited to talk about and when we come back there are tons of kids that want to come to our meetings and we have a few that w

. >>> prince george's county schools chief kevin maxwell will find out today whether he is the national superintendente year. maxwell was nominated for his work in his previous job as head of the anne arundel school system. the announcement will be made at the national conference on education today in nashville. maxwell will named maryland superintendent of the year in october. >>> loudoun county saw some of the most snow during this storm. we're live to show you why it may be even harder to get to your car this morning than it was yesterday. look at that. >>> and some streets are still covered in snow. we'll take you through today's temperatures hour by hour to see whether there's a chance for it to melt. >>> plus, a clean sweep in one event for americans in sochi. >>> this morning some streets are covered in snow. the sidewalks are even worse. the live picture here from gaithersburg where cars are taking it pretty slowly. we'll have the forecast in a couple of seconds. first, danella sealock following breaking news in your first 4 traffic. >>> that's right. another live look from chopper 4 over one

kevin o'toole came in. as "the bergen record" reported he helped him get a meeting with governor christie and, just like that, spezio became the first deputy superintendent jersey everything speziale could have wanted. he no longer had to worry about the voters and it was everything republicans in passaic county would have wanted and more because speziale and the half million dollars need his war chest would go to charity, none to his fellow democrats. o'toole is very close to christie. he has extensive contacts with democrats and a knack for cutting mutually beneficial deals with them. he also has close ties to the port authority, the agency in the thick of the bridge scandal. jerry speziale isn't the only one at the port. his former chief of staff landed there as director of newport initiatives and republican sources say that o'toole may have had a hand along with bill baroni in convincing the christie administration to create a new job at the port for david wildstein, the man who would go on to oversee the bridge lane closures. and now o'toole's name is coming up in this investigation. first, in an e-mail included in the record subpoenaed by the legis