. >> as surae chinn reports, volunteers are nursing them back to health and hoping to find them somemes. reporter: 20 of the 22 dogs and puppies are in foster homes in chantilly and fairfax. a lot of them were in bad shape, but hours later they're looking pretty good, but some of them have a long road to recovery and some may not even make it. >> he was laying on his side barely breathing. reporter: stuck with an iv. >> his kidneys were not working properly. reporter: this 3-year-old maltese poodle pas the deadly parvovirus. >> he was in very grave dying this morning. reporter: with the help of volunteers from a forever home and the vets at chantilly animal hospital he's still alive. he's one of nearly two dozen dogs dumped at a maryland animal shelter with a note saying the owner could no longer take care of the animals. >> you just can't believe this happened. i mean, you know, it's horrendous. reporter: this one skin and bones herself is nursing three of her pups. >> so matted you can't even pull it away. it's right on her knee bone. so that's stuck to the skin. reporter: she's co

i'm surae chinn. i'll have that story coming up. >>> we're in southeast washington. coming up, a review of security at all d.c. public schools. i'll reveal the failures that may have led to a girl being molested here at ketcham elementary. >>> new information tonight on an alleged sex assault inside an elementary school in southeast. a number of security policies were broken which was what led up to that incident. a student at ketcham elementary claims she was inappropriately touched by a vesturer to her school earlier this -- visitor to her school earlier this week. scott broom is outside the school with the latest. reporter: d.c. schools are calling for a review of security systems after a girl complained of being touched by a visitor who she was assigned to escort through the school. assigning a student to escort an adult vesturer through the school is not approved. this is not a d -- a visitor through the school is not approved. this is not a dcps policy. to take immediate action to improve security protocols the statement said. the suspect spoke with an adult ai