Mayor Announces Monday School Schedule

WASHINGTON, DC -- DC public schools will be closed Monday, due to the hazardous roadways after a megastorm that hit DC over the weekend, according to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser.

“Today we’re not only digging out but we’re asking all the residents and businesses to dig out as well,” she said. “Help us clear the sidewalks, we can get back to business when we clear all of our sidewalks.”

“A lot of volunteers have volunteered and have been dispatched to neighborhoods,” Bowser said. ”But you can help your neighbors too.”

In addition to news about schools being closed Monday, the Mayor also touched on the following points during her Sunday morning news conference:

• The City is in “dig out” mode and is asking residents and vehicles to stay off the streets, help shovel snow off sidewalks and help neighbors.
• DC is concentrating its efforts Sunday on primary roadways.
• New equipment (including plows, bobcats and dump trucks) have arrived and is stationed at RFK Stadium. The borrowed equipment triples the snow-removal equipment DC is using to dig out.
• DC is still operating under an emergency in the District and is aggressively ticketing and towing any cars parked in snow emergency routes. Parking tickets are $250.
• DC is asking residents and businesses to dig out as well by shoveling sidewalks.