As storm hit D.C. region, parents scrambled to pick up kids from school

Shavani Greene was making her 27-mile morning commute when her mom texted that all Prince George’s County Public Schools would be closing early Tuesday because of inclement weather. The 30-year-old accountant typically drives an hour from her home in Laurel, Md., to her office in Rockville. When she got the notification from her mom, she began planning a conversation with her boss to leave early so she could pick up her son from school.