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Christopher Vondracek

cvondracek@washingtontimes.com

Christopher Vondracek was a reporter on The Washington Times' National desk.

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Alice Newhouse, 8, sleds down the snow covered hill next to Will Rogers High School in Tulsa on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020 after school was cancelled Wednesday due to a winter storm. . (Tom Gilbert/Tulsa World/Tulsa World via AP) **FILE**

Schools mull holding snow days amid online learning

School districts across the country, from skiing hamlets in the Rocky Mountains to the boroughs of New York City, are weighing the pros and cons of weather-related shutdowns this winter. Some school administrators note the mental relief that a snow day can provide for students and teachers alike.

November 30, 2020
In this file photo, Metropolitan Police Department officers are shown in this video screen capture, just before they arrest two pro-life demonstrators with Students for Life of America in Northeast D.C. on August 1, 2020. The demonstrators were chalking the public sidewalk Saturday morning, an act an officer in the video said violated a law against defacing public property. On Nov. 18, 2020, Students for Life of America and the Frederick Douglass Foundation filed a lawsuit in federal court asking a judge to declare the city's defacement ordinance unconstitutional. (Video courtesy of Students for Life of America)  **FILE**

D.C. government sued by pro-life chalk artists

Students who staged a "Black Pre-Born Lives Matter" rally in August have sued the District of Columbia over law enforcement officers shutting down their attempts to paint the slogan on a city street.

November 19, 2020
In this Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, file photo, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, right, of Los Angeles, with Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, left, of Arlington, Va., and Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, of Newark, N.J., exits a news conference after being elected president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops during their Fall General Assembly in Baltimore. On Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, Gomez addressed an online national meeting of bishops. During the previous week, Gomez congratulated Joe Biden on his presidential election victory. Now, Gomez is sounding a different tone, saying some of Bidens policy positions, including support for abortion rights, pose a difficult and complex situation for the church. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File) **FILE**

Catholic bishops wary of Joe Biden undermining church doctrine

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued Tuesday a statement about Joseph R. Biden, saying the presumptive election of the nation's second Catholic president "presents certain opportunities but also certain challenges."

November 17, 2020
Sunlight pours into Grace United Methodist Church during the annual Historic Houses of Worship Tour Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, in Hagerstown, Md. (Dave McMillion/The Herald-Mail via AP) **FILE**

Methodists on the cusp of divorce

A committee for the United Methodist Church says it will decide soon on a plan to formally separate the denomination.

November 13, 2020
Speculation has begun on who a Biden-Harris administration will pick to replace Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

For-profit schools losing influential Education Department friends after election

For-profit colleges never had a better friend in the Cabinet than outgoing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. The Michigan Republican fundraiser and investor joined the Trump administration with a history of financing firms that worked with proprietary colleges, and her agency has spent the last four years snipping away regulations the industry found burdensome.

November 9, 2020