The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Today’s stories include: Montgomery County’s school board is set to vote tonight on a controversial plan to shift students from Wootton High School to a school in Gaithersburg. Last‑ditch efforts are underway in Congress to end the partial government shutdown. But with a break looming this weekend, lawmakers still can’t break the stalemate.

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