The employees of the United States Department of Education have been notified to their offices in the region of the national capital and regional buildings will be closed for “security reasons” from 6 pm on Tuesday, a source with Knowldge of the letter told ABC News.
“The building must be vacated for that time,” an email from the department to employees reads in part, and adds: “All offices of the NCR and the regions will be closed to employees and employees of the contractors on Wednesday, March 12.”
Email also said that employees with approved teleworking agreements can work from home since the department will open on Thursday. But some employees of the Department of Education tell ABC News such teleworking agreements are no longer in their place. The total workforce of the department returned to its offices in DC and regional stations at the end of last month.
A sign of ‘We miss’ is recorded in a window in the Department of Education as dismissed employees, along with other officials, demonstrations in support of the department in Washington, on March 11, 2025
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“Take your laptop with you when you leave on Tuesday. Employees will not be allowed at any installation on Wednesday, March 12 for any reason. All offices will open on Thursday, March 13, at which time the presence will resume in person,” said the email.
The notice occurs when President Donald Trump weighs an executive order to close the agency. Last week, ABC News reported that the firm of the executive order was extracted due to the concerns about the questions that the administration could obtain about vital programs that could be destroyed by such order.
-ABC News’ Arthur Jones II
