`` If I had my druthers , we would have staggered the closures , '' Kasim Reed says . The mayor said he was not aware of any other city in Maryland that has closed schools for a day to protest school closures. He told Costello the road treatment has been better than in January 2011 , when `` the city was closed for two to three days '' because of a winter storm . ` Reed says Atlanta city road crews began pretreating streets at 9 a.m. Tuesday .
`` If I had my druthers , we would have staggered the closures , '' Kasim Reed says . The mayor said he was not aware of any other city in Maryland that has closed schools for a day to protest school closures. Reed says Atlanta city road crews began pretreating streets at 9 a.m. Tuesday .