Metro public hearings schedule

Metro has scheduled six hearings to get public input on options for closing a $189 million budget deficit for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

All hearings are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., with an open house before each at 6:30 p.m.

-- March 22: Oakton High School, Lecture Hall, 2900 Sutton Rd., Vienna.

-- March 24: St. Francis Xavier Church, Bailey Room, 2800 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Washington.

-- March 29: Mount Calvary Baptist Church, 5120 Whitfield Chapel Rd., Lanham.

-- March 31: Arlington County Board Room, Third Floor, 2100 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington.

-- April 1: All Souls Unitarian Church, Pierce Hall, 1500 Harvard St. NW, Washington.

-- April 1: Montgomery County Executive Office Building, Cafeteria, 101 Monroe St. (entrance on Jefferson Street), Rockville.