Good morning, Washington. It’s been seven years today since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and this morning the Pentagon is dedicating its memorial to the 184 people who lost their lives there that day. The Post has an early look at what we can expect from the memorial, while the Examiner wonders whether we’re safer now than we were seven years ago. Don’t forget that all Metrobus routes through the Pentagon will be rerouted around the ceremonies. If you’re thinking about going down to the memorial at 7 p.m. when it opens to the public (this morning’s event is by invitation only), we highly recommend taking Metro.

Fenty Details School Modernization Plan: Five years; $1.3 billion. That’s what Mayor Adrian Fenty and Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee hope to have to implement their master facilities plan for modernizing D.C.’s public school buildings. Five years isn’t much time at all in the world of construction, and the Post reports that eyebrows are raised over a lack of details in the proposal and a healthy amount of skepticism that such a short timeline could really be achieved.

Banita Jacks Indicted in Deaths of Her Daughters: Banita Jacks was formally indicted yesterday on charges of first-degree murder in the deaths of her four daughters. The decomposed bodies of the girls were discovered earlier this year in a rowhouse on Sixth Street SE. A forensic anthropologist has since determined that the girls were variously strangled, beaten and stabbed.

Briefly Noted: McCain leads in Virginia, according to recent CNN/Time poll … Fatal shooting in Southeast … Maryland to delay $1.1B of transportation projects.

This Day in DCist: Last year we interviewed Caps owner Ted Leonsis, and the year before that Tom Cruise was in town, hanging out with ‘Skins owner Dan Snyder.

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