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NAT FULL GAVEL		(nat full)
'bang of gavel'	
SLATE - NEWS FROM THE BOARD		(nat full)
'... call the meeting of the Maryland State Board of Education to order...'	
SLATE - MARCH 26, 2006			
SLATE - BALTIMORE CITY UPDATE& THEN OUT TO NANCY SOT T1 2829-38CG - NANCY S. GRASMICK         MD SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT		(sot nancy grasmick)
'I'd like to begin by saying Maryland has had a strong accountability system since 1991 ...'	
SHOTS OF BOARD		(NARRATOR TRACK)
STATE SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT NANCY GRASMICK UNDERSCORED ACCOUNTABILITY -- 	
LIZ KAMEEN		THE LAW  -- 	
FILE OF SCHOOLS 		 AND YEARS OF UNDERPERFORMANCE BY MORE THAN 50 BALTIMORE CITY SCHOOLS.	
SOT NANCY 3630-41		(SOT NANCY)
'... we have an obligation under the law, and ethically, to address that situation on behalf of the children who are served in those schools.	
STAFF CUTS 		(narrator track)
then, methodically, a state department of education panel spelled out why it rejected baltimore's  latest master plan update .... (an update required by law, and completed months ago by maryland's other 23 jurisdictions).	
SOT TOM T1 4049-02 T1CG - TOM RHOADES         DIRECTOR, PLANNING & SCHOOL         SUPPORT		(sot tom rhoades)
'Nearly 48% of the strategies and actions proposed and promised by Baltimore City in their previous document have either not been fully implemented or not implemented at all.'	
SOT TOM T1 4111-20		(sot tom rhoades)
'... and the panel had grave reservations about the next 150 proposed new strategies.'	
CUTS CROWD		(narrator track)
then the state turned its emphasis SYSTEM-WIDE.	
		it listed five areas in need of IMMEDIATE corrective action.	
SOT JOANNE CARTER T1 4825-36CG - JOANNE CARTER         ASS'T. SUP'T., DIV. OF SCHOOL         SERVICES		(sot joanne carter)
'... instruction, leadership, school safety, low performance management structure, and high school graduation and student support.'	
GRAPHICS/BACKGROUND          NEW CORRECTIVE ACTION:   (PULL FROM INFINITY & FLOAT TOPSCREEN)             INSTRUCTION    NEW MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL     CURRICULA USED SUCCESSFULLY         ELSEWHERE IN MARYLAND		(narrator track)
regarding instruction:	
		msde recommends the city system adopt new middle and high school curricula successfully used elsewhere in maryland, and hire an independent evaluator to monitor implementation.	
NEW CORRECTIVE ACTION:   (PULL FROM INFINITY & FLOAT TOPSCREEN)             LEADERSHIP    EVALUATE AND/OR REPLACE     AREA ACADEMIC OFFICERS		it recommends the city evaluate area academic officers AND replace as necessary.	
		and that THEY DEVELOP LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS WITH MSDE.	
NEW CORRECTIVE ACTION:   (PULL FROM INFINITY & FLOAT TOPSCREEN)             SCHOOL SAFETY    DEVELOP TRAINING PROGRAMS        SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEMS              JOHNS HOPKINS		it asks the system to develop training programs to improve school safety and to work with sheppard pratt, johns hopkins or another proven entity.	
NEW CORRECTIVE ACTION:   (PULL FROM INFINITY & FLOAT TOPSCREEN)   MANAGEMENT - LP SCHOOLS    HIRE 2 FULL-TIME SCHOOL     IMPROVEMENT SPECIALISTS       REPORTING TO MSDE		IT RECOMMENDS THE CITY HIRE TWO FULL-TIME SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT SPECIALISTS, REPORTING TO MSDE, WITH AUTHORITY OVER those working on restructuring.	
NEW CORRECTIVE ACTION:   (PULL FROM INFINITY & FLOAT TOPSCREEN)             STUDENT SUPPORT    DEVELOP A PLAN FOR ALL STUDENTS          REQUIRED TO PASS HSA'S		and finally, to develop support plans for all high school students who may not graduate because of their performance on the hsa'S.	
NAT SOT		(NAT FULL)
'TBA'	
CUTS OF CROWD		(narrator track)
theN THE panel  recommended these immediate changes for schools on a 'failing' list since 1997 and earlier:	
GRAPHICS/BACKGROUND4 HIGH SCHOOLS:- FREDERICK DOUGLASS- NORTHWESTERN- PATTERSON- SOUTHWESTERN HIGH		that msde begin a process to engage a third-party entity to operate each of the four failing high schools:	
		frederick douglass, northwestern, patterson, and southwestern. 	
GRAPHICS/BACKGROUND7 MIDDLE SCHOOLS:- CALVERTON- CHINQUAPIN- DIGGS JOHNSON- DR. ROLAND N. PATTERSON- HAMILTON- THURGOOD MARSHALL- WILLIAM H. LEMMEL		and do the same for seven failing middle schools --	
		-- or --	
		re-open the seven as public charter schools.	
		the groundwork would be in place by next spring; the new governance structures would start in the fall of oh-seven.	
SOT ANN CHAFIN 5301-15CG - ANN CHAFIN         DIRECTOR, PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT		(sot ann chafin)
'The performance in some of the schools is at this point abysmal. At Frederick Douglass 4.8% passed the algebra test. At Southwestern, 3.5% passed the algebra test.'	
			
SOT NANCY T1 5354-59		(sot nancy)
'Dr. Copeland was briefed on these recommendations yesterday...'	
CUTS AND NSG		(narrator track)
the presentation over --	
		the board voiced concerns of its own.	
SOT DAVID TUFARO 5908-18 T1CG - DAVID TUFARO         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot david tufaro)
'... it's not enough for the City School Board to say we're gonna reduce seat capacity by 15-thousand when they have an excess capacity of 40-thousand and growing...'	
SOT KARABELLE PIZZIGATI T1 10101CG - KARABELLE PIZZIGATI         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot karabelle pizzigati)
'There is some concern on my part about the call for the revised Master Plan that covers two years with the expectation that it be ready in October 2006 ...granted that is several months down the road ...'	
SOT CAL DISNEY T2 110-119CG - CAL DISNEY         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot cal disney)
'Is there any way we're gonna be able to track whether they're committing the dollars to first the actions this year and then the plans next year?'	
SOT DUNBAR BROOKS T2 721-40CG - DUNBAR BROOKS         V.P., MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot dunbar)
'At all costs I want Baltimore City Public Schools to develop the capacity to educate their children well. That's my goal, that Baltimore City Public Schools will do this. To the degree that they do not, it causes me real issues, and in fact it's personal to me because I graduated from Frederick Dougless High School.'	
WS DUNBAR		(narrator track)
the measure involving the four high schools passed ten-to-one (one board member was absent).	
		on all else, the board was unanimous.	
CUTS ALL		board president ed root summed up the feeling of its members.	
SOT ED 856-16 T2CG - ED ROOT         PRES., MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot ed root)
'I do not see that there could be any legitimate argument or reasoning advanced in defense of the circumstances in which the schools of Baltimore City find themselves now. The school system certainly did not get itself into the present situation by everybody in positions of leadership doing their jobs.'	
SOT ED ROOT 934-43		(sot ed root)
'This is about education, and education only, and more important in these circumstances, the lack thereof.'	
FADE AUDIO		(fade black)

SLATE  - MARCH 25, 2006		(music full)
	
SLATE - CROSSROADS SCHOOL		(music full)
	
STUDENTS FILE UP FRONTCUTS BOARDSHOT OF THEM AT FRONT & THEN BOOK		(narrator track)
the success of students from the crossroads school, a charter school started by the living classrooms foundation, dramatically underscores every child can achieve.	
NAT FULL		(nat full student)
' ... a team of 14 student writers, which included all of us ... (pot under)	
HOLD GIRL SPEAKING --THEN BOOK ON DESK		(narrator track)
with the help of their teacher, they've researched and written a book called 'the rising tides of freedom.'	
		it details the slave experience ... seen through the eyes of frederick douglass.	
NAT FULLCAN SEE DICK HERE IN CAM LENS		(sot)
'... hearing mr. ault's words made frederick even more determined to learn how to read...'	
SHOT OF DICK TO COMPLEMENT PREVIOUS SHOT		(narrator track)
'crossroads'  draws students from five low-performing public schools in east baltimore.	
NAT FULL		(nat full)
'thank you ...do you have any questions...	
		(hold applause  & thru standing ovation	
NAT FULL STANDING OVATION		(nat full standing ovation)
	
FADE TO BLACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - EMERGENCY LEGISLATION		(music full)
	
SOT JOHN SMEALLIE		(sot john smeallie)
'... by way of disclaimer I also will alert you to the fact that the next ten minutes will be much less stimulating than the last 20 minutes ... (LAUGHTER) 	
		(ed root) 'We've noticed....' (HOLD LAUGHTER)	
FILE KINGERGARTNERS		(NARRATOR TRACK)
IN A VERY BRIEF PIECE OF BUSINESS, THE BOARD VOTED TO ALLOW NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS LEEWAY IN MARYLAND LAW REGARDING A CHILD'S EARLY ADMISSION TO NURSERY SCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN.	
		THE CHANGE WOULD ACCOMODATE CHILDREN DEMONSTRATING EARLY LEARNING CAPABILITIES.	
SCREEN AND THEN ROLF WS		IN A RELATED ITEM, THE BOARD LEARNED CHILDREN ENTERING KINDERGARTEN TODAY  ARE BETTER PREPARED THAN THEY WERE FIVE YEARS AGO.	
MORE KIDSGRAPHIC BKGRD.SCHOOL READINESS: (TITLE UPPER THIRD)         UP 2%               (MID SCREEN) 60% JUDGED FULLY PREPARED FOR KINDERGARTEN (TITLE LOWER THIRD		COMPOSITE SCORES INDICATE STUDENTS ENTERING KINDERGARTEN this year FULLY PREPARED FOR LEARNING INCREASED BY 2-PERCENT OVER 2004-2005... FROM 58-TO-60 PERCENT. 	
FADE TO BLACK		(FADE AUDIO)

SLATE - BOARD BRIEFS		(music full)
	
MPAC FILETAPECG - BOARD BRIEFS!         M-PAC UPDATE		(narrator track)
the recommendations of maryland's parent advisory council --	
		developed over months of work around the state --	
		moves ahead.	
		msde has devoted a team to the work of incorporating parent and family involvement in the school.	
			
WHITE BURST		(music full)
	
CG - BOARD BRIEFS         LEADERSHIP RECOGNITIONCUT SHOT OF BOARD MEMBER		(SOT nancy grasmick)
'There is a national leadership network...'	
SOT NANCY COVER W/RACK LETTERING		(sot nancy grasmick)
'... we are the only state department of education to be listed...'	
SOT NANCY 		(sot nancy grasmick)
'... you have to be accepted and invited to be part of this national leadership network...'	
BOARD WS LEFT		(narrator track)
the board applauded msde's invitation to become part of the international leadership center network.	
CUT SHOT OF BOARD MEMBERS CU		this global 'think tank' DEVELOPS AND SHARES ideas on leadership.	
SOT MARY CARYCG - MARY CARY         ASS'T. SUP'T., LEADERSHIP DEVEL.		(sot mary cary)
'We want our students to be competent and competitive, and that happens beginning with leadership.'	
			
WHITE BURST		(MUSIC FULL)
	
TEATS VIDEO		(NARRATOR TRACK)
AND GARRETT COUNTY'S WENDELL TEATS HAS BEEN NAMED THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR... 	
NAT FULL - ED ROOT		(nat full ed root)
'Congratulations on this outstanding accomplishment...'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
... so honored BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION OF MARYLAND.	
		THIS IS MSDE TV.	
CREDITS		(MUSIC FULL)
	
BULLETIN		(MUSIC FULL)
	
FADE AUDIO		(fade black)