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SLATE - NEWS FROM THE BOARD		(music full)
	
SLATE - JULY 18, 2006SOT UNDER - ED ROOTCG - VOICE OF: ED ROOT         PRES., MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot - ed root)
'I don't think ... we've ever had a student attend so many state board meetings ...	
VIDEO BRIANCRAWL - BRIAN FRAZEE IS A SENIOR THIS YEAR AT THOMAS STONE HS IN CHARLES COUNTY ... 		(narrator track)
july jumps into action with announcements:	
		the board welcomes new student board member brian frazee --	
KARABELLE VIDEO		it HONORS KARABELLE PIZZIGATI --	
NAT FULL ED ROOT(& COVER W/KARABELLE)		(sot ed root)
'Our own Dr. Karabelle Pizzigati has been elected President-Elect of the National Association of State Boards of Education...'	
JOANNE CARTER		(NARRATOR TRACK)
IT ALSO WELCOMES  new deputy superintendent JOANNE CARTER  --	
CHARLENECRAWL - CHARLENE COOPER-BOSTON HAS BEEN SUPERINTENDENT OF WICOMICO COUNTY FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS...		(NARRATOR TRACK)
and THEN the board GREETS ...	
NAT FULL CHARLENE COOPER-BOSTON		(nat full)
'... so thank you so much for welcoming me...'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
new interim CITY schools c-e-o charlene cooper-boston.	
		introductions aside, the board turns squarely to city issues for a pointed and positive two-hour give-and-take.	
SQUEEZEBACK DVE/TITLEBALTIMORE CITY (U/3)CORRECTIVE ACTION (L/3)SHOT OF FAILING SCHOOL		first, corrective action for failing schools.	
NAT FULL ANN CHAFIN		(nat full ann chafin)
'Overall I was very pleased...'	
HOLDING ANN VIDEO		(narrator track)
the state department of education already sees improvement.	
SOT ANN CHAFINCG - ANN CHAFIN         ASS'T. SUP'T., STUDENT, FAMILY, &         SCHOOL SUPPORT		(sot ann chafin)
'... from our analysis, we think they have more than addressed each of the concerns that staff had...'	
SOT CHARLENE COOPER-BOSTONCG - DR. CHARLENE COOPER-BOSTON         INTERIM CEO, BALTIMORE SCHOOLS		(SOT CHARLENE COOPER-BOSTON)
'... so this corrective action we see as a way of addressing problems in the district.'	
SQUEEZEBACK DVE/TITLEBALTIMORE CITY (U/3)FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY  (L/3)SHOT OF CITY SCHOOLS HDQTRS.		(narrator track)
members, chafed in the past by lack of a clear fiscal trail, want the city to be able to explain how it will pay for things.	
SOT CAL DISNEY		(sot cal disney)
'I understand what we're trying to accomplish here, what I don't understand is where the money is exactly coming from.'	
SOT COOPER-BOSTON		(sot cooper-boston)
'I come from the background that also asks, 'where is this in the budget? 	
SQUEEZEBACK DVE/TITLEBALTIMORE CITY (U/3)ALIGNING CURRICULUM  (L/3)SHOT KIDS IN CLASS		(narrator track)
the board asks about aligning  curricula from k-thru-12.	
SOT KARABELLE PIZZIGATICG - KARABELLE PIZZIGATI         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot karabelle pizzigati)
'hopefully that extends from the early elementary years all the way through ... it's about those links.'	
SOT COOPER-BOSTON		(sot cooper-boston)
'... making sure that teachers understand that they have to teach directly to them.'	
SOT COOPER-BOSTON		(sot cooper-boston)
'Professional development that helps teachers understand, that's the way you do business in the classroom.' 	
SQUEEZEBACK DVE/TITLEBALTIMORE CITY (U/3)DANGEROUS SCHOOLS (L/3)DANGEROUS SCHOOLS		( narrator track)
and finally, the list of dangerous schools. 	
		three dropped from the list... 	
CANTON VIDEO 		canton, harlem park, and lombard middle schools.	
HIGHLANDTOWN MSSPLIT SCREEN & SUPER SIX TITLE - DANGEROUS SCHOOLS- CALVERTON MS- HIGHLANDTOWN MS *- THURGOOD MARSHALL MS- DR. ROLAND M. PATTERSON SR. ACAD.- DR. W.E.B. DUBOIS HS- WALBROOK - LIBERAL ARTS ACAD.          (* CLOSING IN AUGUST)		but three more were added and the list remains at six:	
		calverton, highlandtown and thurgood marshall middle.	
		the additions: 	
		dr. roland m. patterson sr. academy, dr. w-e-b dubois, and walbrook's liberal arts academy.	
SOT CHUCK BUCKLER		(sot chuck buckler)
'The city leads the state of Maryland for suspending students for physically attacking their teachers.' It usually suggests a school that is very much in crisis and out of control.'	
SOT COOPER-BOSTON		(sot cooper-boston)
'We are planning to work with these schools, they are a part of the corrective action as Dr. Grasmick indicated ...' 	
SOT ED ROOTCG - ED ROOT         PRES., MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot ed root)
'I'm very optimistic you may be the right person, in the right place at the right time ...'	
WS BOARD		(narrator track)
board chairman ed root outlined a host of problems from poor performance and dangerous conditions, to excess space and even THOUSANDS of dollars in unspent federal grant MONEY.	
SOT ED ROOT		(sot ed root)
'... some of the problems seem to stem from internal organization and communication from top to bottom, and just basic accountability. People are not always held accountable for things that just simply don't get done.'	
SOT COOPER-BOSTON		(sot cooper-boston)
'The whole notion of being accountable is from every level. CEO, you should hold me accountable, and I will hold all chiefs accountable, uh, all officers ...those people have to be held accountable, principals, I was a principal, certainly those people have to be held accountable ...'	
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SLATE - BOARD BRIEFS		(music full)
	
MIDDLE SCHOOLERS		(narrator track)
in board briefs, the board decided to set up a group called 'research to action.' 	
		it's goal: to increasing performance in middle schools.	
CUBE WIPE SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'We are going to be offering Chinese in many of our high schools and middle schools this coming year.'	
NSG PIC		(narrator track)
a recent trip to china --	
		led by the division of leadership development, has produced a plan to partner with china on education initiatives.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK & FADE		(sot nancy grasmick)
'... but just being conversant about this huge world power, early on for our students...'	
SLATE - MSDE TV		(narrator track)
this has been board news, on msde tv.	
CREDITS/BULLETIN/COPYRIGHT		(music full)
	
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