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SLATE - NEWS FROM THE BOARD		(music full)
	
SLATE - MARCH 25, 2008SOT NANCY GRASMICKCG - NANCY S. GRASMICK         MD SCHOOLS SUP'T.		(sot nancy grasmick)
'Dr. Deasy has demonstrated incredible leadership in terms of really the renaissance of these schools.'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
the board approved plans created by prince georges county to nurse nine underperforming schools back to academic health.	
SOT ANN CHAFIN 1330CG - ANN CHAFIN         ASS'T. SUP'T., STUDENT, FAMILY &         SCHOOL SUPPORT 		(sot ann chafin)
'As you know ... NCLB requires that if a school has missed the mark of standards in AYP for six years, they must implement a restructuring plan, and that includes an 'alternative governance...'	
SOT TERESA KNOTTCG - TERESA KNOTT         SUPERVISING COORD., SCHOOL         PERFORMANCE		(sot teresa knott)
'These schools have selected option one, which was replace the staff...'	
COVER WIDE SHOT DEASY 		(narrator track)
MSDE VETTED THE PLAN.	
		NOW PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY REPLACES STAFF IN ALL NINE LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS.	
		SUPERINTENDENT JOHN DEASY TOUTS AN AGGRESSIVE PLAN TO MAKE UP LOST GROUND.	
SOT (COVER TOP W/CU OF PAPER)JOHN DEASYCG - JOHN DEASY         SUP'T., PRINCE GEORGE'S CO.          SCHOOLS		(sot john deasy)
' ... I'm sure that you are well aware at this point of the rather remarkable transformation that's taking place in Prince George's county public schools. We've witnessed a historic number of schools, the highest in the state, exiting school improvement, and a record low number of schools entering school improvement....' (quick out -- or) and by percentages we actually are number one in both categories and quite proud of that.'	
GRAPHIC FULL SCREEN		(NARRATOR TRACK)
THE SCHOOLS ARE buck lodge, clinton grove, j. sylvania woods, and james harrison elementaries.	
		James Gholson, Greenbelt, kenmoor and william wirt middle schools.	
		and high point high school.	
ZOOM TO SOT DEASY @ 1950		(sot john deasy)
'So how did we come about bringing you the decisions and our recommendations that we worked with with your staff?'	
USE 'RATIONALE' GRAPHIC HERE!		(narrator track)
deasy explained the rationale.	
		most critical: endowing the office of principal with the authority to make curricular, staff, and professional development decisions based on the needs of the school.	
FADE TO BLACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - ACTION ITEMS		(music full)
	
BOARD AND NED		(narrator track)
in rapid succession, the board dispensed with the following items:	
ATHLETIC EVENTSCG WHOOSH - FALL ATHLETIC SEASON		it approved the plan to float the first day of fall athletic practice ANYWHERE FROM AUGUST 11TH TO THE 17TH, DEPENDING ON THE YEAR. 	
		THE PLAN ALLOWS FIRST GAMES ON THE FIRST WEEKEND IN SEPTEMBER... AND COMPLETION OF PLAYOFF AND CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEFORE THE START OF THE WINTER ATHLETIC SEASON.	
CUBE WIPE ADULT EDUCATIONCG - ADULT EDUCATION		it approved revisions to fund adult education through oh-nine...	
CUBE WIPE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSCG - HIGH SCHOOL ASSESSMENTS		regarding the high school assessments:	
		the board deleted a minimum requirement for each assessment.	
		and it allowed qualified  students unable to meet the standard testing  requirements to complete them using the bridge plan.	
CUBE WIPE AWARD SOT WENDY		(sot wendy scheleur)
'I thought meeting the President and Mrs. Bush was a little nerve-wracking. This is a little intimidating too!' (laughs)	
B ROLL WENDY AND BOARD		(narrator track)
and the board recognized teacher  wendy shee'-ler.	
		she won the presidential award for excellence in science and math.	
NAT FULL (COVER W/CU HITE AND THEN THE WS		(nat full)
'I've been in the business for 34 years ... the best teacher ever ... ever!... (hug)	
SOT WENDY SCHELEURCG - WENDY SCHELEUR          PINEY ORCHARD ES, ANNE         ARUNDEL COUNTY      		(sot wendy scheleur)
'I wanted to be a teacher since I was in 2nd grade and so to have the opportunity to do something I loved as soon as I got out of college was recognition and fulfilling enough the then to be recognized for something that you love that you do every single day to make your children be inspired and to learn, is incredible to me... (laughs)'	
CUBE WIPE GLENNOR SHIRLEYCG - GLENNOR SHIRLEY          LIBRARY COORDINATOR/CORRECTIONAL EDUCATION		(sot glennor shirley)
'In the prison the library is their lifeline for information, and so I took this role very seriously.'	
CUTS GLENNOR		(narrator track)
msde's glennor shirley won the james partridge outstanding african american information professional award.	
		shirley works as a library coordinator for the department of correctional education.	
SLATE - MARCH 26, 2008		(gavel full)
	
SLATE - EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION		(nat full pre-schoolers)
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CLASSROOM		(narrator track)
maryland kindergartners increasingly enter school ready to learn. 	
		the annual study measuring language and literacy, math and science abilities, social studies, social areas and more... found improvement across the demographic divide.	
			
FADE TO BLACK		(fade audio)

STUDENTS AT DESK		(narrator track)
the board recognized finalists jasmine adams of northern high in calvert county,  (seated on the right) and derek wu of james m. bennett high in wicomico.	
		the governor selected wu as the next student member of the maryland board of education.	
		along with julia chang, wu returned for more recognition .	
		he and chang, of richard montgomery high, were maryland delegates to the united states youth senate program.	
		this has been news from the board, with msde tv.	
CLOSE/CREDITS		(close/credits/fade)