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VIDEO 		AUDIO	
			
SLATE - BOARD NEWSSOT 'NSG GOV OCTOBER'		(sot nancy grasmick)
'Governor O'Malley declared October as Parent Involvement month.'	
MARIA SITS DOWNSLATE - OCTOBER 27, 2009SLATE - PARENT INVOLVEMENT		(NARRATOR TRACK)
FOR THE BETTER PART OF A DECADE -- MARYLAND'S EFFORT TO INVOLVE PARENTS IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION HAS INTENSIFIED.	
SOT 'MARIA CU & HH' (IN P1)		(SOT MARIA LAMB)
'Maryland is certainly on the map when it comes to Parent Involvement.'	
'LEFT SIDE LIGHTS OUT'		(narrator track)
on this day -- the board sees a video --	
NAT 'TOP MOVIE'		(NAT FULL - MOVIE)
'Good morning, right this way...' 	
HOLDING MOVIE		(narrator track)
about parent involvement in howard county.	
NAT FULL MOVIE		(NAT FULL MOVIE)
'It's the aggregate of tiny pushes...'	
SIDE SHOT OF BOARD WATCHING			
		(narrator track)
'bit by bit' says one parent -- 	
		who also speaks of an encounter in a kindergarten class -- with a classmate of his child.	
NAT FULL 'AUD WS 'DADDY'		(nat full)
'...reached her arms up to me and I've never seen her before in my life and she said 'Daddy!' (laughter)	
MORE AUDIENCE WATCHING		(narrator track)
the movie makes clear the impact of parents in the classroom.	
NAT FULL MOVIE		(nat full movie)
'On November 19th, that is National Parent Involvement Day, I want parents to have acted on many ideas...'	
COVER W/NANCY CU WATCHING MOVIE		(narrator track)
now maryland emerges as a national leader in the effort.	
NAT FULL MOVIE		(nat full movie)
'Bye -- come back the same channel!	
		'This is MSDE TV...' (MUSIC)	
HOLDING VIDEO		(NARRATOR TRACK)
over the years, pulling parents in has proven a challenge.	
		educators found this was so both at home -- and -- at school.	
 SOT BARBARA SCHERRCG - BARBARA SCHERR         FAMILY INVOLVEMENT SPECIALIST(COVER END W/AUDIENCE SHOTS)		(SOT BARBARA SCHERR)
'In the past -- parent involvement was typically an afterthought. We would hear things like, 'yeah it's important, but we don't have the capacity to do what needs to be done' -- or -- 'yeah it's important but we can't get our families to come to schools.'	
SOT MAUREEN MORANCG - MAUREEN MORAN         DIR., OFFICE OF ACADEMIC POLICY		(sot maureen moran)
'In September of 2003, Dr. Grasmick created MPAC.	
AUDIENCE SHOTS OF ESTHER ETC.		(narrator track)
m-pac -- which stands for the maryland parent's advisory council -- launched the statewide effort that has resulted in this assessment by the national pta.	
SOT NAT'L PTA 'MD GUIDING LIGHT'CG - MISHAELA DURAN         DIR., PUBLIC POLICY, NATIONAL PTA		(sot)
'Maryland is a guiding light for systemic family engagement. In fact National PTA highlighted some best practices from Maryland....'	
WS HER HOLDING BOOKLET		(narrator track)
experts hail maryland's best practices --	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDTCG - JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT         PRES., MD BD OF EDUCATION		(SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT)
'Would you talk a little bit about the data that you have ...'	
WIDE SHOT -- ED OR BOARD CUT		(NARRATOR TRACK)
the board poses questions.	
SOT NAT'L PTA		(sot)
'The best practice that we identified in PG County actually has a really excellent data tracking system. And what they have shown and demonstrated is that is the more that parents are engaged in their children's education uh, the higher AYP is met.'	
SOT MADHU SIDHU		(sot madhu sidhu)
'I'm so happy to see Esther and Mary Jo' (waves) ...	
SOT MADHU SIDHUCG - MADHU SIDHU         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot madhu sidhu)
'I was familiar with the MPAC document when it was being created.'	
SOT MADHU SIDHU		(sot madhu sidhu)
'I was on the Maryland PTA Board at that time and good work!'	
SOT MADHU SIDHU		(sot madhu sidhu)
'but the participation is still so poor especially at the middle and high school level...'	
SHOT AUDIENCE		(narrator track)
educators find one way to approach parents is to seek their support in a way that makes them feel comfortable.	
SOT MARIA LAMBCG - MARIA LAMB         DIR. FAMILY SUPPORT		(sot maria lamb)
'for example in a little tiny school in Garrett County, Crellin Elementary school, their parents, in that community, figured out the best way they could help, particularly men, was to help to build a playground. And that's how they contributed to the school. Consequently it brought the whole community and beyond together.'	
SOT JAMES GATES 'GATES QUES - NSG ANSWER'CG - JAMES GATES         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot james gates)
'I know that some of the counties, particularly here in Maryland have excellent ways for parents to be involved on a weekly basis with what's going on in the classroom via we pages for example, so my question is do we have an inventory across broad -- techniques, about what's going on.'	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'The answer would be 'yes we do.' 	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grsamick)
'we have the coordinators from each of the school systems reporting to Maria, to Barbara, and to Young Chan, about the pratices occurring within those school systems...'	
WS BOARD		(narrator track)
dr. grasmick asks of all parents:	
		volunteer --	
		make a phone call --	
		get involved.	
			
FADE BLACK & BACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - GIFTED & TALENTEDSOT NSG ''WELL OVER 100'CG - NANCY S. GRASMICK         MD SCHOOLS SUP'T.		(sot nancy grasmick)
'And I recall a number of years ago when I would ask the question, 'how many students are referred from Baltimore City?' And it would be one. And I have to say that in recent years, targets have been set. It's well over a hundred children.'	
'GIFTED QUICKPULL' -- OR --'GIFTED BETTER'		(narrator track)
historically, gifted and talented programs have faced two major challenges -- 	
		funding -- and attracting a cross-section of students from all cultural backgrounds.	
		duane dennis -- a student from baltimore's polytechnic institute - - personifies what 'gate' (gifted and talented) education -- can be.	
SOT DUANE DENNIS 528:22CG - DUANE DENNIS         SR,. BALTIMORE POLYTECHNIC INST.		(sot duane dennis)
'Without the GATE program, I wasn't challenged. I -- I wasn't challenged at all actually, I lost interest in school because I found it too easy. But when I started the GATE program in my middle school days, it was the first time in my educational career that I was challenged, and  -- 	
SOT DUANE DENNIS 527:13		(sot duane dennis)
'I personally have an internship at Johns Hopkins University and I work with a fluid mechanic, Dr. Charles Menavil(sp?) and I have the opportunity to study fractal bottles(sp?) in a wind tunnel so I'm still in high school but I get to do what a graduate student does and that gives me a real insight into the research world, the engineering world.'	
ANNAPOLIS VIDEO		(narrator track)
the maryland legislature cut funding in 2009 for gifted and talented summer centers programs.	
		it eliminated funding completely for 20-ten.	
NAT FULL		(nat full)
'We can all join together to honor the life and legacy of Blair Ewing...'	
BLAIR FOLKS TO THE FORE		(narrator track)
and finally, the board paid tribute to the late blair ewing.	
		the montgomery county educator and state board member was known as a champion of school desegregation and of those with special needs.	
SOT 		(sot )
'Blair always focused on the issues of import to the most vulnerable.'	
POSING		(narrator track)
this has been nftb with msde tv.	
BULLETIN/CREDITS/FADE		(fade audio/music sting)