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EXT'SCG -  MARCH 8, 2010.          BALTMORE, MD		(narrator track)
outside federal court -- state schools superintendent nancy grasmick announced the settlement of a laswuit that's dragged on 26 years!	
SOT NANCY GRASMICKCG - NANCY S. GRASMICK         MD SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT		(sot nancy grasmick)
'Dr. Alonso and I are here today to announce a joint agreement between the Baltimore City public schools, the Maryland State Department of Education, and the Maryland Disability Law Center -- spotlighting the enormous progress that has been made in the delivery of Special Education Services to Baltimore City students.'	
UNIDENTIFIED STUDENTS		(NARRATOR TRACK)
A DETERMINED EFFORT IMPROVES SCORES.	
CAROL ANN BAGLIN		key STATE administrators produce  results --	
CUT SHOT ALONSO		and new leadership in the city --	
NAT FULL -- 		(NAT FULL)
'Dr. Andres Alonso...'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
-- sparks a turnaround sufficient in the eyes of all sides -- to end the legal bickeriNG.	
SOT FULL ANDRES ALONSOCG - ANDRES ALONSO         CEO, BALTIMORE SCHOOLS		(sot andres alonso)
'We said 'well let's not look at this as a lawsuit. Let's look at this a s a series of opportunities where they're defining for us how is it that we need to improve.'	
SOT LESLIE MARGOLISCG - LESLIE MARGOLIS         MD DISABILITY LAW CENTER		(sot leslie margolis)
'Dr. Alonso and his staff are justified in feeling a great sense of accomplishment about this achievement...'	
TUCK AUDIO... HOLD VIDEO		(narrator track)
the lawsuit originally was filed by the maryland disability law center.	
		but it is the new sense of teamwork that helps bring closure.	
SOT LESLIE MARGOLIS		(sot leslie margolis)
'... a willingness to work hard, to work well, and to work in partnership with others.'	
CUTS CROWD		(narrator track)
that, and news that the percentage of special education students passing the msa tests rises now at twice the rate of general education students.	
GRAPHIC: W/CHOOL VIDEO OBSCURED AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT:- DISCIPLINE- DELIVERY OF SERVICES- SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS		alonso says the city still must improve in the areas of discipline, delivery of services, and service interruptions, to name a few.	
SOT GOVERNOR		(sot governor)
''Gotta get us out of this suit!'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
speaking in a stage whisper -- the governor told the crowd what teachers would say to him on the sly ...	
SOT GOVERNORCG - MARTIN O'MALLEY         (D) GOVERNOR		(sot governor)
'We spend so much time filling out paperwork, that we could be spending doing a better job of instruction for our students.'	
CUTS OF THE N/C		(narrator track)
the agreement will end direct federal oversight this july -- 	
		this is msde tv.