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Title:	April 24, 2012	Art Director:		
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SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT 'THX BERNIE' @ 1136:36-40		(sot james degraffenreidt)
'We wanted to get the absolute best person to lead the best state on education...'	
CHANGING CHAIRS		(narrator track)
and with that leadership swapped chairs -- and changed hands.	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY - SAME CLIP @ 13139:01-02		(sot lillian lowery)
'I am so priveleged and honored to be here - ' 	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY @ 1139:26-35CG - LILLIAN LOWERY         MD SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT,         INCOMING		(sot lillian lowery)
'... to come into a state and in a department that has led the nation on many fronts is a challenge in an of itself and I'm excited about the challenge...'	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY -SAME CLIP- @ 1139:39-42		(sot lillian lowery)
' -- it is imperative that we touch every child that we serve...'	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY -SAME CLIP- @ 1140:06-12CG - APRIL 24, 2012         BALTIMORE, MD		(sot lillian lowery)
'... um, Maryland will lead the nation in closing the Achievement Gap, we're going to do it.' Thank you for the opportunity...' (nice smile)	
NAT FULL APPLAUSE		(nat full)
'claps'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
lowery starts a four-year term july first.	
		in the meantime, she'll finish the school year in her current job as superintendent in delaware.	
		the board made clear its debt to interim superintendent bernie sadusky.	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT -SAME CLIP @ 1135:52-00  (COVER W/APPLAUSE)		(sot james degraffenreidt)
'... and because of Dr. Sadusky's great leadership during the last year...'	
BACK TO SHOT OF THEM SITTING BACK DOWN -- AND CHANGING CHAIRS AGAIN --CLOSEUP LILIAN ''THX BERNIE' -- BIG SMILE @ 1136:36 (MAYBE HOLD OVER SOT BELOW)		(narrator track)
it provided the board the ease with which to do a thorough search.	
		sadusky will chair the transition for the next two months.	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY 'LL INTV.' @ 1204:08-09		(sot lillian lowery)
'... and I love the Baltimore area... -- it's kind of like coming back to my (pause) space.'	
CUT SHOT OF TOOTEN		(narrator track)
lowery competed against maryland most of her career across the potomac, in fairfax county.	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY -SAME CLIP @ 1203:50-59		(sot lillian lowery)
'With Montgomery County in particular. So if they had certain scores on the SAT, we'd quick, run to see what our SAT scores were - we were very competitive that way.'	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY -SAME CLIP- @ 1204:24-		(sot lillian lowery)
'I will tell you I would not have even considered coming to Maryland or any state that was not involved in Secretary Duncan's -- the President's reform agenda because I wholeheartedly believe in the reform agenda.'	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY -SAME CLIP @ 1205:04-13		(SOT LILLIAN LOWERY)
'... top priority coming in is to really get to know Maryland so I've got to sit down with the internal staff...'	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY '-SAME CLIP @ 1205:23-32		(SOT LILLIAN LOWERY)
'I need to be really immersed in the reform plan that Maryland has put in place especially around the Race to the Top deliverables...'	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY -SAME CLIP @ 1205:35-38		(sot lillian lowery)
'... so that when I'm out in the public where I intend to be ...'	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY '-SAME CLIP @ 1205:42-		(SOT LILLIAN LOWERY)
'... I can be intelligent about the discussion and understand better the feedback I'm getting about what we're trying to do.'	
CAMERA CU		(narrator track)
of her leadership style, lowery says she visits schools offen, hires well -- and let's her people work.	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY '-SAME CLIP @ 1206:05-		(sot lillian lowery)
'I believe talent needs to be unleashed so I hold people accountable. I hire really really good people ... let's talk about the targets, performance measures, and then I get outta the way and let them do their thing.'	
 FADE UP SOT APPLAUSE		(nat full)
'claps'	
HOLDING VIDEO & CUT & HIM SITTING		(narrator track)
later -- the governor appeared at the meeting to highlight his education initiatives.	
SOT MARTIN O'MALLEY '1210 'O'MALLEY @ 1211:33-44		(sot martin o'malley)
'Dr. Lowery welcome aboard. We're very very excited about your leadership and members of the board thank you for all of your good work keeping our schools moving forward...'	
SOT MARTIN O'MALLEY '1216 @ 1214:08-14		(sot martin o'malley)
'... and I just wanted to share a few thoughts with you on the occasion of our new leader ...'	
SOT MARTIN O'MALLEY '1217 @ 1216:26-32CG - MARTIN O'MALLEY         GOVERNOR, (D) MARYLAND		(sot martin o'malley)
'We were able to be named number one school system of the 50 states in America four years in a row...'	
SOT MARTIN O'MALLEY '-SAME CLIP @ 1216:54-56		(sot martin o'malley)
'... but we wanna be World Class.'	
O'MALLEY & CUTS		(narrator track)
o'malley complimented maryland on its accomplishments --	
		number one -- pre-k -- a-p -- but urged progress on two fronts.	
SOT MARTIN O'MALLEY '1222 @ 1222:35-51		(sot martin o'malley)
'One of them has to do with principals. and trying to come up with a better unified strategy for how we recruit qualified, quality, principals.'	
CUTS BOARD ROOM		(narrator track)
the governor says he's never seen schools improve without a strong leader at the top.	
NAT FULL DORCHESTER		(NAT FULL)
'career & tech center'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
and the governor pushes enrollment in career and technology programs.	
		facilities such as the new career and tech center in dorchester county build skills and reduce dropouts.	
		'cte' says o'malley -- 'is dropout prevention.'	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - RACE TO THE TOP UPDATEFORAN WALKUP @ TOP CLIP & CUTSHOT LOWERY		(narrator track)
'race to the top' rolls on in maryland.	
		Right now, u-s-d-e evaluates each project funded by the quarter billion dollar grant.	
SOT JIM FORAN 'RTTT UPDATE' @ 11434:25-30		(SOT JIM FORAN)
'We are expecting probably this week a progress report from USDE ...'	
SOT JIM FORAN (PIC IS OF LOWERY) 'RTTT UPDATE' @ 1141:47-52		(sot jim foran)
'They've been conducting two hour interviews with project managers from each of our 54 projects...'	
SOT JIM FORAN 'RTTT UPDATE' @ 1142:23-27CG - JIM FORAN         ASS'T. SUP'T.,  ACADEMIC REFORM &         INNOVATION		(sot jim foran)
'They also have undertaken a review of our LEA monthly reports...'	
SOT JIM FORAN -SAME CLIP @ 1143:41-49USE NICE RACK -SAME CLIP @ 1145:37 GATES TO IVAN		(SOT JIM FORAN)
'... that progress report will serve as the basis for a StockTake meeting that we will go to - USDE on Monday, May 7th...'	
MORE JIM WS		(narrator track)
assistant superintendent jim foran sayS TO DATE, RACE TO THE TOP REFORM  FARES WELL. (pause)	
SLATE - RACE FOCUS: STEM + 		the 'race' focus this month is 'Stem' -- science, Technology, engineering, and math.	
SCIENCE CLASS		educators presented, and the board passed,  standards that represent how stem students should learn, interpret, reason, and apply their knowledge.	
BACKTIME SOT BELOW		educators also pointed to areas where stem partners hope to raise the bar.	
SOT DONNA CLEM 'FOCUS: STEM @ 1149:55-09CG - DONNA CLEM         COORDINATOR, MSDE STEM           PROGRAMS		(sot donna clem)
'STEM doesn't happen in isolation, and there are stakeholder groups that need to be engaged in STEM education. One of those stakeholder groups would be institutions of higher education. The other one being business partners.'	
CUTS OF BOARD		(narrator track)
educators propose a 'stem council' to help.	
SOT MARY CARY -SAME CLIP @ 1150:29-37CG - MARY CARY         ASS'T. SUP'T., DIV. OF INSTRUCTION		(sot mary cary)
'And on that STEM council we would have members of the Higher Education community -- a critical partnership -- as well as the business community ...'	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - BOARD BRIEFS& THEN CLASSROOM VIDEOPARCC = PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF READINESS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREERS		(narrator track)
in board briefs --	
		educators wrestle the transitional task of Phasing in new parcc assessments --	
		AND phasing out the CURRENT TESTS -- THE high school assessments.	
		THE NEW PARCC TESTS WILL BE READY FOR THE 20-15-16 SCHOOL YEAR.	
NA TFULL 'MILKEN WINNER' @ 1156:27 (MOVIE CLIP) 		(NAT FULL)
'... goes to Madeline Hanington!' (cheers)	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
and finally -- madeline hanington of Gaithersburg middle in montgomery county -- wins 25-thousand dollars -- and a national milken educator award.	
SOT MADELINE HANINGTDON @ 1158:45-53CG - MADELINE HANINGTON         2011 MILKEN NATIONAL EDUCATOR 		(sot madeline hanington)
'and because I think I'm doin' it -- I think it's working -- I will continue to do this -- as I think this is what I was meant to do....'	
SOT MADELINE HANINGTON @ 1159:13-16		(sot madeline hanington)
'um, I've just been blessed - thank you.' (claps)	
BOARD CUTS OF HER AND FAMILY		(narrator track)
hanington's daugher and son -- as well as her parents, attended.	
		this has been news from the board, with msde tv.	
FADE TO BLACK		(music full and fade)