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VIDEO 		AUDIO	
			
NAT FULL		(nat full)
'kindergartners tba'	
SOT ROLF GRAFWALLNER '24 @ 2ND (HOLDING COVER W/PRESCHOOLERS)BANNER -  BOARD NEWS                MARCH 28, 2013                EARLY  (UNDERWIPE)                LEARNING		(sot rolf grafwallner)
'Let's look at two jurisdictions because we feel that they have really had an impact on the results.'	
FILE KINDERGARTNERS & FREEZE		(narrator track)
NEW NUMBERS SHOW 82-percent of maryland preschoolers enter kindergarten 'ready to learn.'	
HOLDING VIDEO & GRAPHICINCOMING KINDERGARTNERS                    2001-'02     2012-'13FULLY        49%            82%      UP 33%READYSOURCE - MD MODEL FOR SCHOOL                       READINESS		FROM 49-PERCENT IN THE OH-ONE-oh-TWO SCHOOL YEAR, the DRAMATIC gain OVER THE YEARS UNDERSCORES MARYLAND'S NATIONAL  LEADERSHIP IN EARLY LEARNING.	
		BUT --	
SOT ROLF GRAFWALLNER '24 @ 3RDCG - ROLF GRAFWALLNER         ASS'T. SUP'T., EARLY LEARNING		(sot rolf grafwallner)
'We had a slippage in Prince George's County and an increase in Baltimore City.'	
NAT FULL - KINDERGARTNERS		(NAT FULL)
'tba'	
			
MORE KINDERGARTEN FREEZE & GRAPHICINCOMING KINDERGARTNERS                    2011-'12       2012-'13FULLY           83%               82%READYSOURCE - MD MODEL FOR SCHOOL                       READINESS		(narrator track)
SO despite stunning success through those years, the percentage 'fully ready' dropped a point from last year to this.	
		THE reasons?	
		educators say ENROLLMENT INCREASED BY 14-HUNDRED STUDENTS -- 	
LOSE FREEZE AND HOLD KINDERGARTNERS		and some families --	
		particularly in prince george's -- 	
		ranked just above low-income thresholds.	
SOT ROLF GRAFWALLNER '25 @ 1ST HOLDING KINDERGARTNER COVER		(sot rolf grafwallner)
'Many low income families were not able to access child care subsidies since 2011...'	
SOT ROLF GRAFWALLNER '26 @ 1ST (SHOT SHOWS EBERHART)		(sot rolf grafwallner)
'They're not eligible for Head Start but they're still just making about 30-35-thousand a year.'	
SOT ROLF GRAFWALLNER '27 @ 1STUSE DISSOLVE -- THEN COVER W/SHOT OF ALONSO FROM 1ST DAY OF SCHOOL @ MT. WASHINGTON)		(sot rolf grafwallner)
'... now Dr. Alonso has committed to full universal pre-kindergarten in the city, 3 years ago, and we have seen an increase in not only pre-kindergarten programs, but full day pre-kindergarten programs...'	
SOT ROLF GRAFWALLNER '27 @ 3RD(USE CUTS IN 'LEG. UPDATE' BIN FOR COVER)		(sot rolf grafwallner)
'And in Prince George's county, they used to have full day pre-kindergarten and had, because of budget constraints made the decision to reduce it to half-day pre-kindergarten. That kicked in last year.'	
SOT DONNA STATEN '35 @ 3RDCG - DONNA STATON         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot donna staten)
'Can you just briefly discuss your outreach efforts?	
SOT ROLF GRAFWALLNER '35 @ 4TH(USE CUTS TO COVER)		(sot rolf grafwallner)
'Well the major outreach effort is by establishing the local early childhood advisory councils...'	
SOT ROLF GRAFWALLNER		(sot rolf grafwallner)
'As part of the early learning challenge grant.'	
MORE KINDERGARTNERS		(narrator track)
the four-year -- 50-million dollar challenge grant helps maryland establish those councils -- and fund other means to keeping preschoolers 'ready to learn.'	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

SOT JIM FORAN '45 @ 1STCG - JIM FORAN         ASS'T. SUP'T., ACADEMIC REFORM         & INNOVATION		(sot jim foran)
'It's our intention to complete the vast majority of our projects on time...'	
SLATE - RACE TO THE TOP		(narrator track)
race to the top becomes a race to the finish ... 	
SOT JIM FORAN '45 @ 2ND		(sot jim foran)
'There will probably be a handful of exceptions to that that we'll want to request a no-cost extension...'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
or in some cases -- 	
		a race to request more time.	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDTCG - JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot james degraffenreidt)
'... on the no-cost assessment, that's a euphemism for more time but no more money...'	
		(Jim) 'that's correct.'	
		(James) 'OK.'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
race to the top money -- 	
		a quarter (B)illion dollars worth -- 	
		funds more than 50 projects in maryland.	
		but all states receiving money must abide by strict parameters from us-ed.	
NAT FULL - TEACHER		(nat full - teacher)
'tba'	
HOLDING TEACHER VIDEO		(narrator track)
the highest profile remains teacher-principal evaluations.	
SOT DAVE VOLRATH '48 @ 1ST		(sot dave volrath)
'There are three things in particular that I would share with you.'	
SOT DAVE VOLRATH '48 @ 3RD		(sot dave volrath)
'The first activity was these field test simulations...'	
SOT DAVE VOLRATH '48 @ 2NDCG - DAVE VOLRATH         PROJECT LEAD, TEACHER &          PRINCIPAL EVALUATION(COVER W/CUTS OF BOARD)		(sot dave volrath)
' ... with um, Wicomico County, and I would be remiss if I didn't give them credit for being tremendous partners in this. They gave us complete access to teacher information, student detail information, evaluator information that allowed us to put a human perspective into this rather statistical process that we're trying to put together...'	
SOT DAVE VOLRATH '48 @ 4TH		(sot dave volrath)
'This particular model that we're using values heavily teachers who hold students at high levels of performance, it values teachers who move students significant levels of performance...'	
STUDENTS FILE		(narrator track)
the model values student growth.	
		across the board, us-ed says it's pleased with maryland's progress.	
SOT DAVE VOLRATH '58 @ 2ND		(sot dave volrath)
'The work that is coming out of Maryland is very impressive at this point.'	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - BOARD BRIEFS		(narrator track)
in board briefs--	
SOT DEBBIE LICHTER		(sot debbie lichter)
'What this means to Maryland is approximately $33. 5 million dollars in education cuts.'	
 JUDY CENTER BUS IN GARRETT CO.		(narrator track)
the state wrestles with sequestration  --	
		budget cuts from washington.	
		head start and other programs will feel the pinch starting in july and the coming fiscal year.	
SOT WILLIAM CAPPE '85 @ 1ST		(wipe sot william cappe)
'The impact of Hurricane Sandy was very severe...'	
VO HURRICANE SANDY		(narrator track)
hurricane sandy last october ripples through the new calendar year --	
		spawning waiver requests for lost time...	
WIPE VO - WINNING ANNOUNCE		(wipe sot)
'and the winner is ... Lauren Hunter! (cheers)	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
and the board recognizes reading specialist lauren hunter. 	
		she won 25-thousand dollars last fall, as a milken national educator.	
POSE		hunter teaches at william paca - old post elementary in harford county.	
SOT LAUREN HUNTER '73 @ MARKCG - LAUREN HUNTER         2012 MILKEN NATIONAL EDUCATOR		(sot lauren hunter)
'I do what I do because I love my students, I love to see them grow, I love to see them have fun learning while making progress ...'	
HUNTER POSE		(narrator track)
hunter says it feels special to be recognized.	
		this has been news from the board, with msde tv.	
BULLETIN & FADE		(music full & fade`)