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NAT FULL - GOVERNOR 11 @ 		(NAT FULL)
'Well look here's the announcement -- are you ready?'	
EXT SHOT OF SCHOOL - 1 & 2CG - JANUARY 10, 2013         SEVERNA PARK, MD		(narrator track)
outside sunny and 'still-as-a-picture' jones elementary in anne arundel county --	
NAT FULL KIDS CHEER		(nat full)
'yeaaahhh.'	
HOLDING PICTURE		(narrator track)
the kids know what's coming.	
NAT FULL MARTIN O'MALLEYCG - MARTIN O'MALLEY         (D) GOVERNOR, MARYLAND		(sot martin o'malley)
'Maryland public schools have been named for the fifth year in a row, number one public schools in America!' (applause)	
`ED WEEK WEBSITE FREEZE		(narrator track)
respected journal, 'education week' names maryland #1 again -- an unprecedented 5th straight honor.	
GRAPHIC W/SIX CATEGORIES & GRADES & ORDER OF FINISH		ed week's 'quality counts' survey ranks states in six categories.	
		with a b-plus, maryland tops  massachusetts, new york and virginia - the same order  of finish as 2012.	
LILLIAN'S PICTURE & QUOTE		"fuel for further improvement" says maryland schools superintendent lillian lowery -- on a working trip to colorado.	
		"MARYLAND SCHOOLS ARE FORTUNATE," she says, "TO HAVE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT."	
NAT FULL MICHAEL BUSCHCG - MICHAEL BUSCH         (D) HOUSE SPEAKER		(SOT MICHAEL BUSCH)
'I'm proud the legislature's with me -- we think we make the community stronger with good schools...'	
ANNAPOLIS VIDEO		(narrator track)
in tight times, both house speaker mike busch and the governor note they've protected the education dollar.	
NAT FULL GOVERNOR 20		(nat full)
'We're not done -- but it is gratifying...'	
KIDS		(narrator track)
teachers at jones --	
SOT TRUDY DAUER @ 1ST MARKCG - TRUDY DAUER          5TH GRADE TEACHER		(sot trudy dauer)
'I think we have a very dedicated staff -- and we have students who work really hard...'	
BACKTIME KIERSTEN 		(narrator track)
-- feel part of a coordinated effort.	
SOT KIERSTEN DICKENSONCG - KIERSTEN DICKENSON         STRINGS (MUSIC) TEACHER		(sot kiersten dickenson)
'I teach at three different schools, and I see the consistency through all the clusters - all the different areas. So we're trying to work together as a county.	
KEVIN AUDIENCE		(narrator track)
music to kevin maxwell's ears.	
		and five in a row to boot.	
SOT KEVIN MAXWELLCG - KEVIN MAXWELL         ANNE ARUNDEL CO. SCHOOLS SUP'T.		(sot kevin maxwell)
'It's a huge deal. First it makes me feel very proud. It makes me feel like th work that I'm doing -- my teachers our doing, that our families are doing, that our principals are doing has been validated by somebody who is outside of our state.' (tight oq)	
SOT MARTIN O'MALLEY(COVER TOP W/KIDS - POP OUT TO HIM AT 'OUR' -- AS HE TIPTOES WHEN HE SAYS IT) 		(sot martin o'malley)
'In our state we understand that by improving our children's education we're really improving their economic future -- OUR economic future...'	
KIDS AGAIN		(narrator track)
and it starts says the governor, when kids are very young.	
SOT MARTIN O'MALLEY @ 2ND MARK 		(sot martin o'malley)
'When we went to full day kindergarten throughout our state -- including in some school districts that had been struggling -- we saw their test scores go way up in the first grade and they continued to rise as they went through their educational experience...'	
MORE KIDS -- 		(narrator track)
"every child, parent and educator" says dr. lowery has the right to have a world class school in their neighborhood."	
NAT FULL		(nat full)
(Busch) 'This is a blue ribbon school Governor.'	
		(Gov) 'Blue Ribbon School!'	
SLATE - MSDE TV		(narrator track)
in anne arundel county, this is msde tv.