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Few deny schools need change: 11 in city targeted for takeover have low test scores.
Byline: Sara Neufeld
Apr. 3--La'Chelle Alston, 14, stood before the Baltimore school board in late February and asked for help at her school, Chinquapin Middle.
"During this present school year," the eighth-grader said, "there have been numerous incidents occurring involved in all three grade levels. For example, food fights, fistfights, setting fires, pulling the fire alarm, smoking in the hallways and stairwells, group fights, robberies and parents attacking teachers, just to name a few." Chinquapin is one of 11 Baltimore schools with failing test scores that are being targeted by the State Board of Education for an outside takeover. Mayor Martin O'Malley says the 10,000 students at those schools are being used as "political pawns" and has vowed to do whatever is necessary to prevent the takeovers. In Annapolis, lawmakers rushed through legislation to stop the action. Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. supports the state board, insisting the takeovers are not politically motivated and are "about a system that continues to receive more dollars and becomes more dysfunctional." Despite all the political sparring, one thing is clear: Many Baltimore schools are in chaos. And though the public is divided over how to fix the schools and who should fix them,…
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