baltimore city schools

From The Sun on Thursday, baltimore city schools 10:

Gov. Martin OMalley called longtime state schools chief Nancy S. Grasmick a pawn of the Republican Party yesterday, and other top Democrats said she should resign, indicating on the opening day of this years legislative session that they might make good on threats to force her out.

This came soon after the baltimore city schools public schools were ranked third in the country by Education Week, a significant improvement from the  25th the schools previously ranked.

Grasmick was baltimore city schools to her position 1991 and has served under a number of Democratic governors.

And the last line of the article:

The states graduation rate, already above the baltimore city schools average, is going up and pass rates on the Advanced Placement exams are high.

OMalley is trying to overturn a 100-year-old law that keeps the governor from appointing the school board superintendent.  Last month, the school board reappointed Grasmick for a 4-year term.

This is a personal vendetta  plain and simple. Grasmick attempted to take over 11 failing Baltimore City schools when OMalley was mayor and the schools ran a huge budget deficit.

You can read the original article at http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-md.grasmick10jan10,0,6774688.story?coll=bal_tab01_layout