Larry bowers has been named interim superintendent. The school board still isnt saying why star is leaving but star said the board wanted to go in a completely different direction. Meanwhile there is encouraging news for the future of thousands of young men and women in a neighboring county. Prince georges county is reporting the highest Graduation Rate for students. More than 76 last year. Thats more than a 2 increase over the previous year. And the dropout rate fell by nearly two points. Prince georges county found out whats driving the success. Reporter looking back renee smith knows how she lost her way in school. Her grade point average dropped after a disconnect with her teacher. Now a senior with a 3. 5 average shes planning for college. I feel like i could do better. Reporter renee is one of many students here at central high benefitting from improved faculty training. Stronger student accountability resulting in an 8 increase of graduates. The highest of any school in the coun
Not have a sprinkler system. Asked if the sprinkler would have made a difference, a county fire marshal said without a doubt. Officials tell news4 that done pyle was found in the great room, his wife sandy and the grandkids on the second floor in the bedrooms. Can you say whether there was any evidence that mr. Pyle tried to put the fire out . And if there was any evidence to show that some of the victims tried to get out . I think that would be circumstantial at this point. If in respect of the family, we wont go into details. Reporter there were a number of questions that went unanswered today because they said they wanted to be sensitive to the family. That includes exactly where some of these bodies were found. Now, the atf plans to conduct this testing again to recreate what happened using Christmas Trees at their facility in beltsville in Prince Georges County in the next few weeks. In anne arundel county, darcy spencer. Just last month, the university of maryland demonstrated ju