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in hd with stan stovall, donna hamilton, your insta-weather + forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. 11 news at 5:00 p.m. in hd continues now. >> new tonight at 5:30 p.m., help is on the way for people may be having a hard time paying for their medications. paying for prescription drugs is a struggle for many mayor lenders. -- for mary marylanders. george takes us to one of the workshops designed to sign seniors up. >> cliff is like a lot of senior citizens. >> half the time they would not fill the prescriptions anymore because i had to pay $1,000 up front and i did not have that kind of money. >> his medicare part d slipped into the so-called doughnut hole. he has not been able to afford drugs for three months. garko cannot sleep. nervousness, anxiety -- >> i cannot sleep, nervousness, anxiety. >> this workshop is hosted by the maryland drug assistance program. prescription drug resistance in the state has gone up, but thousands who are eligible are not taking advantage of it during the current enrollment time frame. >> we are planning to reach out to thousands of others who would

you are watching wbal-tv 11 news and the hd at 5:00 with stan stovall, donna hamilton, your chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. your 5:00 news in hd continues now. >> in new tonight, maryland is giving itself extra time to come up with a new teacher evaluation system that is fair to teachers and students. this is good news for the state which is trying to hold on the to order $50 million in federal race to the top money. >> the action time will help them develop a teacher valuation system tied to student achievement. 11 news education reporter tim tooten is live in the newsroom with an update. >> as you know, this has been a hot topic. here is the issue. to get those hundreds of millions of dollars in the federal government, the state must come up with a teacher about the ration system that is both fair and legal. the question is whether or not it is being done. >> was turning into a numbers game, a question of how much of a student's progress should be counted toward a teacher's evaluation. state lawmakers say 35%, but the state board of education suggested 50%. in new jobs for educational eff