. >> michael curry continues to say he does expect there will be push back from the school as it continues to deal with issues of bias issues and allegations of racial discrimination but it's a good steppingstone. >> wcvb, newscenter 5. >> more on the opioid crisis. new and startling statistics. more than half of all opioid todd is live in worcester. they are feeling that impact, todd. todd: far too many families here and around the state have been touched by the opioid crisis. now comes new evidence that the number of fatal overdoses is on the rise and more than half of those cases include the drug fentanyl. >> there is not enough wraparound services. >> michael has been in he's now on the staff at everyday miracles pure recovery center in worcester the same facility that supported him as a member. mike says the lack of comprehensive services for addicts could explain the increase in fatal overdoses caused by opioids. new stats released today by the state show for the first half of this year 66% of opioid overdose deaths tested positive for numbers will go down until we have more places a

. >> michael curry continues to say he does expect there will be push back from the school as it continues to deal with issues of bias issues and allegations of racial discrimination but it's a good steppingstone. >> wcvb, newscenter 5. >> more on the opioid crisis. new and startling statistics. more than half of all opioid

. >> reporter: michael currie is president of the boston chapter of the naacp he hopes it will repair what he believes is wrong in boston schools starting with latin. >> boston latin school is really the flagship school for the city and what better ho than that school. >> reporter: the school department's office of equity looked at 115 reports of biased-based conduct. they involved 81 separate incidents. in six of those cases administrators failed to follow district policy when it came to investigating racial bias. in four cases teachers failed to do so as well. and in seven cases students failed to follow policy when it dime other students stand headmaster. he resigned a day after former headmaster moody-tater resigned he read the report and knows about most of those cases because he investigated them. >> at boston latin that's what we do try to make sure kids don't make the same mistake twice. >> reporter: but many including curry didn't think that was enough. once the call for a change in leadership went out he says the school department and the mayor fell silent >> they supported

. >> reporter: michael currie is president of the boston chapters of nypd. he hopes to will help repair what he believes is wrong in boston schools starting with latin. >> boston latin school is school to start to figure out how to fix this up. >> reporter: the office of equity looked at 115 reports of bias-based conduct at boston latin. they involved 81 separate incidents. in six of those cases administrators failed to follow district policy when it came to investigating racial bias. in four cases teachers failed to do so as well. and in seven cases students failed to follow policy when it dime now -- with when it came to other student's conduct. he read the report and knows about most of those cases because he investigated them. >>s that what we try to do. we try to make sure that cities don't make the same mistake. >> reporter: but many including curry didn't think that was enough. but once the call for a change he says the school department and the mayor the school superintendent tommy chang released a statement today which says in part we have a moral o

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you know, spieth is one of their highest profile guys, curry one of their highest profile guys, but the greatest athlete of all time may well be michaelaltimore guy like kevin. >> yeah, both baltimore guys. >> i hope he does compete in the next olympics. i hope kevin plank convinces him to do so. i thought that was pretty newsy. >> yeah, he'll push him. >> i think katie ledecky has the ability to win more than michael phelps. >> she's very young. >> she's 19 years old. phelps was a little bit younger, but if she stays healthy, that's a big if, she could win -- >> so much can happen though. >> maybe more golds. >> think of missy franklin who was the big star coming out of london, swimming star. she has not been able to keep it up this time around. she may come back next time. >> ledecky also in maryland, the fish. >> literally. >> couple gold medal winners in the water for maryland. >>> still ahead, we're talking water, jam and pills. the good, the bad and the ugly next. ♪ [announcer] is it a force of nature? or a sales event? the summer of audi sales event is here. get up to a $5,000 bonus on select audi models. romantic moments can h