The Daily Numbers for Wednesday, April 29

The Daily Numbers: 200 teachers and parents who marched before the Garnet Valley School Board meeting last night as they seek a new contract.

30 of June 2014, when the Garnet Valley teachers’ last contract expired. They have been working all year without a new deal.

6 years probation for a former Darby Township police officer on 2 counts of false imprisonment and official oppression.

10,000 cases involving per year handled by the county D.A.’s office.

1 of 1,000 students named a Gates Millennium Scholar is from Chester High. Kudos to Shamyra Woods-Elliot.

94,000 dollar grant to Bethel Hose Co. No. 1

5,000 people now feared dead in massive earthquake that rocked Nepal.

0 times in baseball history that no fans have been allowed into a game. That will end today when the Orioles and White Sox will play in an empty Camden Yards after rioting rocked Baltimore.

1 time that a Panama native has pitched and a Panama native has caught as the battery mates in a major league baseball game. That’s what happened last night when Severino Gonazlez made his Phillies’ debut throwing to Carlos Ruiz.

7 runs on 10 hits given up by the rookie in a less than sterling debut.

2 2/3 innings, all Gonazlez lasted.

5 for 42 in rehab assignment for Dom Brown. That earned him ticket to Lehigh Valley instead of with big club.

2 days until the NFL Draft.

20, where the Eagles still sit.

1, where Eagles beat writer Bob Grotz thinks Marcus Mariota goes, to the Tampa Bay Bucs.

Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan. Anybody have a Marcus Mariota rumor they want to float out there?

I Don’t Get It: Amazing what 3,000 National Guard troops can do for security. Mostly peaceful night in Baltimore.

Today’s Upper: Kudos to Chester STEM Academy student Shamyra Woods-Elliott. She won a Gates Millennium Scholars award that will give her free college tution. Bravo!

Quote Box: “It painted a picture of the teachers as villains. It was infuriating and very disappointing in trying to turn the community against the teachers.”

- Garnet Valley, ripping previous statement by Garnet Valley School Board chief Rosemary Fiumara.

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