State Sen. Pat Miller (R-Indianapolis) made the following statement today recognizing 14 local schools in Senate District 32 for earning ‘A’ grades in Indiana’s 2011-2012 school year performance review:

STATEHOUSE (Oct. 31, 2012) — “I applaud these schools for being dedicated to educational excellence,” Miller said. “Teachers, administrators, students and their parents deserve to be recognized for their hard work and congratulated for their achievements.”

Schools earning an ‘A’ grade in Senate District 32, which includes a portion of Marion County, are:

• Franklin Central High School
• South Creek Elementary School
• Franklin Township Middle School East
• Franklin Township Middle School West
• Mary Adams Elementary School
• Arlington Elementary School
• Bunker Hill Elementary School
• Jeremiah Gray-Edison Elementary School
• Hawthorne Elementary School
• Lakeside Elementary School
• Lowell Elementary School
• Raymond Park Intermediate School
• Frederick Douglass School 19
• Irvington Community School

At today’s State Board of Education meeting, Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Tony Bennett announced that more than 61 percent of Indiana’s schools received A or B letter grades for the 2011-2012 school year. Additionally, 207 schools received A’s for the first time. For more information about Indiana’s school accountability system, visit www.doe.in.gov/improvement/accountability/f-accountability.

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