Lebanon —
Lebanon High School is reporting its highest graduate rate in school history for 2012 — 95.4 percent.
The rate is up from 92.8 percent in 2011, and up nearly 10 percent in five years.
Breaking the 95 percent mark puts LHS in the top 18 percent of high schools in the state, said LHS Principal Kevin O’Rourke.
“We are proud of the improvement that we have made with our graduation rate,” he said. “Our students, faculty, parents and administrators are to be commended for helping us surpass this benchmark.”
The Indiana Department of Education recently released these numbers.
The state has to collect graduation data, usually in October, and verify it before releasing final statistics.
The goal is, of course, to graduate 100 percent of LHS seniors, said Lebanon Superintendent Dr. Robert Taylor.
“But just to be above the 95 percent mark and to be added to this elite group of schools is quite an honor,” he said. “It demonstrates how we’re changing the education landscape at Lebanon Community School Corporation with a mission to send all of our students on to a post-secondary education experience.”
LHS has now graduated more than 90 percent of its seniors for four consecutive years.
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LHS graduation rate of 95.4 sets a new record
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Man critical after fire
Lebanon Fire and Boone County Sheriff's Office personnel investigated a 1 a.m. Wednesday house fire that caused critical injuries to one occupant.
Charges could be filed against a Lebanon man who investigators believe set a fire that put him in a hospital with critical injuries.
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Lebanon fire leaves man in critical condition
Shawn Lambert, 45, Lebanon, is in critical condition at Wishard Hospital with burns and respiratory injuries he suffered in a 1 a.m. Wednesday house fire at 519 E. Noble St., Lebanon.
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Beautiful Baby, Little Miss and Little Boy Boone contests Saturday
The Boone County Fourth of July 2013 Beautiful Baby Boone, Little Miss Boone and Little Boy Boone contests will be this Saturday at the Joe Haboush Memorial Bandstand at Lebanon Memorial Park.
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County’s insurance premium jumps
National disasters are affecting Boone County’s property and casualty insurance rates.
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Amazing Spiderman
The festival also included a concert by JoyBox Express, who led a charity bike ride from Witham Memorial Hospital to the Square, while pulling their 352-pound acoustic piano.
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Cross-country cyclists stop on Lebanon’s square
A group of bicyclists from London who are biking across the country stopped briefly for lunch on the Boone County Courthouse Square Friday.
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Suspect escapes after Zionsville carjacking
A search was suspended at 3 p.m. Friday for a white male who allegedly carjacked a maroon, late-model Nissan on Mayflower Parkway, wrecked the vehicle at 106th Street and Dahlia Drive, and fled on foot.
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County makes jobs full-time ahead of ACA requirement
Two county employees were approved to take on full-time status by the Boone County Council Tuesday in preparation for new provisions under the Affordable Care Act.
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Little League Scores Scoreboard
Because of their generosity, every baseball and softball field at Lebanon Little League now has a scoreboard,” Lebanon Little League sponsorship and fundraiser chairwoman Dianna Kincaid said.
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Summer Reading Fun
The library celebrated its summer reading program kickoff Tuesday with this concert by singer and guitarist/banjoist Tom Sieling. Summer reading goes until Aug. 3, and children can sign up any time throughout the summer.
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