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Sarasota News Leader December 28, 2012 Page 82 SIX OF EIGHT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS WIN A GRADES Six of eight high schools in the Sarasota Coun- Department of Education had added new acty School District received an A in the grade countability components to the high school report released Dec. 21 by the Florida Depart- grading process, the release notes. ment of Education, the district announced. Under the new system, 50 percent of a school���s Four of the Schools ��� North Port, Riverview, grade is based on 2012 state assessment Sarasota and Sarasota Military Academy ��� scores, including the FCAT, and 50 percent improved their grade from a B last year to an is based on the school���s graduation rate, the A this year. number of students who take advanced-placeTwo high schools received a B. None of the ment courses, the number of students who district���s comprehensive high schools was pass advanced-placement examinations and graded lower than a B, a district news re- indicators of student readiness for college. lease points out. Additionally, no district high school received a lower grade than it earned last year. The district continues to be graded an A district overall, the news release notes. Oak Park School, a district facility for students with severe or multiple exceptionalities from elementary grades through high school, received an F grade. It was included in the Grades for elementary and middle schools report because it serves high school students were released in July. High school grades and is categorized as a combination school, were not reported at that time because the the news release notes. The Sarasota County School District has released the grades for all of its high schools. Chart courtesy the school district