🏫 How did Wayne County Schools do in ILEARN?

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Your Monday Richmond weather forecast: A high of 82, low of 66. Scattered showers. 🌧

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🏫 Wayne County schools improve in ILEARN, still below state average

The Indiana Department of Education recently released the ILEARN testing data from this past school year.

While many schools across the county saw slight improvements, the county as a whole still fell under the state average.

Nettle Creek Schools saw the most improvement by nearly five percentage points, while Community Christian School saw the largest decrease.

To see how each school performed, read the story here.

📰 What else you should know today:

🔴 RNC takeaways: The Republican National Convention in Milwaukee ended last Thursday. Here are 3 Indiana-specific takeaways from it.

✈ Holcomb on economic trip: Indiana's Governor is making an economic development trip to Australia and Singapore this coming week to discuss advanced manufacturing, defense and energy.

🚫 'I kept saying no':Three women have accused one of Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett's top aides of preying on subordinates for years. He was fired hours after the story was published.

📉 Unemployment claims down: While nationwide unemployment grew, Indiana's claims dropped by about 1,400 last week from the week prior.

🏠 Living lavishly: In the market for a new Indiana home? How about a hidden speakeasy or a transformed church?

😊 Good News Monday! 😊

No, your eyes are not deceiving you.

In the post I've embedded above, the Orange County Rural District 1 Fire Department over in French Lick had an unusual call Tuesday night.

Curious Georgina (no, not her actual name), a pet monkey, got her leash tangled up in a tree branch while going on her nightly stroll.

Thankfully, with the help of the department and assisting agencies, she was returned to her owner.

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