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Beshear Celebrates Gatton Academy Ranking

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Published September 25, 2012 at 3:37 PM EDT
Miranda Pederson/The Daily News

A teenager with a perfect ACT score made a point Monday about the significance of attending the No. 1 high school in America. “Kentucky is the best in the United States of America in something other than basketball,” said David Brown, 17, of Central City, a student at the Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science at Western Kentucky University. Gov. Steve Beshear joined the celebration of Gatton Academy being named the No. 1 American high school by Newsweek magazine.
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