Colmer Middle and Gautier Middle are being recognized as a 2020-21 Project Lead the Way Distinguished Gateway Schools. The College & Career Technical Institute is being recognized as a 2020-21 Project Lead the Way Distinguished High School.

 

The PLTW Distinguished School recognition honors schools committed to increasing student access, engagement, and achievement in their PLTW programs.

 

To be eligible for the designation, schools had to meet the following criteria:

* Have more than 50 percent of the student body participating during the 2019-20 school year;

* Have 25 percent of students advancing to high school participate in two or more units;

* Offer at least one PLTW Gateway unit at each grade level;

* Have strategies and supports in place that support reasonably proportional representation with regard to race, ethnicity, poverty, gender and can support such claims with relevant data.