Sixteen schools won 2022 Gene Bottoms Pacesetter School Awards for their efforts to increase quality instruction and raise student achievement.

Recipients will be honored on July 19, 2022, at the opening general session of SREB’s Making Schools Work Conference in Grapevine, Texas.

Pacesetter School Awards recognize schools that are implementing one of SREB’s Making Schools Work school improvement frameworks and are achieving success in meeting bold goals related to increases in student graduation rates, readiness for college and careers, and credential attainment.

Download the releases below for details on how each school achieved these awards.

East High School — Youngstown, Ohio

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Fleming County High School — Flemingsburg, Kentucky

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Granville High School — Granville, Ohio

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Kettering Fairmont High School — Kettering, Ohio

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Leavelle McCampbell Middle School — Graniteville, South Carolina

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Lehigh Career & Technical Institute — Schnecksville, Pennsylvania

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Mapleton Middle School — Ashland, Ohio

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Meridian Technology Center — Stillwater, Oklahoma

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Mingo Central Comprehensive High School — Mingo County, West Virginia

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Northland Career Center — Platte City, Missouri (Four-time Pacesetter Award winner)

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Penta Career Center — Perrysburg Township, Ohio (Three-time Pacesetter Award winner

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Pioneer Technology Center — Ponca City, Oklahoma

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Sumter Career and Technology Center — Sumter, South Carolina (Two-time Pacesetter Award Winner)

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Trumbull Career & Technical Center — Warren, Ohio

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West Clermont High School — Cincinnati, Ohio

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Wilkerson Middle School — West Birmingham, Alabama

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