Schools Honored with 2020 Pacesetter Awards
Awards to be presented at the 2021 Making Schools Work Conference

News SREB News Release

Twenty-three schools won 2020 Gene Bottoms Pacesetter School Awards for their efforts to increase quality instruction and raise student achievement.

Recipients will be honored on July 6, 2021, at the opening general session of SREB’s Making Schools Work Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, due to the cancellation of the 2020 conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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.

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Asbury High School
Albertville, Alabama

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Bethel-Tate Middle School
Bethel, Ohio

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Choffin Career and Technical Center
Youngstown, Ohio

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Deer Park Junior/Senior High School
Cincinnati, Ohio

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DeKalb County Technology Center – Two-time winner (2018)
Rainsville, Alabama

DeKalb County Technology Center

Easley High School
Easley, South Carolina

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Excelsior Springs Area Career Center
Excelsior Springs, Missouri

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Gordon Cooper Technology Center
Shawnee, Oklahoma

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Harding Middle School
Steubenville, Ohio

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Hueytown High School
Hueytown, Alabama

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Indian Valley High School
Gnadenhutten, Ohio

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Mahoning County Career & Technical Center
Canfield, Ohio

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Mid-America Technology Center – Two-time winner (2019)
Wayne, Oklahoma

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Moore High School
Moore, Oklahoma

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Nicholas County Career and Technical Center - Two-time winner (2019)
Craigsville, West Virginia

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Northland Career Center – Three-time winner (2018 and 2019)
Platte City, Missouri

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Penta Career Center – Two-time winner (2018)
Perrysburg, Ohio

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Pickens County Career & Technology Center
Liberty, South Carolina

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Riverside Academy
Buffalo, New York

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Springboro High School
Springboro, Ohio

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Sumter Career and Technology Center
Sumter, South Carolina

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Whale Branch Early College High School
Seabrook, South Carolina

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Williamsburg High School
Williamsburg, Ohio

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