Ypsilanti's New Tech High School awarded distinction as a national demonstration site

Ypsilanti Public Schools' New Tech High School will serve as one of 30 demonstration sites in the entire United States for prospective New Tech schools during the 2011-12 school year.

Cory McElmeel, director of Ypsilanti New Tech High School @ Ardis, said being considered among the New Tech model schools was another step in the development of the school, which opened at the beginning of the 2010-11 school year.

"With any new program there will be growing pains, however our team of educators and staff worked exceptionally hard to create a strong and viable model that will now serve as an example to others," McElmeel said in a statement.