Companies, schools embrace P-TECH training

Beginning the new year, there will be 50 fresh-faced freshmen at Longmont’s Skyline High School facing a new direction in education, as they begin their pursuit of an associate’s degree in computer science. And while that may seem formidable, participation in one of the state’s first P-TECH — Pathways in Technology Early College High School — programs isn’t attracting only the overachievers.

“It’s hard to say these kids would not have been college track — we have some kids who are very high flyers,” said Assistant Principal Greg Stephens. However, he said 76 percent of the students…