‘You’re going to win’: Crowley ISD, Paul Quinn College team up on middle schooL

From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Published October 6, 2025

For students who are only six weeks into eighth grade, high school graduation can seem like a long way off. But Mauldin, the college’s lead admissions and retention coordinator, reminded them that what they do next year will affect the opportunities they have later on. In order to meet that 3.0 threshold [to be accepted in the [Quinnite Network Innovation School program], they’ll need to maintain a B average throughout their high school years, he told them.

They can’t coast for the first three years and then buckle down when they’re seniors. “But if you’re extraordinary students, like I think you are, I believe that you can get a 4.0. I think you can get As,” Mauldin told them.

The students were visiting the college as a part of a new partnership between Paul Quinn and Crowley ISD that organizers on both sides hope will help get students to start thinking about college earlier.