The Governor's School is:
- a regional, specialized high school for students interested in science, mathematics and computers.
- students attend either a morning ( AM session) or afternoon (PM session) with the other part of their school day at their "home school"
- students enter either as freshman or sophomores, depending on the school system that sends them
- supported by seven neighboring school school systems, some very rural, and one very urban
- in its eleventh year of operation