Gene Witt Elementary aims to be ahead of the technological curve. Founded in 1994, it was the first Manatee County school networked for technology, and since that time it's stayed wired, offering laptops in every classroom. Students can participate in the school's Gene Witt Orffestra (named for they xylophones they play called Orff Instruments), its in-house TV news studio or work in the media center before school as volunteer Media Managers.