BATAVIA – The public will help determine whether two teams of Batavia High School students make it to the next round in a national competition called “Project Innovation: The Challenge” sponsored by the American Institute of CPA’s.

The students have been given the challenge to come up with a new idea for a show that centers on the CPA profession. The two Batavia teams, Accounting Pros and Bulldogs, already are among the top eight finalists for the accounting competition.

Batavia High School senior Stanley Walden, is on the Accounting Pros team, which has garnered the most votes so far among the eight finalists. The Bulldogs team is currently in fifth place.