The Charleston County School District wants to turn a large plot of land between Awendaw and McClellanville into the next site for the area’s middle and high schools.
With the end of the school year a little over a month away, students and families are reminded that it’s now a federal requirement for all virtual students to take state-mandated testing in person.
Lawyers for a Lowcountry mother say the Berkeley County School District is now allowing their client’s kids to attend in-person classes after she had filed a lawsuit against the district who were not allowing her kids the option.
According to DHEC officials, the affected person is someone associated with C.E. Williams Middle School That person is in isolation and remains so until DHEC has established they can no longer spread TB.
A Lowcountry mother is suing the Berkeley County School District saying district officials are breaking the law by not allowing her two children to be enrolled for in-person classes.
Dorchester School District 2 has one of the highest graduation rates of any district in the Lowcountry. It is routinely ranked in the top ten for overall achievement in the state.
Laurel Glover, the infection control/COVID-19 coordinator at Charleston Southern University credits the masks for keeping classrooms safe throughout the pandemic.
South Carolina’s top public health official says there are positive signs for South Carolina’s fight against COVID-19, but it’s not time to take masks off just yet.
For the second school year in a row, every Charleston County School District student will be able to eat breakfast and lunch at school for free, district officials announced on Tuesday.
Colleton County Schools are back and in-person, five-days-a-week after state lawmakers passed a law requiring all schools to have a five-days-a-week in-person option.
The Colleton County School District say they will begin offering a five-day-a-week, in-person school schedules for students for the first time since the pandemic began.
A year of social distancing, quarantining, and computer classrooms has left a major impact on education. While experts feared learning loss, preliminary data is now in to back up those fears.
Following the passing of a bill in the South Carolina Legislature, Colleton County School District says they are making plans to allow students currently learning virtually to transition to in-person learning on Monday.
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill into law that requires all school districts in the state to offer five days of in-person learning every week starting April 26.
By the time Gov. Henry McMaster signs a new bill requiring five-day in-person learning into law this week, school districts across the state will already be ready. But teachers will benefit from two other key parts of the bill.
The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday set aside money for a 2% raise for state employees and a $1,000 raise for all teachers as the panel approved its version of the roughly $10 billion spending plan for the fiscal year that starts on July 1.
The Palmetto State Teachers Association says members of the SC Senate Finance Committee have proposed funding a $1000 pay raise with part of the year’s budget surplus.
Some students and families in Dorchester District Two are still awaiting word on if they will have a prom and other year-end celebrations while the district works with principals to make plans.
As we get closer to wrapping up the 2020-2021 school year, there are still some schools in South Carolina that have not resumed in-person learning full time, five days a week.
State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman said she opposes a bill that would prevent transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams, but she does support a process that transgender athletes must go through if they want to play.
South Carolina lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday allowing people without teacher certifications to teach in schools if there is a vacancy five days before the start of the year.
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the critical role local libraries play in rural communities. Now, those on Edisto Island say they want a new library to come to the edge of Charleston County.
As school districts in Berkeley and Charleston Counties continue to deal with the fallout of racially insensitive social media posts by students and staff, a new public charter school is getting ready to open its doors with a fresh approach to education.
The South Carolina Senate has unanimously passed a proposal that would require all schools to provide in-person classes five days a week starting as soon as April 12.
South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would require “instruction in United States foundational history” for all public middle and high school students in a way that is consistent with former President Donald Trump’s 1776 Commission Report.
Officials with the Colleton County School District said the school board voted 6-1 to expand in-person learning for district students to five days of instruction starting on May 3.
The Lowcountry’s first charter school for students with dyslexia and similar reading challenges is set to open this fall.The Gates School will first be open to students in Grades 1 through 5.
The Charleston County School District confirmed it has placed a teacher assistant on administrative leave while the district investigates allegedly inappropriate comments made on social media.
State lawmakers recently approved the pay increase, with Gov. Henry McMaster signing the bill. That gave permission for school districts to move forward with the increase.
As the plexiglass barriers went up, the masks were put on and learning went behind a screen. Many students simply had to co-exist with the new modality. However, a one-size fits all approach doesn’t fit every students’ needs.
The South Carolina Department of Social Services has extended the deadline to verify addresses of families eligible to receive pandemic food assistance.
New three-feet social distancing guidance from the Centers for Disease Control could help allow schools to shorten their distance requirements in the classroom.
