Dorchester County School District Two released a statement Friday on an incident involving a gun found in a student’s bookbag at Fort Dorchester High School.
State legislators will gather in the Lowcountry Thursday to hear from members in the community on issues children are facing, including potential vaccine mandates in schools.
The district’s information technology staff discovered that district networks were not in operation on October 4 and that the district had experienced a cyber incident.
Price believes the tension at these meetings is so high right now because national debates, in particular about COVID-19 mitigation, have become localized.
Newly released results from a survey of South Carolina teachers found the pandemic is worsening their frustration and discouragement and is contributing to some of them quitting their jobs.
Dorchester District Two is asking parents to get their kids tested as soon as COVID symptoms appear, and report the results to the district as soon as they know.
Fetter Health Care Network has expanded its partnership with the Charleston County School District to provide school-based health care services to families in five schools.
The Charleston County Public Safety Directorate and Charleston County School District are partnering to create a new program for high school students interested in a career in public safety.
Dorchester District 4 Superintendent Kelvin Wymbs has resigned his position after a board meeting Friday night in which board members received legal advice on a staff matter.
The Charleston County School Board is set to meet Monday to consider extending its mandatory mask mandate for all students and staff inside its schools.
A 14-year-old student was arrested at Riverside High School in Greer on Thursday morning after police said the student put a gun in another student’s book bag.
Supply chain issues are hitting schools where it hurts the most – the stomach. Across the country, schools are coping with delayed or canceled shipments of fresh and packaged food and the Lowcountry school districts are no different.
South Carolina’s top educator and public health director are both encouraging more school districts to take advantage of an opportunity that can get more quarantined students back in the classroom sooner.
It’s not a new survey, and the questions aren’t necessarily new either, but a survey from the Charleston County School District aims to gauge the overall climate of its schools, in addition to students’ mental health.
Drivers moving along some parts of South Carolina’s interstate highways this month may spot a plea from teachers among the many billboards dotting the roadways.
After a summer of looking forward to a more traditional school year, a kindergarten class was forced to quarantine twice in the first couple of months of the year.
Officials with the Charleston County School District say there have been 610 mask exemptions which have been approved regarding the district’s mask mandate.
Gov. McMaster talked to rotary club members at Bessinger’s BBQ in Charleston on the same day the State Supreme Court ruled that the ban on mask mandates in schools is constitutional.
The growth follows a year in which many students across the country were forced to learn online, and in South Carolina, thousands are sticking with that style of learning.
The Director of Fine and Performing Arts Jason Walsh says the decision comes as marching band practices have been impacted by quarantine protocols and weather.
The South Carolina Department of Education issued guidance to schools on Wednesday after the U.S. District Court issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the enforcement of a condition in the state budget.
Court documents state an appeal has been filed with the South Carolina Supreme Court after a judge denied a motion to block the Charleston County School District’s mask mandate.
The board chose to take no action on a mask mandate at Monday night’s meeting. Board members cited a declining number of COVID cases, legal challenges, and the additional strain it would put on teachers as reasons for passing on masks.
Last week, parents of four children filed an emergency temporary injunction and restraining order against the district's mask mandate in the classroom.
Members of the Stand as One activist group called for the firing of a Berkeley County teacher accused of using a racial slur during a classroom lesson on racism.
