BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to WCBD-TV, former Charleston County School District Superintendent Dr. Nancy McGinley is a candidate for the top job at the Berkeley County School District.
Dr. McGinley was one of four candidates reportedly interviewed on Thursday.
With seven years at the helm, McGinley, now 60, was the longest-serving superintendent in Charleston County’s history.
She resigned from the CCSD in October with two years left on her contract in the wake of a scandal over racial accusations involving Academic Magnet High School’s football team and Coach Bud Walpole.
Her resignation prompted many people in the community as well as Charleston Mayor Joe Riley to call for the school board to give McGinley back her job.
“I think the school board made a mistake in asking for and accepting Nancy McGinley’s resignation,” Riley told board members during a public meeting in December. “I just don’t see losing a talented, proven, successful, determined, hard-working leader. And so I needed to come and stand up for her cause she’s been standing up for the children of Charleston County for a long time.”
The school district is looking to replace Rodney Thompson, 48, who was indicted in April by the state grand jury on a misdemeanor ethics charge involving public corruption in connection with the district’s ‘Yes 4 Schools’ campaign in 2012.
McGinley’s time as CCSD superintendent brought with it some great achievements.
In 2013, McGinley was honored as Arts Administrator of the Year by the South Carolina Alliance for Arts Education for her continued commitment to arts education in South Carolina.
In the 2012-2013 school year, CCSD’s graduation rate improved three points to 75.5 percent.
In 2012, the Charleston County School Board, encouraged by a new state report card that showed positive gains at schools in the district, extended McGinley’s contract for another four years, to Dec. 30, 2016.
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