BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Berkeley County School Board members and district officials held their second budget workshop to continue review of the proposed FY 2016-2017 General Fund Operating Budget, an estimated $258,823,413. BCSD has proposed a four mill increase to comply with state mandates, provide competitive teacher salaries, restore essential resources and plan for the growth of the district. “In an effort […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—South Carolina Senators Larry Grooms and Paul Campbell—both from Berkeley County—have introduced a bill that addresses the controversial restroom issue involving transgender students attending Berkeley County schools. The bill comes in response to the Berkeley County School District allowing transgender students to use the restrooms of the gender with which they identify. However, a new bill proposed by […]
Charleston Southern University will host the sixth annual CSI@CSU summer camp June 13-17, 2016 on campus. The week-long camp is designed for rising high school students. Students attending CSI@CSU will complete classroom lectures,participate in hands-on crime scene investigation; work in small groups and individually. The program is taught by Charleston Southern University criminal justice professors, members of the Charleston and […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Wendy Smith, 3rd grade teacher and Teacher of the Year at Daniel Island School, received the prestigious InterTech Award for Excellence in STEM Education during the 2016 Conservation Gala at the South Carolina Aquarium. “I feel both honored and humbled to be the recipient of this award. After all, the progress we have made this year with STEM/STEAM […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Four schools in Berkeley County School District received significant grant funding from Google totaling $172,458. The grants were awarded to enhance computer and technology opportunities for students. Devon Forest Elementary received $50,000, and will use the money specifically to support “Getting on the Tech Track II,” a 1:1 digital learning initiative that will allow 135 second graders the […]
More South Carolina teachers are leaving the classroom, causing more vacancies and more new hires to fill those positions, data from the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement’s (CERRA’s) Supply and Demand Survey Reports show. According to their research, the number of teachers leaving each year is significantly higher than the number of students graduating from South Carolina institutions each […]
DANIEL ISLAND, S.C.–Daniel Island Academy has been selected as a South Carolina Farm to Preschool Program grant recipient. This is the first school within Berkeley County to receive site designation and funding. “At Daniel Island Academy we have the privilege of helping young children explore healthy eating options that can shape lifelong eating habits, so when the mentor teachers brought […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Nineteen Berkeley Middle College students completed associate degree and/or certificate programs at Trident Technical College almost a month before graduating from high school. Principal of Berkeley Middle College, Claire Freeman, said, “Our school staff joins me in saluting our thirteen Associate Degree recipients and six Pre-Nursing Certification students in the Berkeley Middle College Class of 2016. Each and every […]
Live5News.com | Charleston, SC | News, Weather, Sports BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–On Tuesday night, dozens of people packed the inside of Berkeley Elementary School to speak in favor as well as against the school district’s decision to recently allow transgender students to use the restroom in which they identify with. “This is about much more than bathrooms. It’s about trans students being […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–During Tuesday night’s school board meeting, some parents say they plan to address board members over allowing transgender students to use restrooms for the gender with which they identify. “If you want to demand answers about the school districts recent decision to allow transgender students to use whichever restroom they choose, this is the meeting to attend!” reads a Facebook […]
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