Thursday, May 17, 2012
Beech Hill Elementary fifth grade teacher Kelley Wanish earns Teach of Year for Dorchester County School District Two.
Beech Hill continues to garner accolades. This time, its fifth grade teacher Kelley Wanish has won the district's Teacher of the Year award. Wanish joined Beech Hill in 2007 and is a 16-year teaching veteran. "Like flowers in a garden, student learning will only grow and blossom when conditions are right," she wrote in a statement. "I spend many hours researching what each one of my plants need to reach their full potential." Wanish was bestowed the title May 8. Wanish will be recognized again 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, at Bethany United Methodist Church.
District will ask voters to approve a referendum in the fall.
In a workshop Wednesday at the district office, school board members approved moving forward with a referendum not to exceed $177 million and approved allowing Superintendent Joe Pye to form a nonprofit committee charged with campaigning the referendum before the November general election. "We had a list that could have been $400 or $500 million ... these are catch-up items," Pye said. "We have done without for a very long time and we're first in line." The meeting came just days after the school board presented a $148 million expenditure budget, adding less than $5 million over the previous year. The school board will present the budget to Dorchester County Council 7 p.m. Monday at the Summerville chambers. See the budget presented …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Michael Dean Daniel was arrested in March for an alleged incident with a Fort Dorchester High softball player in 2010.
NORTH CHARLESTON — A former Fort Dorchester High softball volunteer assistant coach has been accused of sexually assaulting a player in 2010, while he was still in that position. Michael Dean Daniel, 42, was arrested and charged with criminal sexual misconduct with a minor in March 7. He is out on bond. According to the North Charleston Police incident report, the victim said two years ago this summer Daniel allegedly sexually assaulted her while driving her to her friend's house. She was on the Fort Dorchester High softball team. In addition to being her assistant coach, Daniel was also described as a family friend in the report. According to the report, the victim alleges this was one of multiple incidents. When asked why she hadn't …
Monday, May 14, 2012
Signing occurred at Greenville Charter Technical School.
In a ceremony at one of the state’s premier charter schools, Gov. Nikki Haley signed into law a bill that would give even more power to charter schools. Haley was joined by State Superintendent Mick Zais at Greenville Technical Charter School in putting pen to paper on House bill 3241. A large contingent of students and faculty from GTCS were on hand to celebrate the announcement. In signing the bill, Haley set her sights on even more change to the state’s ailing public school system. “We will no longer settle for what we think education has to be, we will lead in this country on what education should be – and that means options, innovation and creativity,” Haley said. Zais added, “A one-size-fits-all model of education simply doesn’t …
Vying for the state championship, Ashley Ridge plays away Tuesday and at home Thursday; games postponed due to Monday's weather.
The Ashley Ridge Swamp Fox baseball team travels to Duncan in the Upstate Tuesday to play the first game against Byrnes High for the state championship. Ashley Ridge won the Lower State championship Friday against Lexington. The teams will play best of three games, with Ashley Ridge playing home Thursday. If a third game is needed, the teams will play again Saturday at a neutral location. Click here to see brackets. The games were originally scheduled for Monday and Wednesday, but Post and Courier reported the postponement was due to Monday's inclement weather. Updated 6:30 a.m. May 15 to correct game days.
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Dubose Middle teacher accused of inappropriately touching and soliciting a minor receives $40,000 bond.
ABC News 4 reports the Dubose Middle teacher accused of of inappropriately touching and soliciting a minor received a $40,000 bond Saturday. According to News 4, 49-year-old William Albert Gould Brown said: "I know the truth's going to come out." Click here to read more about what allegedly occured between Brown and his student, and what the student's family says. Brown was arrested Friday.
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Friday, May 11, 2012
The Wildcats' emotional quest for a state 4A championship ends. A triumphant Ashley Ridge will now face Byrnes High for the state crown.
The Lexington Wildcats' dream of a state 4A baseball crown ended Friday night with a 2-1 loss to Ashley Ridge in the Lower State championship. Despite trailing nearly the entire game 1-0, the Swamp Foxes tied the game in the final stanza, sending the game into extra innings. Ashley Ridge finally won at the bottom of the ninth on a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded. Lexington now goes home, and the Swamp Foxes will travel from their home in Summerville to take on the Byrnes High School Rebels next week for the state championship in a best 2-of-3 series. Despite the loss, and the end of an incredible playoff run that the Wildcats had dedicated to 13-year-old Kennedy Branham, who is battling cancer, the season was nonetheless phenomenal for…
Dorchester County deputies have arrested William Albert Brown of Summerville for alleged assault and soliciting minor as teacher at Dubose Middle.
Dorchester County deputies have arrested a man they say committed criminal solicitation of and inappropriately touched a minor as a teacher at Dubose Middle. William Albert Brown, 49, of Summerville was arrested Friday after a Thursday incident was brought to the authorities, according to Dorchester County Sheriff's Office PIO Maj. John Garrison. According to the office, deputies received a call about a Dubose Middle teacher making inappropriate comments to a 14-year-old student. Investigators discovered the student was also allegedly touched in an inappropriate manner. Brown is charged with assault second degree and criminal solicitation of a minor. This matter is still under investigation.
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With Kennedy Branham in attendance, Lexington topped White Knoll on Thursday to stay alive in its quest for a state baseball crown. Wildcats are now primed for a rematch against Ashley Ridge on Friday night.
With their young muse, Kennedy Branham, in attendance, the state's top-ranked Lexington Wildcats knocked off arch-rival White Knoll on Thursday night in an elimination game to advance to the Class 4A Lower State baseball championship. Riding strong pitching from A.J. Hart, timely hitting, and nearly error-free ball, the Wildcats won 5-1 over the Timberwolves in front of a capacity crowd at their county rival's home field. "I think we got five hits apiece, but we got the ones when it mattered," Lexington Coach Brian Hucks said after the game to WLXM-FM radio. In the win, the Wildcat's avoided elimination in their quest for the state crown -- a championship run they have dedicated to Kennedy, a 13-year-old Lexington middle-schooler who is …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The bill did not receive a good recommendation from the subcommittee.
A bill that would use public dollars to pay for private education barely made it out of a Senate subcommittee on Wednesday. According to The State newspaper, Sen. Wes Hayes, R-York, joined Sens. Phil Leventis of Sumter and John Matthews of Orangeburg, both Democrats, in voting down H.4894, the school choice bill, over the objections of Republican Sens. David Thomas of Greenville and Larry Grooms of Berkeley. The House passed the same bill, 65-49, in March. The bill would give parents a $4,000 tax deduction if they send their children to private schools, a $2,000 tax deduction if they home school their children and a $1,000 tax deduction if they transfer their child from one public school to another, according to a story Patch reported …
RyanH
11:50 am on Friday, May 18, 2012
The idea of a "community pool" is extremely appealing, as there are no public pools in Summerville or anywhere close by. (I'm assuming that's what is meant by "community".) But why would the school board facilitate the creation of one? Shouldn't that be something the city administers? more ›