RIDGEWAY – It was during the week of March 9 that Nicole Collins Hunter, a child development teacher for four year olds, at Geiger Elementary in Ridgeway, and her fellow teachers were advised by school administrators to begin preparing remote learning packets for their students in case of a shutdown of schools due to the […]
Fairfield School District canceled until April
March 15, 2020 By
News released from Fairfield County School District: By order of the Governor of South Carolina, school is canceled for Fairfield County School District students starting March 16, 2020, through March 31, 2020. With the closure of schools, all student activities, including athletics, are canceled from March 16 – March 31. Staff should report at the […]
District’s surplus rises to $4.2M
January 23, 2020 By
FCSD Leads State with $25,022 Per Pupil WINNSBORO – As the Fairfield County School District’s multi-million dollar surplus grew by millions more, student achievement has not kept up. In 2019, the district netted a windfall of nearly $4.2 million, causing its fund balance to swell from nearly $10.5 million to more than $14.7 million, according […]
Partnership between RWA and FCSD restored
January 16, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – A partnership between Fairfield County Schools and Richard Winn Academy that allows Richard Winn students the opportunity to attend the Fairfield Career and Technology Center has been reestablished. Richard Winn Head of School Kristen Chaisson said 12 sophomores and juniors are enrolled in the courses in auto body, firefighting and welding, “It gives […]
District charges $338 for FOIA records
January 2, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – It will cost $338 before the Fairfield County School District will disclose expense records from the superintendent’s discretionary budget, which one board member characterized as a sort of ‘slush fund.’ It’s from the superintendent’s account, also referred to as the superintendent’s contingency fund, that the district quietly paid for costly, out-of-state trips for […]
FCSD reverses MOU’s exclusions
December 5, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Another alteration has been made to the Fairfield County Promise Program, which aims to allow Fairfield students to attend college at Midlands Technical College at no cost to them. At the Nov. 19 meeting, the school district’s board of trustees voted on a second amended Memorandum of Understanding, or MOU, that clarifies eligibility […]
Super’s evaluation form gets mixed reviews
November 27, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Superintendent Dr. J.R. Green received another round of positive reviews on his annual evaluation, the district’s Board of Trustees’ chairman recently during the school board meeting last week. Completed evaluation forms from individual board members, which typically include comments about the superintendent’s performance, were not made available as of press time. […]
Palmetto’s Finest
November 27, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – After being named one of Palmetto’s Finest schools for the second year in a row, Kelly Miller Elementary school Principal Kathy Woodard, left, and Vice Principal Faith Jones gathered with the school’s teachers and staff at the November school board meeting to show off the banners that will be displayed at the school.
Mary Did You Know?
November 27, 2019 By
COLUMBIA – Fairfield County School District’s Honors Chorus performed “Mary Did You Know” on the steps of the State House Sunday during the Carolighting ceremony.
USC launches initiative to benefit FCSD
November 20, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – University of South Carolina President Bob Caslen stopped in Winnsboro during his ‘bus tour’ of South Carolina Wednesday morning to announce the launch of a University initiative, the Accelerator for Learning and Leadership for South Carolina (ALL4SC). Caslen also announced that ALL4SC is partnering its first efforts with the Fairfield County School District. […]
