COLUMBIA – The S.C. Department of Education has issued a Free to Focus policy, mandated for all South Carolina public schools. A media release from the Department of Education, states that the policy seeks to create a phone-free environment during school hours to help students engage, focus, and grow their college and career-ready skills. The […]
Technology center to open at Village in Winnsboro
September 12, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – In early June, TruVista and the Fairfield County School District announced their partnership in constructing the first of its kind education initiative in the state of South Carolina at the Village in Winnsboro, the new housing for Fairfield County teachers. That initiative is a technology center. The residential development opened this fall, and […]
FCSD school board incumbents unopposed
July 18, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – There will be no new faces on the Fairfield County School Board of Trustees come November. The three incumbent trustees who are running for re-election are all unopposed. Joyce Renee Green, a former teacher in the Fairfield School District, filed to retain her seat in District 2 for a second term. Joe Seibles, […]
New principal named for Geiger
July 18, 2024 By
RIDGEWAY – Gregory Scott has been named the principal of Geiger Elementary School, according to a statement from Fairfield County School Superintendent Dr. Tony Hemingway. “Mr. Scott joins the Geiger family with a wealth of experience and a proven track record of leadership in education,” Hemingway said. Scott served as the assistant principal at Bethel-Hanberry […]
No changes on Fairfield School Board Trustees
November 10, 2022 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – In the school board election, all incumbents were returned to the board. Incumbent Sylvia Harrison, Dist. 1, captured 774 votes (72%) to turn back her challenger, Clair MoMo Qualls with 300 votes (28.%). There were 4 write-in votes. Dist. 7 school board incumbent Darreyl Davis had 627 votes (60%) to Kolisa Willingham […]
FCHS TOYs on a Roll
August 13, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – For the third year in a row, the Fairfield County School District teacher of the year has been selected from Fairfield Central High School. This year’s winner, Shannon Taylor, right, is Chair of the English Department and teaches English IV. She also sponsors the school’s nationally ranked, award-winning Beta Club which has had […]
FCSD sues bus company
May 28, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – It was supposed to be a lifetime opportunity for 47 Fairfield County BETA Club students. Instead, recurring mechanical issues and frequent stops turned the road trip to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma into a nightmare. Now the Fairfield County School District is suing, accusing the bus company of “contract breaches and misrepresentations,” and also claiming […]
Gaps evident in meeting recording
April 16, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County School District leadership says it has ample reserves to help offset an expected $2.7 million shortfall in next year’s budget. However, it’s difficult, if not impossible, for members of the public to fully understand where things stand financially because of gaps in the recording of budget discussions. There were two distinct […]
Fairfield’s new kind of ‘homeschool’
March 26, 2020 By
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 […]
