Charleston SC | Post and Courier - Charleston, SC (2024)

Years after COVID-19 upended American schooling, nearly every state — including South Carolina—still struggles with attendance. Roughly one in four students in the 2022-23 school year remained chronically absent, meaning they missed at least 10 percent of the school year. In South Carolina alone, 191,162 of the state's nearly 850,000 missed too much school — better than the national rate, but not by much.

This year, CCSD school board seats for districts 2, 4, 6 and 8 are up for grabs. Ten candidates are on the ballot, with three incumbents seeking re-election.

With school board approval, CCSD students will be able to take Black studies course as soon as next semester.

CCSD welcomed back approximately 50,000 students with fully staffed classrooms, which district leaders called a historic achievement.

The National Weather Service confirmed seven South Carolina tornadoes during Tropical Storm Debby. Here's how they track and warn about the destructive storm cells.

Armed with studies linking cellphones to learning loss and harm to mental health, South Carolina is compelling K-12 school districts to ban them or lose funding. Still, with school starting for nearly 800,000 students this month, a final policy on what constitutes "access" to cellphones and when students can use them is months away.

Tropical Storm Debby's rising floodwaters kept thousands of students home in SC's Lowcountry. Classes in Charleston, Berkeley and Jasper have not started for the year yet.

Hubert "Wayne" Wilcher served as contracts and procurement director for the district from 2013 to 2023. The lawsuit claims he was fired while on sick leave.

The lawsuits claim Karen Moore, a special-needs teacher for the school, physically and verbally abused and neglected the children and the district failed to investigate complaints made by other employees.

Charleston County School District had to pay more than $3 million to cover costs for programs and services it had intended to use federal COVID-19 relief funds to pay for. Findings of an outside investigation revealed problems with the procurement processes and procedures. The director of federal programs for CCSD has been fired as a result.

The Post and Courier interviewed students who participated in the College Board pilot program to learn the impacts of the S.C. Department of Education decision not to allow African American Studies to be taught as an AP course.

The library will undergo renovations as part of a 2014 tax referendum funded project, including interior refreshes, such as new paint and furniture.

Halfway through the nonprofit's year-long celebration, here are some events that the local and statewide community can attend to in support.

Findings of a Charleston County School District investigation into hostile workplace accusations exonerated Anita Huggins and other district officials of wrongdoing.

Members of Movement 400 and board members of the Charleston County School District minority faction condemned the attempt to censure board member Darlene Roberson.

Sewing Down South, co-owned by Southern Charm star Craig Conover, has collaborated with Reese Witherspoon's Draper James brand for a three-day event in Charleston.

Despite low inventory, downtown Charleston homes are flying off the market, including 9 Tradd Street which sold June 12 for $9.7 million.

Board members selected calendar A, which schedules spring break on April 6-10, 2026, and sets May 28, 2026 as the last day of school.

On a June 24 meeting, board chair Keith Grybowski brought the motion due to fellow member Darlene Roberson asking a question to the district's legal counsel, which he believed violated board policy.

The district's fiscal year 2025 budget increases teacher pay across the board by $8,000 and implements a weighted student funding model for all district schools.

The board members' statement comes amid a district investigation into alleged misuse of COVID-19 relief funds and claims of a hostile work environment by a high-ranking district employee.

Brief news on Charleston County School District happening, including information about a public hearing for fiscal year 2025 budget and a teacher honored by the S.C bar

John Cobb, CCSD executive director of a COVID-19 relief fund, alleges in a letter to the school board that the district misused federal funds and violated procurement processes.

At a June 11 press conference, education stakeholders gathered to condemn the SCDE decision to not renew a course code for the AP class the upcoming school year.

Brief news on Charleston County School District happenings, including how proposed salary raises have impacted hiring and recruiting and record number of students earning SC Seal of Biliteracy.

In a sharp reversal, Oceanside Collegiate Academy's district decided to keep school open.

The Post and Courier shadowed a group touring the IAAM to give readers an inside look of the museum's education initiatives and the impact they have on students.

In a statement, the S.C. Department of Education said it has not added any new AP courses to its 2024-25 school year roster, including the AP African American Studies course.

The closed portion of Meeting Street between George and Calhoun Streets will reopen by the evening of June 7. Construction teams are actively working to repave the road, a job not expected to continue into June 8.

The pilot for an AP African American Studies course will not become an official class in South Carolina schools.

Brief news on Charleston County School District happenings, including information about upcoming board meetings and CCSD's summer meal programs.

Charter school districts associated with financially distressed colleges and universities are allowing struggling charter schools to stay open, jeopardizing the futures of many of the state's rural students.

The Charter Institute at Erskine’s schools underperformed in most benchmark academic subjects compared to other South Carolina school groups, particularly in elementary and middle school math.

Colleton County officials revealed May 29 that Bradley the monkey, which spent Memorial Day Weekend wandering the streets of Walterboro, was captured dead two days earlier.

Brief news on Charleston County School District happenings, including two CCSD students honored as 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars and a Murray-LaSaine school nurse earning a state award.

Cate Angle will compete in National Harbor, Md., beginning May 28 for a chance to win the Scripps Cup and be this year's National Spelling Bee champion.

Oceanside Collegiate Academy is telling parents it's transferring to a new charter school authorizer on July 1. Legal experts are skeptical.

Oceanside Collegiate Academy is fighting back against its authorizer's notice that it plans to close down the school.

Edith L. Frierson Elementary is the only public school on Wadmalaw Island and is almost 10 miles from the nearest indoor gym facility in St. John’s High School.

Brief news on Charleston County School District happenings, including CCSD bringing back an all-county band program and a teacher earning a quarterfinalist spot for the Grammy music teacher award.

CCSD's FY25 budget prioritizes a $7,500 increase for teacher salaries,brings non-teacher pay to 100 percent of market value and implements a weighted student formula to fund district schools.

The lawsuit claims that a head start teacher allegedly assaulted both children during class time and that the school failed to notify parents immediately after the attacks took place.

Board member Keith Grybowski said the change would not come overnight, as it would require various discussions with all board members, staff and superintendent Anita Huggins.

The project will cost $46 million and will be funded through the One-Penny Sales Tax Program.

Brief news on Charleston County School District happenings, including FY25 budget updates, teacher of the year announcements and more.

Council member Jerome Heyward said that the potential separation of North Charleston from CCSD came as a result of seeing the “deplorable conditions” of schools in the area.

Brief news on happenings in the Charleston County School District, including school of the arts student earning top spot at poetry competition.

The Charter Institute at Erskine moved to shut down Oceanside Collegiate Academy, a Mount Pleasant charter school.

Charleston County School District appointed Dr. Luke Clamp, who currently serves asexecutive director of high schools and postsecondary pathways at Lexington County School District 1.

Brief news on happenings in the Charleston County School District, including one of its high schools remaining tops in state and one of the best in the country.