The superintendent of the Marlboro County School District has been placed on leave during an investigation into possible improper use of district property, according to the board chairman.
The Georgetown County Board of Education is calling on state lawmakers to repeal a state law that prohibits school districts from implementing mask mandates in the classroom.
All students and staff, no matter their vaccination status, have been required to wear masks while indoors on campus since the beginning of the semester.
Most public school districts in South Carolina may be required to enforce President Joe Biden’s recently announced COVID-19 action plan for vaccinations in the workplace, state education officials said Tuesday.
The mask mandate for Florence 1 Schools remains in effect despite the State Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the city of Columbia’s school mask mandate.
The school district will move to virtual instruction from Sept. 1 through Sept. 3 for the safety of students as COVID-19 cases rise in Florence County.
Horry County Schools announced it will implement two options to help reduce quarantine time and get students and staff back to face-to-face learning faster.
The South Carolina Supreme Court issued its ruling on Thursday in the legal fight between Attorney General Alan Wilson and the city of Columbia over mask mandates.
Florence School District 3 announced they will require all students, staff, and visitors to wear face coverings in district facilities beginning Tuesday, Sept. 7.
As South Carolina school districts see varying levels of spread, some question what state health leaders can do to curb it - particularly when it comes to making masks mandatory.
On Wednesday, the Horry County Schools COVID-19 dashboard showed there were 10,000 students in quarantine out of the nearly 43,400 students taking part in face-to-face learning in the district.
After a year of talking about learning loss due to virtual and hybrid learning, the state is finally starting to see how students across the state fared.
The school district will move to virtual instruction from Sept. 1 through Sept. 3 for the safety of students as COVID-19 cases rise in Florence County.
The school district posted new data Tuesday afternoon showing the number of students who have tested positive and the number of students who are in quarantine.
Of the latest four schools transitioning into temporary virtual learning in the Georgetown County School District, around 1,000 students are already home and positive for COVID-19 or in quarantine as a result of a close contact.
