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Sunday, April 28, 2024
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Dr. Donald Porter has been named the new Director of Communications and Community Engagement for the Berkeley County School District (BCSD) in Moncks Corner. He replaces the district’s former communications director, Amy Kovach, who a grand jury indicted on multiple charges related to the 2012 ‘Yes 4 Schools’ campaign. She was officially fired from her job in September 2015. Last […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–On Tuesday night during the Berkeley County School Board meeting, Dr. Mike Turner, Interim Superintendent for Berkeley County School District, recommended that the school board terminate the employment of Amy Kovach. The board then approved that recommendation. Kovach had served as the district’s communications director. In early 2014, she was indicted on ethics charges associated with the 2012 […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—The Berkeley County School District may soon have to look for another superintendent. According to The Post & Courier, Rodney Thompson sent an email to district employees Tuesday night asking to be released from his contract during the summer of 2015. Thompson became the superintendent in 2011 after serving as the district’s chief administrative officer. Prior to that, […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—According to Mark Powell, spokesperson for the state’s attorney general, a Berkeley County grand jury has indicted Amy Kovach, the school district’s communications director, on a second charge of forgery. According to the indictment, Kovach created a false, backdated invoice, purporting to be from the Berkeley Co. School District to the “Yes 4 Schools” campaign, in an attempt […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—On Thursday, Amy Kovach appeared inside a general sessions courtroom in Moncks Corner, charged with an ethics violation. According to a spokesperson for the South Carolina Attorney General, Kovach is accused of abusing public funds to influence the outcome of an election during the “Yes 4 Schools” campaign. Kovach was indicted on the charge back in early February. […]
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