Tag: Berkeley County School District

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Berkeley Co. School District 2 candidates pick up more endorsements

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.-Since announcing their candidacy for District 2, both Mac McQuillin and Rindy Ryan have picked up numerous endorsements. Both candidates call Daniel Island home. Ryan is a former elementary school teacher and a past representative for the Daniel Island Neighborhood Association on the Berkeley County School District’s community committee. McQuillin is a local attorney. Mac McQuillin picks up […]

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BCSD Rodney Thompson requests to resign as superintendent

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, […]

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Mother sues BCSD, claims student sexually assaulted young daughter

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—Legal troubles against the Berkeley County School District continue to mount. A mother is suing the school district as well as the principal of Marrington Middle School of the Arts, James Spencer. She alleges that school officials failed to stop a boy from sexually assaulting her 12-year-old daughter at the school. “This is basically a real extreme bullying […]

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BCSD breaks ground on new elementary school

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. –On Monday afternoon, the Berkeley Co. School District celebrated the groundbreaking of its newest elementary school in the Nexton community.  The new school is located in the Summerville area. The price tag to build Nexton Elementary School is estimated to be around $19.3 million. Construction on the new school started in December 2013 and is expected to be […]