Superintendent’s 2009-10 Budget Proposal

News Release for March 27, 2009 – “With this letter and the attached documents, I present the Superintendent’s Proposed 2009-10 General Fund Budget. The spending plan totals $66,859,273, and represents a 7.28% reduction from the School Board’s adopted 2008-09 General Fund Budget….” [Read full article & view the PowerPoint on the KCSD Website.]

Proposed Budget

This evening, I will present my proposal for the 2009-10 General Fund Budget to the school board.  This recommendation comes after receiving input from staff, administrators and the public over the past several months.  A copy of my budget letter to the board and the slide presentation I will use this evening is already on [...]

A Good Conversation

I had a good conversation yesterday afternoon with the members of the faculty at Wateree Elementary School about the characteristics they see as important in their new principal.  I really gained a lot of insight from what they had to say.  I’m looking forward to a similar conversation with Wateree parents this coming Thursday at [...]

Honor Roll Teachers Wow Panel

This past Friday, a distinguished panel of educators came to visit our six Honor Roll teachers to determine who will be the next Kershaw County Teacher of the Year.  Our Honor Roll teachers include Brian Heyward from Stover, Melody Johnson from Lugoff Elementary, Robert Ondere from LEHS, Kitt Lisenby from Mount Pisgah, Jennifer Watson from [...]

Robotics Team Scores At Clemson Competition

I ran into LEHS teacher Holly Sullivan at Food Lion at little while ago (Food Lion is where the action is on Sunday after church…), and she told me that the robotics team, which includes 12 Lugoff-Elgin students and 4 Camden students had placed seventh out of 44 teams at the competition at Clemson this [...]

Bravo Drama Demons!!!!!

I tremendously enjoyed seeing the Lugoff-Elgin High School production of “When in Rome” last night. The cast was obviously very well-prepared and did a great job with both the comedic and musical aspects of the play.  My thanks and compliments to Julie McCallum and Wendy Campbell for bringing out the very best in each of [...]

“Doughnuts For Dads” At Midway

I was extremely pleased to be invited to “Doughnuts for Dads” at Midway Elementary School this morning.  There was a great turnout and I know the young people were really pleased to have their Dads at school.  My thanks and compliments to the folks at Midway for putting on this event.  It  was a great [...]

Cafeteria Kudos….

Last year, our School Board asked staff to examine ways to make breakfast more accessible to our students.  Our new Cafeteria Coordinator, Misha Lawyer, has worked with several of our schools to implement some different approaches to breakfast that have been tremendously successful at increasing student breakfast participation.  Special kudos and thanks to Blaney Elementary, [...]

Wednesday

Janet Williams, an English teacher at Camden High School, has been awarded the Dr. Elizabeth Gressette Scholarship for Professional Development from Palmetto State Teachers Association.  She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in English Literature. Congratulations!
A couple of days ago, I talked about the presentation of When In Rome” at Lugoff-Elgin High School on Thursday and [...]

“Dining With Dads” At Jackson School

I had a wonderful time serving breakfast at Jackson School this morning with Mr. Andy James of the School Board and principal Dr. Gerald Gary as part of the school’s “Dining with Dads” event. There was an outstanding turnout!  It was truly an impressive event!  I particularly enjoyed the number of fathers who came through [...]