The Board’s two hour work session Tuesday night was for the purpose of the Board establishing their goals for the district. The Board and Superintendent established seven goals last fall: • Ensure the primary focus of schools is on the quality of experiences provided to students; • Advocate for the needs and interests of students; […]
A Helping Hand
March 8, 2013 By
I serve on the American Red Cross Advisory Council in Fairfield County. As chairman of the Heroes Campaign, I want to let you know how valuable the Red Cross is to our county and to ask for your help. For the 2011-2012 year, 86 people were affected by a crisis/need in Fairfield County at a […]
Board Still Suspect
March 8, 2013 By
You paint a glowing picture of an improving school board, yet they threw tax payers under the bus. No referendum or opportunity for public input. Millage increased by 50 percent for two years without even telling those responsible for footing the bill is underhanded and sneaky. They tried similar slip-it-through tactics previously, before a law […]
Talking Trash
March 8, 2013 By
Laws with catchy monikers arouse a natural sense of suspicion. It is unlikely that the Patriot Act would have curried much favor with the American patriots of the 1770s, for example; and who can tell how many children have been left behind by the No Child Left Behind law. Thus, when the Business Freedom to […]
Shared History
March 1, 2013 By
I would like to share some positive information about some programs the Fairfield County Museum and some high school classes have been participating in during the month of February, honoring African American History month, but emphasizing the universality of history when it relates to the humanity of our vast melting pot of a nation. Mrs. […]
Who Are These Guys?
March 1, 2013 By
Reputations aren’t made in a fortnight, nor are they reformed in a matter of mere months; but the Fairfield County School Board has done about as much as is humanly possible to mend their public perception in a relatively short amount of time. Under the leadership of a new Board Chairwoman, Fairfield’s Gang of Seven […]
Green Acres
February 22, 2013 By
Western Fairfield has been in dire need of road repairs, a medical/health facility and recreation center, just to name a few things. SCE&G has been aware of this and have been kind enough to step up as good community stewards and gave the county 8.12 acres here in Dawkins for a health clinic and recreation […]
If Not Yes, When? If Not Now, Why Not?
February 22, 2013 By
It is absolutely, unequivocally, 100 percent true that one cannot make absolutely everyone, unequivocally, 100 percent happy 100 percent of the time. Still, it is surprising what some people will say ‘No’ to; as if No is in their nature always a better option than Yes, or even Maybe. Take our governor’s stand against accepting […]
Death by Committee
February 15, 2013 By
The government that governs best may indeed govern least, as the old adage goes; but the government that truly serves the people governs in the open, in plain view, in the brilliant light of public scrutiny. The days of secret handshakes and back room deals are, more and more, becoming relegated to the past, a […]
