BLYTHEWOOD – It was a long, emotional goodbye as the hundred or so vehicles slowly moved through the balloon lined driveway where teachers waved and shouted goodbyes and ‘happy summer’ in front of Round Top Elementary school on Rimer Pond Road. “They’re still coming!” one teacher exclaimed in awe after 45 minutes. The drive-thru was […]
R2’s Shadd racks up $57K in tax liens
June 11, 2020 By
COLUMBIA – A Richland Two school board member has racked up more than $57,000 in county and state tax liens since 2012. Documents reviewed by The Voice show that James Shadd has been slapped with nine tax liens totaling $57,173.87, including one as recently as May 8 of this year. The liens were filed in response […]
A New Beginning
June 11, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – The 2019-2020 school year at Fairfield Central High School and Richard Winn Academy was different as were this year’s graduation ceremonies redesigned by social distancing. It was also wonderful in new and meaningful ways. It will be remembered as the year when everyone – teachers and students alike – tried harder to make […]
Cashing In
June 11, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Chamber awarded their annual $1,000 scholarship to Elizabeth Ream, shown here with Chamber Director Phil Frye, left, Elizabeth’s parents Robert Donchess and Danielle Ream, and the Chamber’s scholarship chairman, Deborah McCutchan. The scholarship was presented Tuesday at the regular monthly Chamber meeting.
It’s a valedictorian hat trick
June 4, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – When Sheldon Johnson came home from his after-school job and told his mom, Laura Johnson, that he had been named valedictorian of his class at Fairfield Central High School, it was not the first time she had heard those words. Her other two sons had also graduated from Fairfield Central as valedictorians – […]
Movin’ On Up
June 4, 2020 By
GEORGETOWN – Former Blythewood High School Principal Keith Price has been named Superintendent of Georgetown County School District. Shown with him are his wife Janet and three of their four daughters – Micah and Amanda on the left and Camryn on the right. Daughter Lauren was unable to attend due to a previously scheduled advanced […]
FCSD sues bus company
May 28, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – It was supposed to be a lifetime opportunity for 47 Fairfield County BETA Club students. Instead, recurring mechanical issues and frequent stops turned the road trip to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma into a nightmare. Now the Fairfield County School District is suing, accusing the bus company of “contract breaches and misrepresentations,” and also claiming […]
Vernon Kennedy, Jr. named Goldwater Scholar
May 28, 2020 By
CHARLESTON – College of Charleston Honors College student and Winnsboro native Vernon Kennedy Jr. has been named a Goldwater Scholar, one of the nation’s highest honors for undergraduates studying science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM). Kennedy, a molecular biology major, was among the 396 undergraduates that the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation […]
State Fair names scholarship recipients
May 28, 2020 By
COLUMBIA – Seniors Sheldon Johnson, Fairfield Central High School, and Emily Sparrow, Blythewood High School were recently awarded The South Carolina State Fair’s Ride of Your Life Scholarship. The $6,000 scholarships are awarded at an annual rate of $1,500 and are based on academic and extracurricular achievement, communication skills, need, and completeness of the application. […]
Dr. J.R. Green named Super of Year
May 27, 2020 By
COLUMBIA – Fairfield County School District Superintendent, Dr. J.R. Green, has been named the 2021 South Carolina Superintendent of the Year by the South Carolina Association of School Administrators (SCASA). “I have had the pleasure of working with Dr. Green as a school board member and as a parent,” said Fairfield County School Board Chair […]
