WINNSBORO – Providing free technical college tuition to financially struggling students is noble. Supporters say the Fairfield County taxpayer-funded Promise Program initiative will open college to more students and boost the local workforce. On Monday, representatives from Fairfield County, the Fairfield County School District and Midlands Technical College inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), pledging […]
CIAO!
July 11, 2019 By
ITALY – These members of the Fairfield District Honors Chorus are shown here following a performance in Italy. The group and several chaperones spent a week touring and performing in Florence, Rome, Pisa and other places of interest in Italy.
Singing Before Flying
June 13, 2019 By
BLAIR – Prior to their summer trip to Italy, the Fairfield School District’s Honors Chorus performed for the members of Gethsemane Baptist Church in Blair. “We, the members and our pastor Rev. Eric Bell and Evangelist Olivia Robinson, were well entertained,” longtime member Mary Lee Hendrix said. The chorus was directed by Alicia Graham. Willease […]
Hartman questions FCSD trip spending
June 6, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Board of Trustees voted to approve its nearly $46.3 million budget Tuesday night, but it was a discussion over comparatively less money that ignited the fireworks. At one point, one board member hollered at another amid questions over her own travel expenses, eventually prompting the board chairman to angrily slam his […]
County, school district fund tuition ‘promise’
May 30, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County’s school superintendent says a newly funded program will allow Fairfield County students to attend Midlands Technical College at no cost. Critics, however, say the money would be better spent elsewhere. Last month, the Fairfield County Board of Trustees voted 6-1 to approve second reading of the district’s $45.2 million budget for […]
FCSD’s Chanda Jefferson named South Carolina Teacher of the Year
May 16, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – When Chanda Jefferson was named South Carolina’s 2020 Teacher of the Year last week, she made more than her mother proud. All of Fairfield County was bursting at the seams with pride for one of its own. A native of Beech Island, SC, Jefferson has been teaching for eight years, the last three […]
6th Annual Hall of Fame Induction
May 2, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – The 6th annual Fairfield County School District Hall of Fame gala was held April 27 in the school gym. A welcome by Tracie Swilley, Principal of FCHS and the introduction of the inductees was followed by dinner and entertainment by Seven Show Band. This year’s inductees include Russell N. Feaster, Sr., Jessie C. […]
School district proposes $45.3M budget
April 25, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – No tax increase is anticipated in next year’s school district budget, though property owners still may wind up paying higher school taxes. At last week’s school board meeting, Chief Financial Officer Kevin Robinson said the proposed $45.3 million budget includes about $4 million in additional revenue, with $2.9 million attributed to increased tax […]
Readers Turn Out
April 4, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – About 250 children and 50 adults attended the Winnsboro Library’s annual read-in held at the Fairfield County Recreation Center on March 29. The program lasted from 9 – 12 a.m. and was followed by lunch.
Supers take home top pay, benefits
March 28, 2019 By
COLUMBIA – Public education isn’t the most profitable profession in South Carolina. For a select few, however, the field can be quite lucrative. In a state where the governor earns $106,078 a year and agency heads like the state superintendent of education make $92,007, many district level school superintendents rake in two to three times […]
