Anna Mitchell

1 week ago | postandcourier.com | Anna Mitchell

GAFFNEY — Limestone University's closure is having ripple effects across the state as 28 charter schools sponsored by the failed institution soon might have to go shopping for a new partner. The Post and Courier’s Education Lab focuses on issues and policies affecting South Carolina’s education system. It is supported by donations and grants to the nonprofit Public Service and Investigative Fund, whose contributors are subject to the same coverage we apply to everyone else.

1 week ago | postandcourier.com | Anna Mitchell

GAFFNEY — With the announcement earlier this week that Limestone University would be closing for good, interest was piqued among Cherokee County public school officials who potentially want to buy the campus. "Emphasis is on the word 'potential,'" said Thomas White, the Gaffney-based district's interim superintendent.

3 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Anna Mitchell

CLEMSON — Pickens County resident Carl Telford estimates one-half to two-thirds of his income would go to his son's care during the day if it weren't for Head Start — the federal, tuition-free preschool for low-income families. If the program went away, Telford figures he would just take three-year-old Canon with him to work. "It would be me and him till the wheels fall off, seriously," said Telford, a self-employed media producer and single father of three.

4 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Anna Mitchell

Limestone University will close its campus at the end of the semester, college officials informed students and staff April 16. Limestone spokesman K.C. Barnhill said the school will end in-person classes at the end of spring semester, affecting about 1,000 students. Also ending are Limestone athletics, but the school will continue to offer online classes and will continue as a charter school authorizer.

4 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Anna Mitchell

GREENVILLE — Special education teachers, mental health counselors and behavior therapists are the centerpiece of a budget proposal that could increase operating costs next year by $25 million in the state's largest school district. The Greenville County Schools spending plan prioritizes the growing needs of its more than 12,500 disabled students while also adding teachers and support staff for the hundreds of new children who will be enrolling in the fall, Superintendent Burke Royster said.