WINNSBORO – Fairfield County schools experienced a setback in a key assessment that counts as 20 percent of a student’s final grade in core subjects, mirroring a similar slide in statewide results. The Fairfield County School District scores declined from spring, 2017 to spring, 2018 in three of four core subjects on the End-of-Course Examination […]
EOC scores: BHS up, WHS lags
November 29, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School students outscored both the Richland Two district average and the state average in a key assessment that counts as 20 percent of a student’s final grade in core subjects in statewide results. Westwood High School, however, experienced a setback in the same assessment, mirroring a similar slide in statewide results. […]
Teacher Village lacking site plan
November 15, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – As Fairfield County school officials press forward with plans to build a subdivision catering to teachers on property it owns behind the district office, those plans appear to be stymied until the property is rezoned. But the district has not yet submitted the required site plan for that rezoning to be initiated, according […]
BHS student published in academic journal
November 15, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School Junior Abhimanyu Sailesh will present two papers at the prestigious peer-reviewed 2018 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI’18) to be held in Las Vegas, Dec. 13 – 15. The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering) Journal, which will publish Sailesh’s papers in the fall of 2019, […]
Beyond the Classroom
November 8, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Renowned child advocacy artist George E. Miller II served as Fairfield Middle School’s (FMS) Artist in Residence for two weeks planning and creating a mural with thirteen students to showcase their talents beyond the classroom. Ideas for the mural were created by the students and sent to Mr. Miller, who compiled the ideas […]
BHS in top 20% of SC SAT test takers
November 1, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – While Blythewood High School seniors taking the SAT hovered just below the state average, the school ranked near the top in the number of test takers. Blythewood High placed in the top 20 statewide at 71.1 percent, ranking 16th out of 230 schools, with 335 of 471 seniors taking the test, according to […]
FCHS gains 60 points on SAT, lags behind SC
November 1, 2018 By
WINNSBORO — Fairfield Central High School saw a noticeable increase from 2017 in its SAT results, leaping more than 60 points, according to figures released last week by the S.C. Department of Education. Only one in five Fairfield County seniors, however, took the SAT in 2018, and those who did take the test averaged more […]
Rent cost, no contract muddle ‘village’
October 25, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Taxpayer money, not previously mentioned by the Fairfield County School District Foundation, will help subsidize a ‘teacher village,’ a proposed residential development intended to attract and retain teachers in the District, should the plan move forward. Under questioning by Council members, Foundation and District officials also confirmed that they do not yet have […]
Richland 2 discipline issues increase
October 18, 2018 By
Blythewood – While in-school suspensions are generally trending downward in Richland 2, the opposite is true of out-of-school suspensions and expulsions, including at Blythewood area schools. Both Blythewood area high schools and all three middle schools reported increases, as did one elementary school, according to online state report cards published by the S.C. Department of […]
Board budgets $3.5M surplus
October 18, 2018 By
BLAIR – As Fairfield County school leaders seek $600,000 in tax breaks for a developer of a proposed teacher housing development, the district committed to spending $3.5 million in anticipated surplus funds on facility needs and salaries. At its monthly meeting Tuesday, the Fairfield County Board of Trustees voted 5-2 to appropriate the funds, with […]
