Ridge Spring and Saluda County Schools Merge by Fall
Ridge Spring-Monetta Elementary and Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle will be combined into Ridge Spring-Monetta Elementary with kindergarten through eighth grade. The district expects annual salary savings of 10 000 to 15 000 and a single principal plus a curriculum coordinator after July 1. The merged schools will serve about 900 students amid potential future consolidations.
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Ridge Spring-Monetta
Om Spring-Monetta
Aiken County
Robert Paskel
Paskel
Saluda County
School Board Autonomy Called a Problem Area in Aiken District
Dr. Durward B. Pridgen told the Graniteville Exchange Club that governance and fiscal autonomy are key to fixing the Aiken County School District’s woes. He cited the district’s 41 million dollar budget allocating 87 percent to teachers and warned of inflation and underfunding.
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Graniteville
Aiken County
Graniteville Exchange Club
Durward B. Pridgen
Pridgen
Exchange Club
Dr. Pridgen
Midland Valley Country Club
George Mitchell
Glen Sandes
School Administration Readies Restructuring Plan
Dr. Paskel unveils a reduction of administrators with six assistant superintendents taking broader roles. Area leaders will head new departments from facility management to special programs and evaluations, while Basil Brinkley Jr. mans the fiscal division. The change aims to “get more mileage out of fewer administrators.”
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Paskel
Instructional Services
Fiscal Services
Comptroller
Basil T. Brinkley Jr
Area 1
Department of Personnel Services
John B. Bradley
Office of Special Services
Department of Special Programs
Department of
Unreliable State Teacher Exams Raise Certification Concerns
A testing expert from the South Carolina Department of Education says at least seven of ten new teacher specialty exams developed under a 1979 task force contract are not valid for certification due to small candidate numbers. The $250,000 tests were created by National Evaluation Systems Inc. to support Act 187 involving 10 specialty areas not covered by the National Teachers Examination.
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Columbia
State Department of Education
National Evaluation Systems Inc
S.C
Paul Sandifer
Education Department
State Board of Education
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