Aiken County Schools Face Longstanding Maintenance Crisis
Ongoing budget shortfalls cripple upkeep across Aiken County schools with peeling paint roofs leaks and aging heating. Officials note no preventive work in three years. Proposed needs include 2.4 million for operational upgrades and 1.6 million for major repairs at multiple campuses.
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Aiken County
North Augusta High
John Morgan
Morgan
L.L. Willis
Willis
Aiken
Aiken County Voters Back Bond Plan for Three High Schools
Voters approved a 13 million bond in 1976, funding Midland Valley, Silver Bluff and South Aiken high schools with renovations to several elementary schools. They rejected a 16 mill operating tax increase. The district near its bonding limit, with millage rising to 23 for debt service, and faces needs for future capital outlays while maintaining only emergency maintenance.
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Aiken County
Midland Valley High School
Silver Bluff High School
South Aiken High School
Greendale
Busbee
Ridge Spring- Monetta
Wagener-Salley High
Vaucluse
Bath
Burnettown
Eustis Park
Kalmia Hill
Talatha
Aiken
Langly-Bath-Clearwater
Leavelle McCampbell
Silver Bluff
Jackson High
Midland Valley
Ginny Southworth
Records show district staff outnumbers teaching faculty
Aiken County taxpayers claim the district employs more staff than classroom teachers. As of Nov 1 1981 the district had 2,151 workers plus 83 part time, with 1,041 teachers. Enrollment Sept 29 1981 stood at 21,810 pupils, down from 23,210 in 1977-78.
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Aiken County Taxpayers Association
Aiken County
Edgefield Avenue
Aiken County Teachers Earn High Average Salaries
The Aiken County School District reports 1,026.3 teachers with an average salary of 15 567 dollars in 1981 82, 7.3 percent above the minimum required by the Education Finance Act. Salaries total at least 24 million of a 32 million operating budget with other staff averages listed.
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John Morgan
North Augusta High School
Ginny Southworth
Aiken County
B.T. Brinkley Jr
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Tom Huff
North Augusta
Office of Special Services
School of Practical Nursing
Ate
Legislative Delegation
Thomas E. Huff
Democrat
Joseph F. Judson
Anderson
Irene K
Rudnick
William H. Norman
Billy
Nikki G
Setzler
Moore
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