Aiken honors 2025 2026 Teacher of the Year Christie Palladino
Christie Palladino a physician and biomedical science teacher at Aiken County Career and Technology Center was named the Aiken County School District 2025 2026 Teacher of the Year at the Stars of Public Education Banquet on March 20. Murphy lauded her for launching a real world skills program and mentoring students across the district. Palladino a USC graduate specialized in obstetrics gynecology and health sciences education after a research fellowship and ten years in high school teaching now four years at the center.
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Trump orders plan to dismantle Department of Education
President Trump signed an executive order calling for dismantling the Education Department and returning control to states and local communities. Republicans back legislation to act, Democrats oppose. The White House said some functions will remain, including core funding like Title I and Pell grants, though details are unclear.
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Eclipse Awards shaped in Aiken by one woman
Julie Rinaldini singlehandedly assembles and finetunes Eclipse Awards in the Clark Barn on Mead Avenue near the Aiken Training Track. She oversees casting at Inferno Art Foundry, applies patina and green film, attaches bases from Kentucky walnut, engraves plates, and crafts reins from copper wire with deer skin at the base. The process yields distinctive bronze statues and a gold plated Horse of the Year statuette.
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