Finishing the superintendent's annual evaluation, a maintenance update on Bates Middle School and discussion on recently released S.C. School Report data will be before Sumter School District's Board of Trustees on Monday night. Committee reports … more

CROSSWELL DRIVE WINS BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE BEACON AWARD Small-group, high-intensity learning combined with steps taken in establishing core belief systems in teachers and students have allowed Crosswell Drive Elementary School to move … more

"And all the time - such is the tragicomedy of our situation - we continue to clamour for those very qualities we are rendering impossible. You can hardly open a periodical without coming across the statement that what our civilization needs is more … more

Kendall Deas loves South Carolina and his hometown of Sumter and says he feels his purpose in life is to make public education better in the state. In that vein, Deas, a University of South Carolina professor in the Department of African American … more

When you picture a high school senior with a passion for tech, art and film, you probably don't imagine them casually donning a 3D-printed, white-and-gold "Halo Mark IV" helmet that looks as if it were ripped straight from the video game. But … more