About Fort Mill SC

Archive for August, 2008

For longtime residents living along or near the Hwy. 160 West corridor, the area’s rapid development evokes a wide range of emotions.

Jake Casper and his dog Mac enjoy trips to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Jake and Mac are residents of Fort Mill.

Essay contest winners named by DAR chapter The Nation Ford chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has named winners of its annual American History essay contest.

If you are new to our area and need information about the Fort Mill School District, I put together these handy links below to:

2008-2009 calendar

Bus Routes

Construction Update

Students Return on August 20

Reassignment Process

New elementary schools

For an update on construction progress for the two new elementary schools, click on the attachment.

 New School Construction.pdf

2008-2009 Budget

The Fort Mill School District Board of Trustees has adopted a .1 million budget for the next school year. The district will receive a small amount of additional money from the state for growth, but the state will not provide enough money to cover the costs of an anticipated growth rate of +10%. Some program costs have been reduced or eliminated as a result. On June 16, the board approved a fee for athletics.  The money will be used to defray rising transportation costs and the savings will be available to hire additional employees for growth.

The biggest development project in Rock Hill’s history inched forward Tuesday night, though developers don’t expect to start building for at least another year.

A couple of years ago, when Jim Oswald was an IT consultant for the city of Clemson, S.C., he and his colleagues in the public works department started talking trash.