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The following resolution has been passed by several South Carolina school distircts to save our schools and stop cutting State funding. See Fort Mill School Board’s resolution passed March 8th, 2010.

A RESOLUTION OF THE FORT MILL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES

WHEREAS, South Carolina is experiencing a severe economic crisis that is significantly impacting state revenue; and

WHEREAS, over the past two fiscal years South Carolina K-12 public schools have received General Fund budget cuts totaling $484 million which equates to more than a 20 percent reduction; and WHEREAS, these budget cuts have reduced the base student cost to $1,764 per student, reflecting 1996-1997 funding levels; and

WHEREAS, Education Improvement Act funds have been reduced $112 million over that same two-year period; and

WHEREAS, the most recent figures for the proposed 2010-2011 state budget include additional EIA cuts of $9 million, and EFA cuts of $85 million, reflecting a base student cost of $1,630 (1995 funding level); and

WHEREAS, further cuts in revenue will harm the education of every child in South Carolina, threatening the State’s decades-long effort to raise the levels of educational achievement and personal income of the people of our State; and Read the rest of this entry »

There has been much discussion and speculation on why the Fort Mill School District had to propose making several severe cuts to the 2010-2011 school budget.

One group of parents have leaped into action to try and save the middle school sports program. You can read more about the middle school athletic booster’s pay to play proposal at www.fortmillathletics.org.

Unfortunately the middle school sports program is just a small piece of the budget and program/job cut concerns. How did Fort Mill schools end up losing 8 million in funding for next year?

I received several emails of information from concerned parents. Here is a piece of the information that stuck out as a huge issue to me that deals with how sate funding is allocated to the SC school discticts: Read the rest of this entry »

The Fort Mill School website update says Fort Mill Schools are open today March 3, 2010.

“I had no qualms. This is a man who’s literally spent his entire career preparing to be superintendent of Fort Mill schools.” said Fort Mill School Board member Micheal Johnson to Hearld Reporter Shawn Cetrone.

Fort Mill schools Superintendent Keith Callicutt announced in November that he would retire from the Fort  Mill school system. On Thursday December 17, 2009 the Fort Mill School Board offered the job to Chuck Epps, an associate superintendent who has worked in the Fort Mill School District for 27 years.  Read the rest of this entry »