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Monday, September 6, 2010
September 7: School Board meeting, agenda here

September 7

School Board meeting, agenda here [ read article ... ]

Monday, August 23, 2010
ABCTE Names Beaufort’s Jeremiah Young as Inaugural Teacher of the Year

ABCTE Names Beaufort’s Jeremiah Young as Inaugural Teacher of the Year

The American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE) has named Jeremiah Young, a science teacher from Beaufort High School in South Carolina, as the recipient of its inaugural National Teacher of the Year Award, according to a press release by PRWeb. [ read article ... ]

Thursday, August 19, 2010
ACT scores released, Beaufort County continues growth

ACT scores released, Beaufort County continues growth

The South Carolina Department of Education released ACT college entrance scores on Wednesday, August 18. Seniors in Beaufort County continue to make positive growth. All high schools made gains in composite scores from 2009 to 2010, according to a press release. [ read article ... ]

Monday, August 16, 2010
School District names five finalists for District Teacher of the Year

School District names five finalists for District Teacher of the Year

At a luncheon held Tuesday, August 10, five finalists were named for the Beaufort County School District Teacher of the Year, according to a School District press release. [ read article ... ]

Monday, August 16, 2010
August 17: School Board meets, agenda here

August 17

School Board meets, agenda here [ read article ... ]

Thursday, August 12, 2010
Beaufort High School Class of 1970 40th reunion

Beaufort High School Class of 1970 40th reunion

[ read article ... ]

Thursday, August 12, 2010
Mike Sanz asks questions of school board and superintendent

Mike Sanz asks questions of school board and superintendent

Mike Sanz, the dissident Beaufort County public school teacher who is leading an effort to improve student behavior and academic performance, recently submitted a long list of questions to our local school board (headed by Fred Washington) and to our local superintendent of education (Valerie Truesdale). He has asked The Beaufort Tribune to print his questions, which follow: [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Results of Michael Sanz’s first public meeting on school culture and academic rigor

Results of Michael Sanz’s first public meeting on school culture and academic rigor

Michael Sanz, the Bluffton High School teacher who has gone public with his concerns about the low level of academic accomplishment and student behavior in the Beaufort County public schools, completed his first public meeting on school culture and academic rigor this past Wednesday, July 28. [ read article ... ]

Monday, August 2, 2010
August 3: School Board meets, agenda here

August 3

School Board meets, agenda here [ read article ... ]

Monday, August 2, 2010
Beaufort County School District continues growth toward adequate yearly progress

Beaufort County School District continues growth toward adequate yearly progress

The Beaufort County School District increased the number of schools meeting Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for 2010 according to data released today by the South Carolina Department of Education as part of requirements of No Child Left Behind according to a School District press release. [ read article ... ]

Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Beaufort County public schools hosting a back to school expo

Beaufort County public schools hosting a back to school expo

Beaufort County public schools will host a Back to School Expo Saturday, July 31 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., in the cafeteria of Battery Creek High School, 1 Blue Dolphin Drive, Beaufort, SC according to a press release. [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, July 27, 2010
SC’s public school dropout rate rises again

SC’s public school dropout rate rises again

A new report issued by the U.S. Department of Education points to another rise in South Carolina’s public school dropout rate. [ read article ... ]

Thursday, July 22, 2010
July 23-24: School Board work session, agenda here

July 23-24

School Board work session, agenda here

[ read article ... ]

Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Mike Sanz announces public meeting aimed at Beaufort County School District reform

Mike Sanz announces public meeting aimed at Beaufort County School District reform

Mike Sanz, the Beaufort County public school teacher who spoke out for “three pillars of respect, discipline and courage” in a mass email and had his laptop computer seized by school administrators in retaliation, is holding a public meeting aimed at reforming the school district. [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Joan Deery speaks: Departing school board member’s comments reveal why she is not running for re-election

Joan Deery speaks

Departing school board member’s comments reveal why she is not running for re-election

Departing Beaufort County Board of Education member Joan Deery (District 1, Hilton Head), who is not running for re-election in the upcoming general election in November, was recently interviewed by The Beaufort Tribune about her views on the Board of Education and the Beaufort County School District. Here is a summary of her comments: [ read article ... ]

Monday, July 19, 2010
July 20: School Board meeting, agenda here

July 20

School Board meeting, agenda here

[ read article ... ]

Monday, July 12, 2010
Beaufort High teacher vies for SC Teacher of Year award

Beaufort High teacher vies for SC Teacher of Year award

A Beaufort High School teacher, Jeremiah Young,  is one of three South Carolina state finalists for the  Teacher of the Year award by the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE). [ read article ... ]

Monday, July 12, 2010
Detour from reality: Beaufort County public school’s sign of the times

Detour from reality: Beaufort County public school’s sign of the times

The new $35 million Whale Branch high school is slated to open its doors to students for the first time in just a few weeks. This entrance sign suggests it’s going to be a detour to a fast route to college. But is it actually an exercise in doublethink? [ read article ... ]

Monday, July 5, 2010
July 6: School Board meeting, agenda here

July 6

School Board meeting, agenda here [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, June 29, 2010
County council rejects school board tax increase

County council rejects school board tax increase

At its regularly scheduled board meeting on Monday, June 28, Beaufort County Council rejected in a close split vote Beaufort County Board of Education’s plans to increase school taxes two percent. The school board wanted to fund with taxes a $2.3 million spending increase included in its $175 million budget for fiscal year 2010-2011, which begins July 1. The vote was 6-5 against the increase with every member of council present and voting (even the often absent Laura Von Harten). [ read article ... ]

Friday, June 11, 2010
South Carolina public school graduation rate near rock bottom

South Carolina public school graduation rate near rock bottom [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Editor’s comment: Of guns and graduates

Editor’s comment

Of guns and graduates

Two articles in The Beaufort Tribune today epitomize the chasm that separates civilized man from savage man in contemporary American society, indeed in contemporary Beaufort society. [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Beaufort High School graduates 348 seniors, names and valedictory speech here

Beaufort High School graduates 348 seniors, names and valedictory speech here

[ read article ... ]

Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tribune obtains School District’s “Acceptable Use Policy”

Here’s School District’s “Acceptable Use Policy” [ read article ... ]

Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Ladys Island Elementary first graders spot dolphins

First graders spot dolphins [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Teacher Mike Sanz throws down gauntlet to Valerie Truesdale & school board: “Put me in charge of worst school and I will fix it”

Teacher Mike Sanz throws down gauntlet to Valerie Truesdale & school board:

“Put me in charge of worst school & I will fix it” [ read article ... ]

Monday, May 24, 2010
Opinion poll results: 89% of Beaufort High critics point finger at administrators

Opinion Poll Results:

89% of Beaufort High critics point finger at administrators [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, May 18, 2010
May 18: School board committee to meet for internal audit, agenda here

May 18: School board committee to meet for internal audit, agenda here [ read article ... ]

Saturday, May 15, 2010
Parent: Beaufort High School is in crisis

Parent says:

Beaufort High School in crisis.

[ read article ... ]

Saturday, May 15, 2010
Battery Creek High School JROTC cadets honored

Battery Creek High School JROTC cadets honored

On May 14 Beaufort’s Gov. Paul Hamilton Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) and Gen. Richard H. Anderson Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) honored two of Battery Creek High School’s top Marine JROTC Cadets for the 2009 – 2010 school year. [ read article ... ]

Monday, May 10, 2010
May 10: School board meets in secret today on racial quota agreement

May 10: School board meets in secret today on racial quota agreement

The 11-member Beaufort County Board of education meets to at 3:30 p.m. in executive session. On the agenda is an update on the agreement the board has with the U.S. Office for Civil Rights. That agreement sets quotas for the racial makeup of schools within the Beaufort County School District. [ read article ... ]

Saturday, May 8, 2010
Beaufort County school administrators seize physics teacher Mike Sanz’s laptop computer, claim violation of “policy”

Sanz’s computer seized for “violation of policy” [ read article ... ]

Saturday, May 8, 2010
School district makes new budget public after Beaufort Tribune news article

Beaufort County School District makes budget public after The Beaufort Tribune news article

The Beaufort County School District made public its upcoming $175 million FY 2010-2011 budget on its web site Friday, May 7, following revelation by The Beaufort Tribune that the district had failed to present the budget at two public hearings on the budget it held earlier this week on Hilton Head Island and in Beaufort. The Beaufort Tribune also revealed that the school board had adopted the budget even before holding these two public “hearings”. Approval came at the board’s May 4 meeting, the day before the first public hearing. [ read article ... ]

Saturday, May 8, 2010
Letter to editor: It’s about time someone had the guts to speak up about our failed schools

Letter to editor:

It’s about time someone had the guts to speak up about our failed schools

It’s about time someone had the guts to speak up about the way our schools have been allowed to decay throughout the years. Our future community leaders deserve better than we are giving them. [ read article ... ]

Saturday, May 8, 2010
Letter to editor: School board members should be removed for malfeasance

Letter to editor:

School board members should be removed for malfeasance

I live in Beaufort only part of the year and have no children. I am glad to pay school taxes because really, a community is only as good as its schools. Beaufort, a town I love, is failing in that regard. [ read article ... ]

Friday, May 7, 2010
Editor’s comment: School board “hearing” on “proposed budget” failed to show budget and was not a hearing

Editor’s comment:

School board “hearing” on “proposed budget” failed to show budget and was not a hearing

On Thursday evening, May 6, the Beaufort County Board of Education held the second of its “public hearings” on its “proposed” FY 2010-1011 Beaufort County School District budget. The meeting was held at Robert Smalls Middle School in a room that the citizens had trouble finding due to absence of signage at the school’s front door directing the public to the meeting. No budget document was presented at the meeting. The chairman admitted in answer to a question that the school board had already passed the budget, meaning that this was not a proposed budget but an adopted budget as far as the school board is concerned and was not a hearing but a window dressing. [ read article ... ]

Friday, May 7, 2010
Violence is everyday occurrence in Beaufort County public schools

Violence is everyday occurrence in Beaufort County public schools

Violence is an everyday occurrence in Beaufort County public schools according to reports at the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office as verified by a reporter for The Beaufort Tribune. Below is a list of only some of the violent events that occurred in the schools during a typical two-week period. None of these reports is routinely furnished to the news media in press releases by the police nor made available by the school system. [ read article ... ]

Friday, May 7, 2010
Letter to editor: Beaufort County education system is a shame bordering on gross negligence

Letter to editor:

Our education system is a shame bordering on gross negligence

The education system in Beaufort County (and probably state wide) is a shame bordering on gross negligence. The “powers that be” solution is to throw money (taxpayer’s money) at the problem, usually by increasing their own compensation. [ read article ... ]

Friday, May 7, 2010
Letter to editor: School board throws good money after bad

Letter to editor:

School board throws good money after bad

I am writing in support of Mike Sanz’s letter to the School Establishment. As the parent of a Beaufort County Public School child, I hear what goes on in the schools and am in utter amazement. [ read article ... ]

Friday, May 7, 2010
Letter to editor: Students not only ones to blame for weakened school discipline

Letter to editor:

Students not only ones to blame for weakened school discipline

When I taught in Beaufort County schools the one point that central administration was missing is the number of tries a student needs to graduate. Just because it takes 24 credits does not mean the student needs teachers for 24 classes. [ read article ... ]

Thursday, May 6, 2010
Beaufort County public school teacher Mike Sanz says quality education is falling apart in Beaufort County

Beaufort County public school teacher Mike Sanz says:

Quality education is falling apart here [ read article ... ]

Thursday, May 6, 2010
Public hearing on FY 2010-2011 school district budget today

Editor says:

Go to the school budget hearing today !

Editor’s note: The least-read article in the entirety of The Beaufort Tribune during the past several days is this notice about yesterday’s and today’s public hearing on the school budget. The proposed school budget is by far the largest annual public-spending initiative subject to local taxation in Beaufort County. We ask: does the public really care about our public schools ? We urge: Go to the public hearing today on the proposed school budget and tell the school board what you think ! [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, May 4, 2010
May 4: School board meets today, agenda here

May 4: School board meets today, agenda here

The Beaufort County Board of Education will hold a regular meeting starting at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 4. Preceding this public session the board will convene at 4:30 p.m. in executive session. The meeting will be held in the chambers of Beaufort County Council, 100 Ribaut Road, Beaufort. Here is the agenda: [ read article ... ]

Friday, April 23, 2010
April 23 & 24: School board work sessions, agendas here

April 23 & 24: School board work sessions, agendas here

The Beaufort County Board of Education will hold full-day work sessions today, April 23, and tomorrow, April 24, starting at 8:30 a.m. each day. [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Statewide overview of public education report card

Statewide overview of public education report card

The Education Oversight Committee of the South Carolina State Legislature released yesterday, April 19, discussion points for the 2009 report card on schools issued by the South Carolina Department of Education. The Beaufort Tribune published on Friday the report card for the Beaufort County School District. These discussion points provide a statewide overview of the results of the report card. [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, April 20, 2010
April 20: School board meets today, agenda here

April 20: School board meets today, agenda here

The Beaufort County Board of Education will hold a regular meeting starting at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 20. Preceding this public session the board will convene at 5:30 p.m. in executive session. The meeting will be held in the chambers of Beaufort County Council, 100 Ribaut Road, Beaufort. Here is the agenda: [ read article ... ]

Monday, April 19, 2010
Other voices: South Carolinians need school choice

Other voices: South Carolinians need school choice

The report card issued late last week by the South Carolina Department of Education that Beaufort County’s public schools are below average and have fallen further behind begs for a solution to the problem of poor education in our county. Here is one proposal that is gaining increasing attention statewide– school choice–in an editorial by Philip Bowers, a member of the South Carolina Board of Education. [ read article ... ]

Friday, April 16, 2010
2009 report card for Beaufort County’s schools: Below average and headed downward

2009 report card for Beaufort County’s schools: Below average and headed downward

The South Carolina Department of Education has just released its 2009 annual school report cards. The results show that performance in the schools in the Beaufort County School District continue below average and have fallen further behind compared to previous years and to comparable school districts in the state. [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Beaufort County Board of Education meeting agenda: April 6, 2010

Beaufort County Board of Education meeting agenda: April 6, 2010 [ read article ... ]

Thursday, March 25, 2010
Hilton Head resident announces intention to run for seat on school board

Hilton Head resident announces intention to run for seat on school board

Community advocate, philanthropist, and local business co-owner/operator Steven Morello has announced his intention to file for candidacy in District 1 in the upcoming Beaufort County school board elections. [ read article ... ]