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District seeks board approval for South Carolina Pathways Project courses to expand pathways for students with and without IEPs
Summary
Exceptional Student Services presented a year‑3 update to obtain board approval for integrated Pathways Project courses designed to give students high school credit and workforce skills; the five‑year federal grant aims to graduate 50 students through the pathway by the grant’s end.
Leah McKay, the district’s director of Exceptional Student Services, presented a year‑three update on the South Carolina Pathways Project and requested board approval for courses under the federally funded program.
McKay said the Pathways Project is a five‑year, federally funded grant administered through the state and designed to create career‑focused courses that meet high‑school standards while embedding real‑world logistics content. “The purpose of the grant is to provide innovative classes and pathways for students with and without IEPs to obtain a high school diploma as well as employment,” McKay said.
The project’s curriculum integration model embeds technical logistics problems into standard ELA and math coursework so students earn regular high‑school credit while learning job‑relevant skills. McKay said year‑one focused on logistics courses, year‑two added math and ELA adaptations, and year‑three seeks formal board approval of those courses so the program can continue.
One stated goal of the grant is to have 50 students graduate through the pathway by the end of the grant cycle. McKay and Tara Park, an exceptional student education coach, said all courses cover required high‑school standards and that students would receive credit toward graduation.
What happens next: The board will consider the course approvals as an action item; presenters asked the board to approve the courses so instruction can proceed under the grant timeline.
