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Colleton board weighs moving sixth grade to elementary schools as enrollment drops and $2.1M hole looms
Summary
Trustees reviewed enrollment data showing multi‑year losses, debated moving sixth grade back to elementary schools and the possible sale or closure of Black Street school to help close an estimated $2.1 million budget gap; several motions failed and the board took no final action.
At a special‑call Colleton County School District meeting, trustees reviewed administration data on declining enrollment and debated a recommendation to return sixth‑grade students to elementary schools districtwide as one way to address an estimated $2.1 million budget shortfall.
Superintendent Susan Bennett Williams told the board the administration had prepared a packet with a Q&A, presentation slides and town‑hall survey results and that the recommendation from district leadership was to move sixth grade into elementary schools. "The recommendation coming to you this evening, from the district leadership, is to move sixth grade to the elementary schools district wide," she said.
District consultant Dr. Bagley presented longitudinal and cross‑sectional analyses drawn from PowerSchool and state Department of Education extractions, showing substantial cohort and headcount losses across several years. She summarized multiple cohort losses…
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