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Chester County Schools push for data-driven planning and county help on teacher housing
Summary
Chester County Schools told the county council they will present detailed capacity and enrollment data in upcoming workshops and urged county coordination on affordable housing for teachers, citing a 90% capacity threshold in a new state scholarship law and complicated rules for donated school sites.
Kena Funderburk, chair of the Chester County School Board, told the county council at a Feb. 9 workshop that the board has reviewed the county's land-use plan and will present detailed, school-level capacity and enrollment data in upcoming work sessions via the board's BoardDocs platform and livestreams.
Funderburk said the new South Carolina Educational Scholarship Fund requires the district to publish annual, grade-level capacity data and allows the district to stop accepting intra-district transfers once a school reaches a 90% capacity…
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