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Council members criticize School District plans to reclassify funds for R.E. Davis athletic field

Sumter County Council · March 1, 2026
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Several Sumter County councilors on Aug. 8 criticized a School District proposal to reclassify $400,000 that had been earmarked for an athletic field at R.E. Davis, saying the move would harm rural students and that more attention is needed to local school facilities.

Several Sumter County council members sharply criticized a School District proposal discussed in recent local reporting that reportedly would reclassify or reallocate $400,000 previously set aside to build an athletic field for R.E. Davis College Preparatory School.

Councilman Carlton B. Washington told colleagues he had received multiple calls and said the School District’s finance chairman—identified in…

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