Williamsburg County board selects Dr. LaMont Moore as superintendent, vote 8–1

The Williamsburg County School District Board of Trustees voted 8–1 to select Dr. LaMont Moore as the district's next superintendent, the board said at a special-called meeting. The appointment is slated to begin July 1, 2026, and is subject to verification of the candidate's eligibility by the state superintendent and to the Department of Education finalizing an employment contract.

The vote followed an executive session during which the board discussed the superintendent search. After returning to open session, a committee member moved ‘‘I move that Dr. LaMar Moore be selected as superintendent of Williamsburg County School District for a term beginning July 1st, 2026, subject to the state superintendent eligibility and the Department of Education finalizing an employment contract with Dr. Moore, and that Dr. Moore be designated as superintendent elect upon the signing of that employment contract.’’ A second was recorded and the board voted in favor. The transcript contains variant spellings of the candidate's name (both “LaMar” and “LaMont” appear); this article uses the spelling most consistently recorded in the later parts of the meeting (Dr. LaMont Moore) and notes the inconsistency in the official record.

The board also voted to authorize the chair to issue a public statement about the selection; that motion carried by the same announced 8–1 majority. There was no roll-call listing of individual yes or no votes in the public record; the board only announced the final tally.

The meeting record cites the executive-session authority as Section 30-4-7 of the South Carolina Code of Laws of 1976. The appointment was described as contingent on the state superintendent confirming eligibility and on the Department of Education finalizing an employment contract; the board designated the candidate as superintendent-elect upon contract signing.

The agenda and record use multiple district name variants (the meeting opened as a Winnsboro County School District session, motions refer to Williamsburg County School District, and a passage mentions Winston-Salem School District). The transcript inconsistency is noted in the meeting minutes and should be clarified by the board's public statement or subsequent minutes. The transcript does not include a calendar date for the meeting in the public record.

The board opened and closed the special meeting with routine procedural actions: quorum confirmation, approval of the consent agenda, an executive session for the superintendent search, the selection vote, authorization of a public statement, and adjournment. The board indicated livestreaming via Zoom and Facebook Live for participants and viewers.

Next steps: the appointment's effective date and the superintendent-elect designation hinge on state eligibility confirmation and the Department of Education completing the contract.