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Superintendent: early enrollment about 9,800; staffing improving but special-education gaps remain
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Goodwin reported an early warm-body count of about 9,800 students (excluding pre-K/4K) and said staffing is better than recent years but the district remains short in special-education positions and instructional assistants.
Superintendent Dr. Harrison Goodwin told the Kershaw County School Board the district's first warm‑body count after the start of the school year showed "we were about 9,800 students," a figure that excludes pre‑K and 4K enrollees and is expected to rise over the next several days.
Dr. Goodwin said the district trimmed 10–14 full‑time equivalent teaching positions during the budget process and that student shifts between schools — he cited 289 students who moved out and a roughly equivalent number who moved in — produced some localized class-size effects. He said the district is "much better staffed at this point in the year than we've been since I've been here," but added that special‑education staffing remains a challenge; the report stated the district is "2 0.5 positions short" of its needs and is using contracted special‑education teachers while recruiting additional candidates.
