South Carolina / School Districts / Charleston 01
Staff told the committee CCSD migrated its procurement card (p‑card) program from Bank of America to Wells Fargo, moving to a digital expense workflow and consolidated procurement analyst staffing; the change affects receipt submission, approvals and transaction coding.
South Carolina / School Districts / Charleston 01
The committee approved sending three connected capital items (items b, c and d) to the full board to reallocate fixed‑cost‑of‑ownership and sales‑tax contingency funds to build a second gym at North Charleston High, and approved a GO bond resolution authorizing up to $160M while planning to issue about $60M this year and pay down roughly $100M with revenues.
South Carolina / School Districts / Charleston 01
District staff told the Audit & Finance Committee they plan a FY27 balanced budget with a reduced use of fund balance, are reallocating about $12.3M of 'standard' positions into Weighted Student Funding (creating an add‑on of ~$471.31 per pupil), and propose targeted literacy (Read to Succeed) and special‑education investments including ~40 new special‑education FTEs and a day‑treatment pilot with MUSC.
South Carolina / School Districts / Charleston 01
The committee recommended $50,000 to Vision to Learn and $35,000 to the Community Resource Center and moved the recommendation to the full board; staff said many smaller applicants may be better served through school‑level WSF partnerships.
South Carolina / School Districts / Charleston 01
A disputed sequence of nominations for Phase 1 Education Foundation directors triggered heated exchanges over the bylaws, nominations process and trustee prerogatives; trustees briefly recessed the public meeting and reconvened in a smaller room to continue votes and nominations.
South Carolina / School Districts / Charleston 01
Dozens of speakers called on the Charleston County School District to approve the Peninsula Promise and to adopt rezoning Option 4 or 5 to preserve walkability and keep North Central and Westside neighborhoods united with James Simmons; the board said it will review options and vote at a special meeting in March.
South Carolina / School Districts / Charleston 01
Trustees approved the prioritized FY27 fixed-cost-of-ownership project list (7 yays, 1 nay, 1 abstain), approved a FY26 fixed-cost reallocation to move remaining St. John's Culinary Arts funds to other projects, convened and reconvened an executive session, and after review declined an out‑of‑county transfer request.
South Carolina / School Districts / Charleston 01
Charleston County School District staff reported progress using MTSS, the SAM/TFI tools and a Student Success data platform, citing gains in secondary sense of belonging and attendance at Camp Road and improved high-school MTSS implementation; principals described a 'Bobcat Center' and targeted interventions for students.
South Carolina / School Districts / Charleston 01
Board approved the meeting agenda and grouped minutes, upheld a teacher‑appeal decision, and approved reallocations for sales‑tax capital maintenance and FCO FY26. Trustees also approved technology policy revisions and an AI literacy acceptable‑use policy for second reading.
South Carolina / School Districts / Charleston 01
CCSD officials said 54.2% of kindergarten entrants were classified 'ready' in the Fall 2025 KRA, a 0.7 percentage-point increase year over year, and that pre‑K participation is associated with higher readiness rates across most student groups.