Members of the Marlboro County School District Board of Education have approved second reading of the district’s proposed 2008-09 budget totaling $29,976,392, which doesn’t include a millage increase.

James S. Konduros, chairman of the PSARAS Foundation, announced Tuesday the donation of $500,000 to Francis Marion University to fund an educational and service initiative in memory of Gov. Robert E. McNair, founding member of the university.

North Mullins students enjoy being outside

District Superintendent Ralph Fennell handed out the dimplomas to Hemingway High School’s senior class, which graduated Friday morning, May 30, at 9 a.m.

Williamsburg Technical College president Cleve H. Cox and his wife, Janice, recently showed their support for the Campaign for Educational Enrichment at the college under the auspices of the Williamsburg Technical College Foundation by providing funding for a President’s Scholarship.

The Darlington County School Board kicked off its meeting Monday by recognizing the achievements of some of its students.

The end of the school year at Hannah-Pamplico also marked the retirement of two veteran members of the Raider family, Theo E. Jones and Lynn Perry.

Commencement exercises for Hannah-Pamplico High School took place on Thursday, June 5. This year there were 81 graduates in all.

Fred DuBard Jr. had plenty of territory to cover when he was owner of the local Budweiser distributorship, so he felt for Kathy Rogers who has to cover 177,000 square feet as facilities manager of Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology (SiMT).

A list of superlatives from public and private high schools in the Pee Dee

Superlatives from South Florence, West Florence and Wilson high schools’ graduating seniors

Francis Marion University will hold five orientation sessions this summer for new students who will begin classes at the university in the fall.

When you have a graduation to plan, it’s a little hectic.  When you’re planning three rival high schools’ graduations in one building, it has to be clock work.  Wilson High at 10 AM, South Florence at two, and West Florence at six in the evening.  The students though, wouldn’t have it any other way. 

Johnakin Middle School students will begin wearing uniforms when they return to school in August. The Marion County school sent letters about the dress code to all JMS parents on May 8, after the Marion School District 1 Board of Trustees approved the policy in April.

Students at Chesterfield High School rehearsed Friday for graduation, but one of their seniors wasn’t there and won’t be walking with them. Eighteen-year-old Ryan Schallenberger remains in custody at the Chesterfield County Detention Center.