Four students from Timmonsville High School are packing their bags for the nation’s capital Tuesday night. They are headed to the National Student Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., where they will be joined by more than 700 of their peers and fellow members of the Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) program from across the country.

The Timmonsville Democratic Party will host a meet and greet for Timmonsville Town Council and Florence School District 4 candidates.

The voter registration deadline for the general election in November is Saturday, Florence County Elections & Voter Registration Executive Director David Alford said.

Members of Florence School District 4 Board of Trustees unanimously approved a resolution making provision for a tax anticipation note not to exceed $1 million during a regular meeting Tuesday.

Florence School District 4 and the Timmonsville Area Ministerial Alliance is inviting the community to come out to their annual Community Back-to-School Revival.

Members of Florence School District 4 Board of Trustees have approved an operating budget of $5.8 million that will result in a millage increase. “Overall, citizens will not see a tax increase in their tax notices. They’ll see a decrease (because debt service mills will drop),” Florence 4’s finance director Mamie Tedder said.

Florence School District 4 Board of Trustees members received an update on the district’s finance department’s latest efforts to balance the 2009-10 general operating budget during a called meeting/work session Tuesday.

Members of Florence School District 4 received an update on the district’s proposed general fund budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year, which totals $6.2 million and has a deficit of about $600,000.

The contents of the former Timmonsville High School in Florence School District 4 will be up for sale in May.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving will host its annual Teach In Thursday in Timmonsville to educate children and other community members about the dangers of driving under the influence.

A new scheduling of courses for both Johnson Middle School and Timmonsville High School for the 2009-10 school year was approved by members of Florence School District 4 board of trustees at a regular meeting Tuesday.

The 2009-10 school calendar has been approved by the Florence School District 4 Board of Trustees.

Students, parents and teachers soon might have the opportunity to share their opinions of school discipline in Florence School District 4.

Members of the Florence School District 4 Board of Trustees have approved the refinancing general obligation bonds from 1998, which is expected to save taxpayers in the Timmonsville-based district more than $167,000.

Florence School District 4 Board of Trustees has joined its comrades in education in approving a resolution calling for the General Assembly to take immediate legislative action to address school funding and flexibility.