Berkeley County School District
The Berkeley County School District is a school district within Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. It is based in Moncks Corner and serves all of Berkeley County including the portion of the City of Charleston on Daniel Island and the Cainhoy Peninsula.
History
In 2011 Rodney Thompson became the superintendent. By 2015 he received a criminal indictment on a school bond campaign-related ethics offense, and he was removed from his position. The district made two attempts at finding a new superintendent, with the second occurring after a finalist dropped out of the process. The district selected Brenda Blackburn, previously the Montgomery County Public Schools (Virginia) superintendent, and she took the position on November 1, 2015.
By 2017 the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigated potential embezzlement. The district fired chief financial officer Brantley Thomas on February 7, 2017. In March of that year superintendent Brenda Blackburn resigned, and Deon Jackson became the interim superintendent.[1]
Schools
High schools
Traditional:
- Berkeley High School
- Cane Bay High School
- Cross High School
- Goose Creek High School
- Hanahan High School
- Philip Simmons High School
- Stratford High School
- Timberland High School
Alternative:
- Berkeley Alternative School
- Berkeley Middle College
K-8 schools
- Daniel Island Elementary and Middle School
Middle schools
- Berkeley Middle School
- Cane Bay Middle School
- Charles B. DuBose Middle School
- College Park Middle School
- Hanahan Middle School
- Macedonia Middle School
- Marrington Middle School
- St. Stephen Middle School
- Sangaree Middle School
- Sedgefield Middle School
- Philip Simmons Middle School
- Westview Middle School
Elementary schools
- Berkeley Elementary
- Berkeley Intermediate
- Boulder Bluff Elementary
- Cainhoy Elementary
- Cane Bay Elementary
- College Park Elementary
- Cross Elementary
- Devon Forest Elementary
- Goose Creek Primary
- H.E. Bonner Elementary
- Hanahan Elementary
- Howe Hall AIMS
- J.K. Gourdin Elementary
- Marrington Elementary
- Nexton Elementary
- Philip Simmons Elementary
- St. Stephen Elementary
- Sangaree Elementary
- Sangaree Intermediate
- Sedgefield Intermediate
- Westview Elementary
- Westview Primary
- Whitesville Elementary
References
- Rindge, Brenda (2017-03-11). "Berkeley County Schools Superintendent resigns in wake of FBI probe". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
External links
- Berkeley County School District
- Berkeley County School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)