The Lexington District One Educational Foundation recently awarded eight Michelin Golden Apple Teacher Grant Awards to deserving recipients in Lexington County School District One. Fall Grant awards totaled $2,000 and will positively impact 2,338 students in six schools in the district. Congratulations to all of the Educational Foundation’s fall MichelinContinue Reading
The League of Women Voters will hold a school board candidate forum on Monday, Sept. 26, at 6:30 p.m., at the White Knoll High School Performing Arts Center located at 5643 Platt Springs Road in Lexington. The forum is open to the public and will also be livestreamed on LexingtonContinue Reading
Lexington County School District One proudly announces the district earned system accreditation by Cognia™, a nonprofit organization providing quality assurance for schools, school districts and education service providers. Cognia, formerly AdvancED, nationally recognizes districts that meet rigorous standards focusing on productive learning environments, equitable resource allocation that meet the needsContinue Reading
Lexington County School District One Interim Superintendent Dr. Gerrita Postlewait announces that Kathryn M. McPhail, the district’s chief communications officer, plans to resign as her husband accepted a new career opportunity which requires her family to move out of state in the fall. “Though this is an exciting opportunity forContinue Reading
Following a public hearing held on June 14, 2022, the Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees approved the 2022–23 general fund operating budget of $325,808,206. The approved budget does not include a millage increase. The budget includes a step increase for employees, increases the beginning step of theContinue Reading
Lexington County School District One’s Tracy T. Lucas, CPPB, CPPO, announces her retirement, effective June 29, 2022. She has spent the last 23 years working as the district’s procurement director. With a career spanning almost 35 years, Lucas began working in 1987 for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources,Continue Reading
The Lexington One Educational Foundation applauds the continued generosity from Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation and CEO Lou Kennedy. A leader in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as a Lexington District One alumna, Kennedy recently donated $5,400 to the Educational Foundation to support the Lexington District One students enrolled in the PharmacologyContinue Reading
On March 15, 2022, the Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees approved the hiring of Nicholas W. Pearson as principal of White Knoll High School. Pearson joins Lexington District One after serving as the principal of Sumter High School, in Sumter School District, since 2015. “Nick Pearson isContinue Reading
Lexington County School District One Superintendent Greg Little, Ed.D., announces that Jeffrey F. Caldwell, the district’s chief student services officer, plans to retire effective July 1, 2022. Of his retirement Dr. Little says, “For more than three decades, Mr. Caldwell devoted himself to our school district, students and theirContinue Reading
White Knoll High School Principal Edward (Ted) L. Daughtrey announces his retirement at the end of the 2021–22 school year, after 42 years in education. Daughtrey joined Lexington County School District One in 2016 when hired to lead WKHS. Of his career and retirement, Superintendent Dr. Greg Little said, “TedContinue Reading