By Al Dozier Lexington-Richland District 5 is moving forward with its plan to return to face-to-face learning five days a week on Feb. 1 despite protest demonstrations that took place just before the Jan. 25 board meeting at Irmo High School. The district has been observing face-to-face learning four daysContinue Reading
Two schools in Lexington-Richland School District Five have been selected to participate in the 2021 School Garden & Education Assistance Program. Harbison West Elementary School and Irmo High School International School for the Arts are among the 20 schools statewide selected to take part in the program. The program isContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five is now accepting applications for its Choice & Magnet programs. The window for submitting a Choice & Magnet application opened January 11 at 9 am and closes January 24, at 5 pm. The preferred process is using the online application https://d5choiceapp.com/login, which is now available onContinue Reading
H. E. Corley Elementary School has received a $1,500 Innovation Grant from Special Olympics South Carolina and has been recognized as a Unified Champion School. The grant money will be used to create a sensory pathway on the school’s playground, providing a safe space for students of all abilities toContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five will hold its 2021 Teacher Recruitment Event on Feb. 6 to give jobseekers an opportunity to learn more about schools and services in the district and talk one-on-one with administrators. Due to COVID-19, the district will utilize a virtual platform to interview candidates. Candidates will haveContinue Reading
Irmo High School International School for the Arts junior, Alex Blocker, is one of 11 semifinalists named for the 2021 United States Senate Youth Program Scholarship by the South Carolina Department of Education. The final round of the competition will take place in January. Two delegates and two alternates willContinue Reading
The Lexington-Richland School District Five Board of Trustees is seeking more options for the district’s redistricting plan. During a board workshop on January 6, board members asked engineering and planning firm Milone & MacBroom to create two more scenarios that would address the “immediate need” of creating an attendance zoneContinue Reading
The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) is now accepting applications for its free virtual after school programs Spark. and ENGAGE. Online applications are available at www.scgssm.org/outreach. Delivered by GSSM’s Center for Science Education & Outreach, Spark. and ENGAGE are after school virtual programs designed to introduceContinue Reading
South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis has recognized Irmo High School’s Sarah Ostergaard as the South Carolina Financial Literacy Master Teacher Program’s Educator of the Month for December. “Ms. Ostergaard’s credentials exemplify her outstanding experience in real world money matters, but it’s her passion for teaching personal finance that’s so impactful,”Continue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five has named Todd Bedenbaugh the new Executive Director of Operations for the district. Bedenbaugh currently serves as the director of student nutrition. In this new role, Bedenbaugh will continue to perform those duties as well as supervising the district’s transportation, facilities and technology departments. He wasContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five has launched an online COVID-19 dashboard. During a special-called meeting November 30, the board approved a motion to have the district create a webpage dashboard for reporting active COVID-19 positive cases and quarantine cases in schools. The motion requires the district to, “Reallocate resources that weContinue Reading