BY Sarah H. Ostergaard, J.D.Magnet Lead TeacherWebmaster, Social Media CoordinatorIrmo High School International School for the Arts As summer winds down and families gear up to return to school, we look forward to a new school year fresh with opportunity. In an ideal world, all the children’s’ backpacks are filledContinue Reading
By Al Dozier The Lexington-Richland District 5 School Board Monday defended its contract agreement with Akil Ross as interim superintendent after coming under fire from several former education leaders. A group of former superintendents and school board chairs in Lexington-Richland 5 filed a complaint with the agency that accredits theContinue Reading
It is truly disappointing that 3 former Superintendents and 2 former Board Chairmen from Richland/Lexington School District 5, that I thought really cared about our District, would lodge a complaint based on inaccurate information. And, then send it to the State paper before Dr. Ross even had an opportunity to seeContinue Reading
Tifani Moore, a District Five parent and Irmo resident, has entered the Special Election for Lexington-Richland Five School Board. “The last decade of my life has been dedicated to volunteerism and working in not-for-profit throughout the community. As a resident of Richland Country (Irmo side), a mother of three childrenContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five has named veteran educator David Prigge, Sr. as its new Director of Career and Technical Education (CTE). The decision was approved at the district’s school board meeting on August 9. Prigge currently serves as a CTE program coordinator in Richland School District One. He has alsoContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five has named award-winning educator Anna Miller as its new Chief of Academics and Administration. The decision was approved at the district’s school board meeting on August 9. Miller has served as principal of Chapin Middle School since 2012, prior to that she served as assistant principalContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five has named Amanda Taylor the new Director of Communications for the district. Taylor was approved for the new post during a school board meeting on August 9. “I am thrilled and honored for the opportunity to serve as District Five’s Director of Communications,” Taylor said. “IContinue Reading
Veteran educator Stephanie Huckabee has been named the interim principal at Chapin Middle School. Huckabee replaces Anna Miller, who has been named School District Five’s Chief of Academics and Administration. Huckabee most recently served as the assistant principal of instruction at Chapin High School. She also served as the assistantContinue Reading
Haley Griggs, a District Five parent and Nurse Practitioner at South Carolina Internal Medicine’s Irmo office, has entered the Special Election for Lexington-Richland Five School Board. The election will take place in the Richland County portion of the district on October 12th from 7am-7pm. “The encouragement I’ve received from parents,Continue Reading
School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties is requesting public input on the spending of federal funds received from the U.S. Department of Education through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ARP ESSER), signed into law on March 11. ARP ESSER provides aContinue Reading
Online registration for the 2021-22 school year is now available in Lexington-Richland School District Five. School District Five parents and guardians of returning students are asked to log in to Registration Gateway to verify and/or update their student’s information by visiting update.lexrich5.org, using the log in information provided in aContinue Reading