Charleston County prepares to run its discipline school for first time in three yearsBy Diette Courrégé (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Charleston County School District’s experiment with a private, for-profit company running its discipline school ended early and with little to no academic results. But district officials are hoping to provide a better alternative program for its most at-risk students this coming year when it takes over control of Murray Hill Academy. The school board opted to cut short its five-year contract with Community Education Partners, the company hired to run Murray Hill Academy, earlier this year after schools Superintendent Nancy McGinley said she wanted to take the school in a different direction. None of the company-hired principals lasted an entire year, and the school missed all of its academic goals in its first year of operation and missed one of three academic goals during its second year. Read more in tomorrow's editions of The Post and Courier. |
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