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Charleston County School District, South Carolina

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Budget Y
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Meetings Y
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Elected Officials Y
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Administrative Officials N
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Contracts Y
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Audits Y
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Academics Y
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Charleston School District is a school district in South Carolina.

Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of South Carolina school district websites

Last rated on June 13, 2012.

The good

  • Board members[1], minutes[2] and meetings[3] posted.
  • Budgets and audits are posted.[4]
  • Teacher salary schedules are posted.[5]
  • Links to academic performance reports are posted.[6]
  • Administrative directory posted[7]
  • Information on sales taxes posted.[8] Revenues are mills are included within budget documents.[4]
  • A contact is provided for Freedom of Information Act requests.[9]

The bad

  • Administrative contact details are not listed.
  • Background check policy is not posted.
  • FOIA policies are not posted.

Leadership

School board

Below is a list of current Board of Trustee members:[1]

Member Term Expires
Craig Ascue 2014
Cindy Bohn Coats (Vice-Chair) 2014
Chris Collins 2012
Chris Fraser (Chair) 2012
Toya Hampton Green 2012
Elizabeth Kandrac 2012
Brian Thomas 2012
Elizabeth Moffly 2014
Elisabeth Ann Oplinger 2012

Teacher contracts

The FY 2012 salary schedule is posted and ranges from $33,740 for certain first year teachers to $69,295 for teachers with 30 years experience and a Doctorate degree.[10] No employees received COLA adjustments under the FY 2012 budget.[11]

Administrative officials

Dr. Nancy J. McGinley serves as Superintendent of the Charleston County School District (CCSD), where she oversees a Council of the Great City Schools system that includes 42,500 students, 75 schools, five specialized programs, and over 5,000 employees. Dr. McGinley is also a former award-winning principal and Chief Academic Officer.[12]

School budget

The FY 2012 budget estimated an operating millage levy of 98.7 mills and a debt service levy of 27.9 mills. Neither represents an increase over the previous year.[11]

Expenditures by fund are:[11]

FY 2011 Budget FY 2012 Budget Variance
General Operating $329,548,267 $334,307,983 $4,759,716
Debt Service $78,892,418 $82,185,582 $3,293,164
Total $408,440,685 $416,493,565 $8,052,880

Expenditures by category, all funds:[11]

Category FY 2011 Original Budget FY 2012 Projected Budget
Salaries $233,607,759 $223,424,629
Employee Benefits 73,858,378 70,208,144
Purchased Services 49,991,641 53,112,766
Materials & Supplies 50,934,806 37,663,140
Capital Outlay 27,469 25,300
Other Objects 7,657,055 16,839,953
Transfers 39,327,961 40,037,643
Reserves 650,000 900,000
Grand Total $456,055,069 $442,211,575


Academic performance

CCSD's growth rating according to South Carolina Department of Education district report cards for the 2011 school year jumped from "Below Average" to "Excellent," and its absolute rating increased from "Average" to "Good." In 2011, the graduation rate increased from 67% to 72%.[13]

Rating CCSD Schools 2010 CCSD Schools 2011 Change
Excellent 26 30 +4
Good 5 6 +1
Average 27 25 -2
Below Average 14 12 -2
At Risk 12 12 0

PASS (Palmetto Assessment of State Standards) 2009-2010

Federal law requires students in grades 3-8 to take a state test based on state academic standards.

The table below shows the percentage of students in the Charleston County School District who met or exceeded the state standard in 2010 and 2009.[14]

PASS Writing 2010 Writing 2009 English 2010 English 2009 Math 2010 Math 2009 Science 2010 Science 2009 Social Studies 2010 Social Studies 2009
Grade 3 73.6% 74.8% 81.0% 80.0% 70.2% 70.2% 55.5% 64.0% 76.2% 79.1%
Grade 4 76.3% 73.4% 78.8% 76.2% 80.5% 78.6% 69.9% 68.7% 81.0% 83.2%
Grade 5 77.5% 74.2% 79.5% 81.4% 72.6% 75.3% 68.2% 68.8% 70.4% 73.7%
Grade 6 74.1% 72.9% 73.5% 70.3% 71.6% 70.4% 61.4% 62.6% 79.7% 79.7%
Grade 7 72.9% 74.2% 71.8% 71.9% 66.9% 71.5% 72.4% 71.6% 62.6% 64.6%
Grade 8 73.9% 69.9% 65.9% 70.1% 65.1% 63.8% 67.3% 62.2% 72.1% 72.0%

Reform

Charter schools

Charter schools in the District include:[15]

  • Apple Charter School (K-8)
  • Charleston Charter School for Math and Science (6-12)
  • Charleston Development Academy Public Charter (CD/K-8)
  • East Cooper Montessori Charter Schools (1-8)
  • Greg Mathis Charter School (9-12)
  • James Island Charter School (9-12)
  • Orange Grove Elementary Charter School (CD/K-5)
  • Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education (K-12)

Spending transparency

On April 1, 2009, the South Carolina Legislature passed H3352 which requires school districts in the state to post a check register and credit card statement online.[16] All school districts are required to post monthly statements beginning June 30, 2010.

As of December 23, 2010 the district complies with the law.[17]

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 BOT members
  2. ↑ Minutes
  3. ↑ Agendas, Calendar
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Budget and Audits
  5. ↑ Salary Schedule
  6. ↑ Performance Reports
  7. ↑ Staff Directory
  8. ↑ Sales Tax
  9. ↑ General Counsel
  10. ↑ [1]
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Second Reading, FY 2012 Budget
  12. ↑ Dr. McGinley bio
  13. ↑ CCSD Schools Make Ratings Leap!, CCSD
  14. ↑ Char PASS
  15. ↑ Charter Schools
  16. ↑ H3352
  17. ↑ transparency
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