Beaufort County School District
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Beaufort County School District educates more than 19,000 students in Beaufort County, South Carolina, the most rapidly growing county in South Carolina. The district manages 28 schools. The superintendent is Dr. Valerie Page Truesdale. The district is governed by an 11-member board whose elected members represent the electoral district in which they live and serve staggered, four-year terms.[1]
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[edit] List of Schools
[edit] High schools
- Battery Creek High School
- Beaufort High School
- Bluffton High School
- Hilton Head Island High School
- Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Arts
[edit] Middle schools
- Beaufort Middle School
- H E McCracken Middle School
- Hilton Head Island Middle School
- Lady's Island Middle School
- Robert Smalls Middle School
- Whale Branch Middle School
[edit] Elementary schools
- Beaufort Elementary School
- Bluffton Elementary School
- Broad River Elementary School
- Coosa Elementary School
- Daufuskie Island School
- Hilton Head Island Early Childhood Center
- James J Davis Elementary School
- Joseph Shanklin Elementary School
- Lady's Island Elementary School
- M C Riley Elementary School
- Mossy Oaks Elementary School
- Okatie Elementary School
- Port Royal Elementary School
- Shell Point Elementary School
- Saint Helena Early Learning Center
- Saint Helena Elementary School
- Whale Branch Elementary School
[edit] Specific schools
[edit] Joseph Shanklin Elementary School
On October 1901, the school started with seven pupils. By January 1905, 150 students attended. It was founded by a group of northern abolitionists and Beaufort citizens. The school's mission was to instruct African American students in better cultivation of land, care of stock and manner of living. The school offered instruction in carpentry, bricklaying, printing and other trades. Courses for females included cooking, sewing, nursing, and homemaking. By 1920 The Port Royal Agricultural School became the Beaufort County Training School, yet it was still known as The Shanklin School by area residents. With public and private funds it was able to meet the need for African American teachers and was known as a teacher's training site. The school maintained 800 acres of land, as well as two barns, two dormitories, a power plant, equipment and an endowment of around $11,000. Today, the school is now found at 121 Morrall Drive. It is no longer an Agricultural and Industrial School, but one of academics. It has a total of 516 students and a staff of 53, including the principal N'Kia Campbell and assistant principal Emanuel Alston.
[edit] Mossy Oaks Elementary School
The school opened in 1962, and operates on a Year-Round Schedule, with quarterly attendance followed by 3- 5 week intersessions or breaks. School begins in mid-July, and ends with the traditional Memorial Day holiday. The school has met federal AYP (adequate yearly progress) since its initiation, and has been a Title One school for the past two years. The principal is Donald Gruel. The school serves students from PK to fifth grade, has one Resource class, and one Self Contained classroom for students with special needs. Mossy Oaks is one of South Carolina's newly named "Red Carpet" schools by the State Department of Education.[2]
