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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Beaufort County Adult Education is an alternative school within the Beaufort County School District. Students over the age of seventeen can complete coursework for their South Carolina High School diploma or study for the GED examination. In addition, Beaufort County Adult Education offers classes through South Carolina Virtual Schools. The school is located at 2900 Mink Point Boulevard.
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 (3.2 km2) 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.
The school opened in 1962.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]