Charleston County School District

Charleston County School District
Address
75 Calhoun Street Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston County 29401  United States
Information
Superintendent	Gerrita Postlewait
Faculty	5,500 employees district-wide
Grades	Pre-school – 12
Enrollment	45,000 students
Telephone	(843) 937-6300
Website	[1]

Charleston County School District is a school district within Charleston County, South Carolina, that educates roughly 45,000 kindergarten to 12th grade students in 80 schools. In July 2015, Dr. Nancy J. McGinley, who resigned in October 2014 after serving as superintendent just over seven years, was replaced by Dr. Gerrita Postlewait after Dr. McGinley's termination for her handling of a racially charged incident at one of the district's high schools.

Charleston County School district was created by South Carolina Act 340 of the South Carolina General Assembly in 1967. The "Act of Consolidation" took the 8 separate school districts and put them under a county wide district to equally fund education in all areas of the county. The former independent school districts remain as constituent school districts within the structure of the Charleston County School district with their own school boards and duties.

(NOTE: District numbering reflects the consolidation of over 25 school districts that existed before desegregation.)

The schools in the Charleston County School District offer several sports. Rugby has been introduced into the schools in 2016, and will be played in 10 schools in 2017. The growth of rugby was spurred in part by rugby's return to the Olympics in 2016.

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