Disco-dancing fiddler crabs. Stay-at-home periwinkle snails. Steely-eyed great blue herons. Who would have thought a salt marsh could be filled with so many intriguing creatures? Environmental author Kevin Kurtz, for one. The writer took third-graders at Pontiac Elementary on a virtual tour of a South Carolina salt marsh Tuesday, reading his book “A Day in the Salt Marsh” and ruminating about the strange and exotic … Continue reading Marsh musings – Author’s tales transport children to fascinating place

Classes were canceled today at Lugoff-Elgin High School after a fire erupted Sunday afternoon in a storage room at the school. Firefighters from four companies responded to the blaze, which began about 5:30 p.m., Lugoff Fire Chief Robert Polksaid Sunday. The cause of the fire is unknown, he said. “The damage inside the room is so significant it will take some time to investigate,” Polk … Continue reading School’s out after Sunday fire – Lugoff-Elgin High expected to reopen Wednesday

Fourteen Kershaw County teachers have received Education Improvement Act awards totaling $47,100. Teachers at Blaney Elementary, Camden Elementary, Camden Middle, Doby’s Mill Elementary and Lugoff-Elgin Middle received funds. The awards, announced by the State Department of Education, are funded by the General Assembly to promote creativity and innovation in the classroom. Teachers applying of the awards mus provided a proposal outlining activities they wish to … Continue reading Kershaw teachers awarded grants

Drive around the area and you’re bound to see millions of tax dollars at work in school construction. From new schools with special design features to old schools with upgrades, school construction continues, even in a tough economic time. And, in three districts — Lexington 1, Richland 2 and Lexington-Richland 5 — voters will be asked to approve bond proposals on the November ballot to … Continue reading Local school district news

The district is completing a number of renovations in its first phase of a facilities upgrade project. Among work at Lugoff, Elgin and Camden area schools: Lugoff-Elgin High: Work includes a new auxiliary gym, renovations of existing locker rooms, new concession building, new ticket booths, two new practice fields, a new track and six new tennis courts. Projected completion is October. Lugoff-Elgin Middle: Construction of … Continue reading Kershaw County Building Up