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Jessie Fields' and Amber Giles' stomachs turned as they walked down the hall at South Pointe High School that morning.
Winthrop University will receive $416,476 in federal stimulus assistance to replace an underground steam line that runs through the Peabody field on Alumni Drive. Construction on replacing portions of the 418-foot line started last month and is expected to last until early 2010.
Students and staff at South Pointe High are mourning the “tragic, unexpected loss” of a German exchange student, principal Al Leonard said this morning.
Rock Hill schools are planning for tough times. Calling it a “worst-case scenario,” Superintendent Lynn Moody on Monday ticked off a list of spending cuts that could be necessary when federal stimulus money runs out.
It was the dawn of the civil rights era. The U.S. Supreme Court had outlawed public school segregation, sparking hope across a divided nation that black children would finally have the same chance as white children to get an education. As many in South Carolina rallied against integration, that promise dimmed. Except at one school in Rock Hill.
Gov. Mark Sanford recently asked state universities how they'd be affected by another 15-percent slice in the budget next year. Winthrop replied: Severely.
Two new programs will help York Technical College students transfer “seamlessly” to Winthrop University, officials from both schools said.