Saturday, January 09, 2010

Whatever Happened to the New Sanders-Clyde?

Remember when those District 20 schools were closed last year? Remember questions about the size of the school being used temporarily while a new facility was being built? No? Here's a clip from last August's P&C:

"Changing the identity of a school doesn’t happen in a day or a week, but downtown Sanders-Clyde Elementary plans to do as much as possible this year to begin transforming into an arts-infused school.

"The genesis of the idea to take the highest poverty school in Charleston County and give it an arts makeover dates back about three years to the tenure of former Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson and a partnership she developed with nationally known artist Jonathan Green.

"They hatched the idea to give Sanders-Clyde a new arts-related focus that would coincide with the opening of its new building, slated for January 2010."

Okay, it's January 2010. Where's the news about the move to the new building?

Where's the P&C story about why the building is not ready?

3 comments:

Alex Peronneau said...

Amen, Babbie. Inquiring minds want to know. Seriously, where's the substance to CCSD's hot air?

Our Superintendent is all talk and no walk when it comes to kids and schools in need. That also goes for her shallow concerns for the families, staff and communities standing with them. Her spin factory is working overtime, thanks to staff expansions and pay raises, while curriculum, direct classroom expenditures and teaching staff continue to be cut.

How much is the failure to move Sanders-Clyde as promised going to "save" CCSD? How much is not moving it forward going "cost" Sanders-Clyde students and teachers?

Anonymous said...

The strange thing about schools such as School of the Arts (projects that all started around the same time) was able tp move into their new building.

Anonymous said...

The parents were told months ago this school wouldn't be ready until February. Why is it news today?