The Charleston County School District is at a major disadvantage when it comes to Dorchester County. You see, the stats from Dorchester District 2 (basically Summerville) are so much better than those from CCSD.
Families moving into the area who can't afford high-priced housing in Mt. Pleasant frequently settle for a house in DD2. Teachers fed up with CCSD administration and its policies head for DD2. Why, DD2 must have some secret formula that makes it so much better than CCSD.
Even Brian Hicks, that master of bloviation, when writing of the pitfalls of consolidating smaller school districts in the state, avoids the third rail of Dorchester County.
What is DD2's secret? Why, Dorchester District 4, of course. Consolidating these two districts is the third rail of school politics. Never mind that the students in DD4 don't begin to have the resources available to those of DD2.
It's 28 miles from St. George to Summerville, apparently a daunting distance for a consolidated district. Of course, it is 46 miles from Awendaw to John's Island.
See what I mean? Something here doesn't add up.
It's that old bug a boo called desegregation. Are you going to be shocked to learn that DD2 is mostly white and DD4 is overwhelmingly black? If you are, you haven't been paying attention to what goes on around here or, should we say, in Dorchester County.
Would it be less expensive if these two districts were consolidated?
You betcha!
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