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Lexington & Richland County School District Five

School district in South Carolina, United States

School district in South Carolina, United States

School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties (abbreviated as District Five or informally as Lex-Rich Five) is a South Carolina school district encompassing a land area of approximately 196 square miles, (508 km2), roughly half of which is situated in each of Lexington and Richland counties. Student enrollment is at 16,717 as of August 2005. The school district consists of the northern portion of Lexington County lying north of Lake Murray and the Saluda River and the northwestern portion of Richland County lying south of the Broad River. The School District is primarily a residential suburb located to the northwest of the city of Columbia, the capital city of South Carolina. Included in the District Five are the towns of Irmo and Chapin. The school district has three attendance areas: Chapin, Dutch Fork, and Irmo. District Five operates a total of 12 elementary schools, four middle schools, five high schools, and one alternative school.

The interim Superintendent is Akil Ross, appointed in June 2021 following the sudden resignation of former superintendent Christina Melton at a board meeting on June 14 over conflicts with some school board members. The Chief of Academics and Administration is Tina McCaskill. The Current Board Chair is Kimberly Snipes.

History

In February 2023, an AP English teacher in Chapin was forced to halt a lesson on Ta-Nehisi Coates' book Between the World and Me by school administrators, who claimed that the lesson violated state budget provisions. South Carolina law prohibits the use of state funds for lessons that teach that "an individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or any other form of psychological distress on account of his race or sex" or "an individual, by virtue of his race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously."

Schools

High schools

  • Irmo High School
  • Dutch Fork High School
  • Chapin High School
  • Spring Hill High School
  • Academy for Success - alternative school

Elementary and middle schools

  • Ballentine Elementary School
  • Chapin Elementary School
  • Dutch Fork Elementary School
  • H. E. Corley Elementary School
  • Harbison West Elementary School
  • Irmo Elementary School
  • Lake Murray Elementary School
  • Leaphart Elementary School
  • Nursery Road Elementary School
  • Oak Pointe Elementary School
  • Piney Woods Elementary School
  • River Springs Elementary School
  • Seven Oaks Elementary School
  • Chapin Middle School
  • Crossroads Intermediate School
  • Chapin Intermediate School
  • Dutch Fork Middle School
  • Irmo Middle School

References

References

  1. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Richland County, SC". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
  2. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lexington County, SC". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
  3. Marchant, Bristow. (14 June 2021). "Superintendent of Lexington-Richland 5 resigns; school board member resigns in protest".
  4. "Lexington-Richland School District Five Board of Trustees names Dr. Akil Ross as Interim Superintendent".
  5. (June 24, 2021). "SC school board moves to censure ex-member over superintendent resignation". The State.
  6. Daprile, Lucas. (16 June 2021). "Educator group blasts LR5 board for ousting decorated superintendent over 'politics'".
  7. Grenier, Ian. (June 19, 2023). "After SC school stopped teaching of book on racism, officials' explanations differ".
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