By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
A public hearing is scheduled this afternoon to determine whether Gov. Henry McMaster removes a Charleston County School Board member. Skylar will be there. Read her article from earlier this month on the inspector general’s report that led to today’s hearing.
“If two schools are looking at the same law and coming to different conclusions on essentially the same situation, that’s something we need to take a look at.” - state Rep. Nathan Ballentine, chairman of the House budget-writing panel for higher education, on colleges making different decisions on in-state tuition rates.
Students walk to class on the College of Charleston campus in downtown Charleston. (Photo courtesy of the College of Charleston)
By Jessica Holdman
Determining who qualifies as a South Carolinian can be complicated in one of the nation’s fastest-growing states. While state law governs who pays in-state tuition rates, each college decides whether an applicant meets them. One father’s experience may lead to changes next year. What do you think: Did officials at Clemson or College of Charleston make the right call? And what should be done, if anything, to prevent colleges from making opposite decisions on the same information?
Sept. 28, 2026, marks the 10-year anniversary of a school shooting in this unincorporated community of Anderson County. (Photo by Paul Hyde/Special to the SC Daily Gazette)
COMMENTARY
By Paul Hyde
In his latest commentary, Paul Hyde reflects on the 10-year anniversary of the Townville Elementary School shooting, when a 14-year-old gunman opened fire at first graders out for recess. Six-year-old Jacob Hall was fatally wounded.
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