Nov. 1 is make-up day for county schools
From Staff Reports
Nov. 1 will be make-up day for the day that Darlington County public-school students missed because of Hurricane Dorian.
Dorian’s threat forced the county school district to close its schools Sept. 5. Nov. 1 had already been earmarked as a weather make-up day. Students were to be off that day, but not district employees.
The Dorian make-up day was one of a few topics the Darlington County School Board addressed Sept. 9 during its regular monthly meeting, an unusually fast session (30 minutes in open session; about an hour and 10 minutes in executive session).
The school board also honored student athletes the board did not get a chance to recognize before school ended for the summer. They included:
— Hartsville High students Abi Stokes and Alyssa Poston, who earned spots on the S.C. Coaches Association of Women’s Sports 2019 All-State Softball Team. A third student who made the team, Madie Andrews of Darlington High School, was recognized by the board earlier.
— Thirteen members of Hartsville High’s softball team, which won the S.C. Class 4-A state championship.
They are: Alyssa Poston, Kaitlyn Yarbrough, Gracie Jordan, McKinsley Bizzell, Emily Woodham, Olivia Martin, Teasia McPhail, Taylor Atkinson, Jessica McWhorter, Brittney Cothran, Kaylee Caudell, Blaze MacArthur and Abi Stokes.
— Darlington High students Rileigh Lacy and Kadasia Evans, for emerging as state champions in track and field events. Lacy is 2019 S.C. Class 4-A state pole vault champion. Evans is 2019 S.C. Class 4-A state high jump champion. Darlington High’s Jordan English also won the S.C. Class 4-A All-State Team for the high jump.
