Officials hold ribbon-cutting at Darlington Middle School for Research Courtyard
Officials held a ribbon-cutting Oct. 9 at Darlington Middle School for an agricultural and educational program called the Research Courtyard. It will allow sixth-grade students – and later students in higher grades — at Darlington Middle to learn the scientific method by growing food and plants in raised planters (built by Darlington County Institute of Technology students). The program is funded through a grant from Duke Energy and led through collaboration with agencies such as the Pee Dee Public Education Collaborative, Clemson University, S2TEM and Agricultural Education Programs. “There’s no one else in the state that is doing this,” state Rep. Robert Williams said.
Photo by Bobby Bryant