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This new $134 million dollar school was funded through a referendum that voters approved in 2016.The 413 thousand square foot facility is a modern school that features the latest in technology and student amenities. The school itself is built on a 200 acre lot, has a 1,000 seat performing arts theatre, a 2,500 seat basketball arena, and an 8,500 seat stadium.
The athletic facilities feature multiple practice fields and field houses, a track and soccer stadium, a Physical Education gymnasium, a cheerleader gymnasium, wrestling complex, and a state-of-the-art training room.
The weight room can lift over 120 players at a single time and the coaching offices feature multiple meeting rooms, office space, and classrooms.
South Carolina students bomb the ACT, falling behind Mississippi | News | postandcourier.comSouth Carolina’s graduating class of 2018 came close to dead-last in the nation on the ACT college readiness test, painting a grim picture of a state that has languished near the bottom of education rankings for decades.This year’s graduates placed 50th among the states and Washington, D.C., on the ACT, according to composite scores based on the test’s English, Reading, Math and Science sections.
Only Nevada’s students did worse.
... In practical terms, the new test results show that despite high school graduation rates that inch upward year after year, most South Carolina students finish high school unprepared to succeed at a four-year college.Statewide, 42 percent of graduating students met the ACT’s college readiness benchmark for English, along with 30 percent for Reading, 24 percent for Math and 20 percent for Science.
Only 14 percent were ready for college in every subject area, despite 63 percent saying on an ACT survey that they aspired to earn a bachelor’s or graduate degree.
... Only 5 percent of African-American students, 16 percent of Hispanic or Latino students, and 33 percent of white students met three or more of the benchmarks for college readiness.
14% of high school GRADUATES are college ready. recognize that 22% of the student population does not graduate high school
and yet, look at how south carolina is spending its limited education resources on ****ing sports complexes