Education

Not all Anderson-area college students are flocking to Florida for spring break.

Nevitt Forest Community School of Innovation in Anderson was one of two South Carolina schools awarded $10,000 recently for transforming teaching and learning.

The proposed fiscal year 2010-2011 budget for Oconee County schools calls for spending less than the current year but still has a revenue shortfall of more than $3 million.

Students from two Anderson County school districts showed area legislators Wednesday what their school had helped them learn to do.

Anderson School District 5 students will be dismissed from their classes early today because of snow.

A meeting that ended Saturday on the Clemson University campus put small-scale producers of specialized agricultural crops in touch with institutional food buyers.

To commemorate FFA Week now being celebrated in South Carolina and across the nation, the Pendleton High School FFA chapter presented a banquet for about 60 members and friends.

On Friday, a few Crescent High School students rode in on their big green tractors.

Anderson School District 5 will need to trim more than $10 million from its budget, according to its superintendent, for fiscal year 2010-11.

The Stephens County School System is already beginning its budget process for the coming fiscal year, and one of the topics that has arisen is the school calendar.

A proposed 2010-2011 state budget would spare Clemson University’s general education funding, but the school’s agricultural programs would take a hit.

Anderson University’s West African Ensemble had a group of more than 300 students, teachers and parents moving to the beat.

More students are eating breakfast at school, and South Carolina school officials say it’s paying off.

Six seniors at a Pickens County high school have been recognized for their achievement in academics, the arts, leadership and citizenship as well as community service.

A budget amendment passed by the Stephens County Board of Education will help cover some revenue shortfalls.