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Updated November 4, 2009

PAGELAND - Brian Hough will be Pageland’s next mayor.

When the ballots were totaled Tuesday night, Hough has captured 55 percent of the vote, defeating rivals Finley Kohler and David Whitaker.

Hough received 267 votes, while Kohler received 167 and Whitaker 55.

In town council district 4, Joe Clontz defeated Jessie Evans 37 to 29. In district 6, Joe Steen received 56 votes, defeating Wayne “Jiggs’ Carnes (20 votes) and Roy Neal (21 votes.)

A runoff election will probably be needed to determine the race in town council district 5, though. Susan Breisch received exactly 50 percent of the votes — just one vote shy of the necessary ballots required to capture the race. Breisch received 40 votes, while Cathy Smith received 24 and Barry Laney 16.

Breisch said Tuesday night that she will request a re-count of the ballots. Should a runoff be required, she will face Smith in a special election on Nov. 17.

The ballots will be certified noon Friday at Pageland Town Hall.
 

School District awarded $220,000 technology grant

Chesterfield County School District has been notified by the S.C. State Department of Education that it has been awarded a grant in the amount of $220,000 for the current school year.

The funding is available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Federal Stimulus Program) and will be directed toward the program goals of integrating technology into students’ daily instruction to enhance their interest and mastery. Each school in the district will benefit from this funding, which will help create 21 st Century classrooms throughout Chesterfield County.

Technology coaches Pat Hendrickson and Brenda Lyles developed the proposal and were assisted by John Wagnon, former Director of Technology and Incentives. The award was scored one of the highest in the competition among 52 other districts, allowing Chesterfield County to receive one of the greatest levels of funding in the state.

“I commend the work of Pat Hendrickson, Brenda Lyles and John Wagnon in securing funding that enhances student education,” says Wimberly. “The students and staff of Chesterfield should be very proud of their work.”

"I look forward to the opportunity to make meaningful connections for the students, using strategies that meet the needs of our teachers and support curriculum and technology standards," says Hendrickson.

Lyles said that she is thrilled to have won the funding.

“Burning the midnight oil and working over the weekends really paid off this time,” adds Lyles. “We technology coaches are endeavoring to embed technology rich lessons into classrooms for teachers and students and institute the new ISTE standards, which are pretty stringent. These funds will help us make great strides in accomplishing our goals this year."

Current Director of Technology and Incentives Deborah Wimberly said that she is excited that the district will be able to provide these new projects to students in Chesterfield County.
 

 

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