The South Carolina principal started working there in August to help low-income students and their families.
Many students at his school live in poverty, Darby told
The Post & Courier. I decided to get another job because the kids, they really need help, he explained.
According to the S.C. Department of Education, nearly 90 percent of North Charleston High students lived in poverty last year.
So far Darby has donated more than $2,500 about half of his Walmart earnings to families in need. He plans to donate the rest after taxes are due.
Darby, who is also a longtime county councilman, was born and raised in the Liberty Hill community and has witnessed the suffering caused by poverty first-hand. Ever since he was a teenager, Darby has worked three or four jobs.
Jan 25, 2021
North Charleston High School Principal
Henry Darby loves his students and the people of his community. Being the principal of a high school is more than enough work for most people but Henry also ran for and won a seat as a county councilman. But Henry saw needs amongst some of the kids in his school that the county nor the school could meet so he got a third job. Henry now works from 10pm to 7am 3 nights a week at the Walmart Supercenter stocking shelves. He donates all the money from that check to families at his school that are struggling. So far he s donated over $2500!
A Reason to Smile: Principal Takes Third Job to Support Students
We are surrounded by so much sadness and uncertainty in todays times, we felt like it was time to look for the good in the world because I like to believe there is far more good than evil and we don t get the chance to hear about it.
Today s Reason to Smile takes us to Charlelston, and a high school principal that is literally going above and beyond for his students.
Three nights a week, North Charleston High School Principal Henry Darby and longtime City Councilman heads to his third job at the local Walmart Supercenter to stock shelves.