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The Charleston County school board approved an academic calendar for the 2021-2022 school year. The board selected Option A which recommends the 2022 spring break the week of April 11 through April 15.
The North Charleston High School principal who gained national attention when he started working a third job to help students in need will be honored by the governor Monday morning.
Parents and guardians with students in Charleston County School District middle and high schools will receive an email notification from their child’s school if an individual in one of their classrooms has tested positive for COVID-19.
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.