HCS vice chairman hospitalized with COVID-19, chairman says John Poston (Source: HCS) By WMBF News Staff | January 7, 2021 at 3:18 PM EST - Updated January 7 at 3:18 PM
CONWAY, S.C. (WMBF) - A key member of the Horry County Schools Board of Education has now been hospitalized with COVID-19, according to Board Chair Ken Richardson.
Richardson said Thursday that Vice Hair John Poston has the virus, and was admitted to a hospital last week. He added that Poston is on a ventilator.
No other details were provided on his condition.
According to the HCS website, Poston represents the areas of Carolina Forest and Socastee and was first elected to the board in 2008. His profile also states that he is a practicing civil engineer and land surveyor.
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MYRTLE BEACH â As thousands in Horry County and across South Carolina reconsider their format of school instruction before the second semester, medical experts are casting a wide net in questioning the effectiveness of plexiglass used as dividers in classrooms, calling the measure a âplaceboâ and pointing to the lack of data to determine the true impact.
In mid-November, the Horry County Schools Board of Education unanimously voted to use nearly $5 million in state funds to install plexiglass throughout the district to try and combat the spread of COVID-19 in classrooms, something already complete in many other South Carolina school districts.