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The Charleston County School Board says they will be meeting to discuss the ongoing pandemic and new district “learning pods”.

Educators across South Carolina are reaching their breaking point, whether it be from exhaustion or their district's handling of the virus. But amid teacher protests and warnings of another holiday spike in cases following Christmas and New Year’s Eve, some districts have modified their plans. File/Andrew J. Whitaker/Staff By Andrew J. Whitaker awhitaker@postandcourier.com As coronavirus cases reach record levels in South Carolina, conversations surrounding how schools should operate during the pandemic have gained renewed momentum from lawmakers, educ...

For board member Helen Davis Frazier, the issue is a personal one. Frazier worked at several of the district’s alternative reform programs as a guidance counselor and parent coordinator for more than two decades, where she saw firsthand how troubled students were removed from their home schools with the hopes of improving their behavior at a space specifically designed for those who have faced repeated disciplinary sanctions. But during her time with the district, Frazier recalls never seeing more than two White students enrolled at these alternative programs each year. “I have a hi...