Lexington & Richland County School District Five

District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties
District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties
Location
	South Carolina
District information
Motto	Pursuing Excellence for Tomorrow's Challenges
Grades	PK-12
Established	1951
Superintendent	Dr. Akil Ross
Schools	12 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 4 high schools, and 1 alternative school
Students and staff
Students	16,680
Student–teacher ratio	15:1
Other information
Website	https://www.lexrich5.org/

School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties (abbreviated as District Five or informally as Lex-Rich Five) is a South Carolina school district encompassing a land area of approximately 196 square miles, (508 km²),^{[citation needed]} roughly half of which is situated in each of Lexington and Richland counties.^[1]^[2] Student enrollment is at 16,717 as of August 2005. The school district consists of the northern portion of Lexington County lying north of Lake Murray and the Saluda River and the northwestern portion of Richland County lying south of the Broad River. The School District is primarily a residential suburb located to the northwest of the city of Columbia, the capital city of South Carolina. Included in the District Five are the towns of Irmo and Chapin. The school district has three attendance areas: Chapin, Dutch Fork, and Irmo. District Five operates a total of 12 elementary schools, four middle schools, five high schools, and one alternative school.

The interim Superintendent is Akil Ross, appointed in June 2021 following the sudden resignation of former superintendent Christina Melton at a board meeting on June 14 over conflicts with some school board members.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] The Chief of Academics and Administration is Anna Miller. The Current Board Chair is Rebecca Blackburn Hines.^{[citation needed]}

History

In February 2023, an AP English teacher in Chapin was forced to halt a lesson on Ta-Nehisi Coates' book Between the World and Me by school administrators, who claimed that the lesson violated state budget provisions. South Carolina law prohibits the use of state funds for lessons that teach that "an individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or any other form of psychological distress on account of his race or sex" or "an individual, by virtue of his race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously."^[7]

Schools

High schools

Irmo High School
Dutch Fork High School
Chapin High School
Spring Hill High School
Academy for Success - alternative school

Elementary and middle schools

Ballentine Elementary School
Chapin Elementary School
Dutch Fork Elementary School
H. E. Corley Elementary School
Harbison West Elementary School
Irmo Elementary School
Lake Murray Elementary School
Leaphart Elementary School
Nursery Road Elementary School
Oak Pointe Elementary School
Piney Woods Elementary School
River Springs Elementary School
Seven Oaks Elementary School
Chapin Middle School
Crossroads Intermediate School
Chapin Intermediate School
Dutch Fork Middle School
Irmo Middle School

References

^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Richland County, SC" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 25, 2024. - Text list
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lexington County, SC" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 25, 2024. - Text list
^ Marchant, Bristow (June 14, 2021). "Superintendent of Lexington-Richland 5 resigns; school board member resigns in protest". The State. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
^ "Lexington-Richland School District Five Board of Trustees names Dr. Akil Ross as Interim Superintendent". Lexington-Richland School District Five. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
^ Marchant, Bristow (June 24, 2021). "SC school board moves to censure ex-member over superintendent resignation". The State.
^ Daprile, Lucas (June 16, 2021). "Educator group blasts LR5 board for ousting decorated superintendent over 'politics'". The State. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
^ Grenier, Ian (June 19, 2023). "After SC school stopped teaching of book on racism, officials' explanations differ". Post and Courier. Retrieved June 20, 2023.

External links

Official website
School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties 2008 archive of website

[1] "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Richland County, SC" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 25, 2024. - Text list

[2] "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lexington County, SC" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 25, 2024. - Text list

[3] Marchant, Bristow (June 14, 2021). "Superintendent of Lexington-Richland 5 resigns; school board member resigns in protest". The State. Retrieved December 21, 2023.

[4] "Lexington-Richland School District Five Board of Trustees names Dr. Akil Ross as Interim Superintendent". Lexington-Richland School District Five. Retrieved June 25, 2021.

[5] Marchant, Bristow (June 24, 2021). "SC school board moves to censure ex-member over superintendent resignation". The State.

[6] Daprile, Lucas (June 16, 2021). "Educator group blasts LR5 board for ousting decorated superintendent over 'politics'". The State. Retrieved December 21, 2023.

[7] Grenier, Ian (June 19, 2023). "After SC school stopped teaching of book on racism, officials' explanations differ". Post and Courier. Retrieved June 20, 2023.

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