Education

Lancaster County School District officials said recent changes in standardized testing and ongoing uncertainty over its future in the state is having an effect on local educators and may have played a role in this year’s mediocre PASS and HSAP test results.

The item was among the topics discussed during this month’s school board meeting Tuesday, Aug. 19.

 Reece Murphy

rmurphy@thelancasternews.com

Lancaster County School District officials have chosen Buford High School Principal Butch Dutton to serve as the district’s director of secondary education.

Dutton appointment fills a position vacated in June when former secondary education director Jonathan Phipps left for a job as superintendent of Abbeville County schools.

 Laura Caskey

lcaskey@thelancasternews.com

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s clouds loomed overhead outside, spirits remained up in the Lancaster High School gymnasium. Just after 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 30, LHS administrators made the decision to move the graduation exercises indoors.

 Denyse Clark

dclark@thelancasternews.com

Buford High School’s class of 2014 entered the gymnasium with a little pep in their steps on Friday, May 30 and walked out with even more. 

That wasn’t lost on Genester Curry, aunt of BHS graduate, Tijuan Dixon.

“It’s a blessing to see him graduate,” she said.

Dixon's grandmother, Pat Dixon, agreed.