Rock Hill's Moody is a finalist for Greenville supt

This, from today's Rock Hill Herald online:Rock Hill schools Superintendent Lynn Moody is one of three finalists in the running to lead Greenville County schools.

If chosen Moody would take charge of a district with more than four times as many students as Rock Hill’s.

The other finalists are Burke Royster, Greenville County schools’ deputy superintendent of operations, and Eugene White,

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Rock Hill Herald advocates pay raise for state employees

And the people said Amen.State workers deserve a raise this year - if only to help offset the anticipated rise in health care and pension costs.

State employees haven't had a raise since 2007. Since then, they have faced furloughs, layoffs and pay cuts.

This year, the S.C. House Ways and Means Committee has approved a 2 percent pay raise starting July 1 for state employees and teachers. Some

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Why are working retirees disappearing at Spring Valley High School?

Early this week, The State published an item about parents' disenchantment in the Spring Valley High School community.

It reported that Sally Tryon, a parent and president of the Spring Valley High School Student Improvement Council, "was one of the first parents to raise concerns about the departures of working retiree teachers at her children’s school."

When veteran teachers -- especially

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