Marc Swygert Named As The New Independence Elementary School Principal

At the May Rock Hill Schools Business meeting, Marc Swygert was named as the new Independence Elementary School Principal, replacing retiring Principal Marry Chandler-McVann. The board approved the administrations recommendation in a 7-0 vote. Marc is currently an Assistant-Principal at the school.

The board took action on the following items (all 7-0 votes):

• Approved Consent agenda
• Approved policies GBI, KHC, KHE, and BEDB for first reading (The board was requested to send suggested changes to KHE before the next work session)
• Approved Changes to the 2010-2011 calendar. Note for parents - last two days of school year will now be half days instead of full days.
• Approved contract to repair roof on a portion of Finley Road Elementary School.
• Approved two facilities requests after administration agreed to evaluate energy usage at all schools when making decisions about facility requests and school activities such as summer school.