Rachel Heaton covers education in Beaufort County. She is an Oklahoma native and Missouri transplant. She graduated from the University of Missouri and previously worked at a local news website in suburban St. Louis. | The Beaufort County Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the County Council chambers at 100 Ribaut Road in Beaufort.
Agenda items include the introduction of the proposed 2013-14 academic calendar and a proposed resolution to mitigate sequestration, a series of planned, across-the-board budget cuts that could hit federal agencies Jan. 2.