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The Riverview Charter School Board of Directors meets at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 23 at the school at 302 Burroughs Ave.

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A Beaufort County Board of Education committee on tax increment financing will meet at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 20 at the school district office in Beaufort to hear a report from the Beaufort city manager

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Shelley Somers, head of Beaufort High’s School of Arts, Communication and Technology, has accepted a job as principal of a middle school in Connecticut, according to the newspaper Greenwich Time. Somers, who has been with the Beaufort County School District for 10 years, begins her new job Jan. 1, according to the newspaper. Click here for a copy of the Greenwich Time article.

The Beaufort County Board of Education meets in public session at 6 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Beaufort County Council Chambers. A closed, executive session will begin at 4 p.m.

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A report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce ranks South Carolina 17th in a new national report card measuring indicators of educational innovation.

The “Leaders and Laggards” report was released Monday and is based on scores in several categories. A similar study two years ago placed South Carolina 34th in school performance.

Chamber officials called the study the first attempt to evaluate educational innovation nationwide, according to the S.C. Department of Education.

The Riverview Charter School Board of Directors meets at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at the school at 302 Burroughs Ave. Click here for a copy of the agenda.

The Beaufort-Jasper Academy for Career Excellence will host more than 900 students from local schools at its annual Fourth-Grade Career Carnival this week and next.

The Education and Economic Development Act of 2005 mandates elementary school students be exposed to different career opportunities, said Geri Henderson, a school-to-career director for ACE.

The EEDA law is designed to give South Carolina students the tools they need to build successful careers, including career and technical courses.

The Beaufort County Board of Education meets at 6 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Beaufort County Council Chambers.

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The Beaufort County Board of Education will meet Oct. 30 and 31 in the district office board room at 1300 King St. in Beaufort for its annual fall retreat.

The two-day retreat includes a performance evaluation of superintendent Valerie Truesdale, discussion of school attendance boundaries, discussion of the district's desegregation agreement with the federal Office for Civil Rights and a discussion of budget priorities for fiscal 2011.

The Beaufort County School District should improve internal safeguards and regularly monitor transactions to protect itself from fraudulent purchases on company charge cards, the district’s internal auditor told the Board of Education’s audit committee last week.

Anthony Baxter reported the purchasing card, or P-Card, approach to buying goods is quickly replacing purchase orders. P-Card transactions take less time and cost less to process, he said.