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With one reading and no one from the public wishing to comment, the District 56 Board of Trustees has adopted a policy change that will greet middle schoolers next year
Updated: 4:44 PM CDT May 3, 2021 Two South Carolina 14-year-olds who were best friends were killed in an ATV crash on Thursday.Jasmine Peake and Madison Simmons tried to cross a road on an ATV in Laurens County, South Carolina, on Thursday afternoon, but struck a tractor-trailer, according to Trooper Joe Hovis, with South Carolina Highway Patrol. Neither of the girls were wearing helmets at the time of the crash, he said. They both died at the scene. The girls were best friends and both cheered for the Clinton Little Devils Association.The president of the organization, Annette Lee, said she s in disbelief that the girls are gone. Jasmine and Madison were always together, Lee said. They would spend the night at each other s houses and go places. . They were very much best friends and always together. Madison Simmons was a student in Laurens County School District 55, and Jasmine Peake was a student at Clinton High School in Laurens County School District 56. The student
2 teenage girls killed in ATV crash in Upstate
2 teenage girls killed in ATV crash in Upstate By WYFF Staff | April 30, 2021 at 1:29 PM EDT - Updated April 30 at 7:25 PM
JOANNA, S.C. (WYFF) - Two Upstate teen girls, who were best friends, were killed in an ATV crash Thursday in Laurens County.
The accident happened at 4:40 p.m. on Milton Road in the town of Joanna, according to Trooper Joe Hovis, with South Carolina Highway Patrol.
According to Hovis, a tractor-trailer was traveling south on Milton Road.
An ATV was traveling west on Pickens Street and was trying to cross Milton Road when it struck the tractor-trailer, Hovis said.
On the day when COVID-19 vaccines rolled out across America, School District 56 honored two teams whose seasons were cut short by the deadly virus. The Clinton High School Robotics Team and Academic Bowl Team last spring won South Carolina Championships, qualifying them for National and International Championship competitions.
These events, like the Science Olympiad in which Clinton Middle School is the reigning SC Champion, fell victim to the COVID-19 cancellations in a virus-spread-prevention attempt. In fact, the CHS Robotics Team won its title and the next day, school was cancelled for the rest of Spring 2020. Classes did not resume until September; however, with January 2021 approaching and the virus’ US death toll at more than 300,000, there is no definite word that Academic Bowl, Robotics, and Science Olympiad in Spring 2021 will be staged as in-person events.