CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) – A new incentive program will pay Charleston County families weekly for perfect attendance as absenteeism continues to crux student performance.
The pilot, which allows the Charleston County School District to divvy out $25 a week, per student, to at least 1900 students and their families, rolled out on March 10. Students within the 10 selected grades and schools will be eligible to continuously receive money through a designated debit card, but only if their child achieves perfect attendance every week until May 16.
Those schools are Ellington Elementary, Midland Park Primary, Lambs Elementary, Ladson Elementary, A.C. Corcoran Elementary, Goodwin Elementary, Morningside Middle, Simmons Pinckney Middle, North Charleston High and West Ashley High…