On Saturday, July 11, community leaders, families and local officials gathered to celebrate the grand opening of American Leadership Academy (ALA) Blythewood with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
As South Carolina’s largest brand-new brick-and-mortar public charter school, the event drew hundreds of families eager to tour the state-of-the-art K-12 campus located at 10301 Wilson Boulevard.
The landmark event featured several distinguished speakers and guests, led by Bill Guttery, CEO of Charter One. Joining him were Blythewood Mayor Sloan J. Griffin III, school directors Dr. Dennis Dotterer and Mr. Jarred Strait, as well as leadership from both Charter One and the school’s authorizer, the Charter Institute at Erskine…