Goodbye Minimally Adequate: Support the Constitutional Amendment for a High Quality Education in South Carolina

Statements of Support

The Progressive Journal's "The Pageland Blog"

June 11, 2008 Chesterfield County’s school district superintendent has joined other Pee Dee officials to demand higher educational standards for South Carolina students. Superintendent John Williams is among the officials lending his support to goodbyeminimallyadequate.com, a website calling for an amendment to the state constitution requiring “high quality education” for students.
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Laurens County School District No. 55 Resolution

Laurens 55 Board of Trustees

Whereas, the Laurens County School District No. 55 Board of Trustees believes that the General Assembly of South Carolina should provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free public schools; and
Whereas, the Laurens County School District No. 55 Board of Trustees believes that public institutions of learning should privide a high quality education to all students allowing each student to reach his highest potential; and
Whereas, the Laurens County School District No. 55 Board of Trustees supports an amendment to replace the words, "a minimally adequate education" with the words, "high quality education" in the South Carolina Constitution.

Bud Ferillo

Presentations to the Senate Subcomittee on March 13, 2008

Bud Ferillo directed and produced the 2005 documentary “Corridor of Shame: the neglect of South Carolina’s rural schools.”

Bud Ferillo

"It is a privilege for me to address the subcommittee this morning, something I have never done before. While I served this state, in the 1970’s and 80’s as chief of staff to House Speakers Rex Carter and Ramon Schwartz and as Deputy Lieutenant Governor under Lt. Gov. Mike Daniel, I come today as a private citizen still in awe of these halls and full of respect for those of you in both parties who serve our state today.

Dr. Jim Rex

Dr. Jim Rex is South Carolina’s State Superintendent of Education.

Dr. Jim Rex

"Our state constitution’s language is not unique. At one time or another, 48 of the 50 state constitutions have included a requirement that required them to provide not good schools, just free ones. But some of those states – states who are our competitors for high-skilled and high-paying jobs – have decided to raise the bar for themselves.

Tom Truitt

Tom Truitt is the former superintendent of Florence District One, which was one of the 36 school districts to file suit against the state in Abbeville v. South Carolina.

Tom Truitt

"My name is Tom Truitt, and I’m here to speak in favor of an amendment to the education clause of our state constitution. I am a retired educator who served as superintendent of Florence School District One from 1987 to 1998 and as the executive director of the Pee Dee Education Center from 1998 until 2005. I was one of the 18 superintendents who initiated the suit against the state that is known as Abbeville v. South Carolina. I have been involved in that suit since its filing in November 1993, nearly 15 years ago.

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