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Gov. Henry McMaster, Local Legislative Leaders Announce PPE Investment in Kershaw County School District

August 13, 2020

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Gov. Henry McMaster was joined today by local legislative leaders and educators at Wateree Elementary School to announce the allocation of funds for the purposes of providing personal protective equipment (PPE) to school districts. Every school district in the state was asked to make a request to fulfill its PPE needs and every district's request was fully funded.

“It’s absolutely critical that our students, teacher, administrators, and other school employees are provided the resources they need to operate our schools in the safest possible way,” said Gov. Henry McMaster. “We’re proud to be in Kershaw today to celebrate this important investment.”

In total, 70 school districts requested PPE. They are as follows:

Abbeville

Greenwood 50

Aiken

Greenwood 51

Allendale

Hampton 01

Anderson 01

Hampton 02

Anderson 03

Horry

Anderson 05

Jasper

Bamberg 01

Kershaw

Bamberg 02

Lancaster

Barnwell 19

Laurens 55

Barnwell 29

Laurens 56

Barnwell 45

Lee

Beaufort

Lexington 02

Berkeley

Lexington 03

Calhoun

Lexington/Richland 05

Charleston

Marion

Charter Institute at Erskine

McCormick

Cherokee

Newberry

Chester

Oconee

Chesterfield

Orangeburg

Clarendon 01

Richland 01

Clarendon 02

Richland 02

Clarendon 03

Saluda

Colleton

SC Charter School District

Darlington

Spartanburg 03

Dillon 04

Spartanburg 04

Dorchester 04

Spartanburg 05

Edgefield

Spartanburg 06

Fairfield

Spartanburg 07

Florence 01

Sumter

Florence 02

Union

Florence 03

Williamsburg

Florence 04

York 01

Florence 05

York 02

Georgetown

York 03

Greenville

York 04

The governor will visit Johnsonville Middle School tomorrow, Friday, August 14 at 11:00 AM.Of those 70, 25 requested plexi-glass desk shields. They are as follows:

Anderson 04