USA TODAY: House of Representatives votes to repeal Affordable Care Act C1 TOMORROW, MAY 6TH Presented by: All Proceeds Benefit United Way of Sumter, Clarendon and Lee Counties DERBY PARTYTYY RUNR FOR 5:30 - 10:00 PMM THETTHH ROSES 5K RUN/WALK MAIN STREET REGISTRATIONEG : RACE START: La Piazza 88:08:00:0 a.m. 9:00 a.m. TICKET INCLUDES : GREAT FOOD, BEER & WINE, MUSIC & SILENT AUCTION FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2017 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents WWW.DERBYDAYSUMTER.COM 803.773.7935 SUMTER SCHOOL DISTRICT NAACP opposes enlarging board BY BRUCE MILLS state House of Representatives — calls school district pushed the need for the
[email protected] for the appointment of two at-large legislation to the forefront. members to the board. The board of In December, the fiscal year 2016 The Sumter County Branch of the trustees currently includes seven elect- audit report was released and revealed NAACP opposes a bill to add two seats ed positions representing different the district overspent by $6.2 million — in any fashion — to the Sumter areas of the school district and one last fiscal year and had an ending gen- School Board of Trustees, believing it honorary, non-voting position repre- eral fund balance on June 30, 2016, of would prove to be retrogressive and di- senting Shaw Air Force Base. Members $106,449 — a critically low level, ac- BY DENNIS BRUNSON / THE SUMTER ITEM minish the influence of black voters in of the local legislative delegation said cording to auditor Robin Poston. Since Former University of South Caro- the county, according to the branch’s previously they had considered intro- then, the board has hired a financial lina football star Marcus Latti- president.