Four tips toward financial enlightment C1 PANORAMA Black Cowboy Festival returns Event scheduled for May 4-6 at Greenfield Farms near Rembert A5 SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2017 $1.75 IN SPORTS: WH baseball defeats LMA 9-7 B1 2 schools could close Chairman McGhaney wants more details Finance committee recommends shuttering doors BY BRUCE MILLS BY BRUCE MILLS clusion of its monthly meeting Fri- tion Group, William Byrd of Wil-
[email protected] [email protected] day at the district office with the liam Levan Byrd, CPA, PC, and board’s financial consultant, Scott Ben Griffith of State Farm Insur- In response to Friday’s Sumter School Board The Sumter School Board Fi- Allan. The board of trustees will ance. The fourth business leader, of Trustees Finance Committee recommenda- nance Committee voted unani- now address the committee’s rec- Bobby Anderson, was not present. tion to accept a financial consultant’s proposal mously Friday to recommend to ommendation at its next meeting, School board chairman and com- to close two low-enrollment schools, the board’s the full board of trustees to close which is set for Monday at 6 p.m. mittee member the Rev. Daryl Mc- chairman says he’s unsure board members will two schools at the end of this It’s uncertain what action, if any, Ghaney was also absent. He had in- take action at their Monday work session. school year in the wake of the dis- the board will take. formed Superintendent Frank Baker Board Chairman the Rev.