Wilson Hall, Sumter, Lakewood all victorious B1 Artists’ Guild Winners Show opens Thursday SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2018 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 $1.75 A7 District focuses on teacher recruitment light of the teach- tion season to hire new teach- Koumas said the district ob- Koumas said. Board plans to travel er shortage in the ers. tained some state funding to Hamm has said previous- country for job fairs district and According to John Kou- help with recruiting now and ly that teacher retention is across the state. mas, the district’s executive will be traveling this spring to a good recruitment strate- BY BRUCE MILLS In the fall, act- director of human resourc- several job fairs at various gy, and the district’s Board
[email protected] ing Superinten- es, six new full-time teach- colleges and also traveling to of Trustees approved a mo- dent Debbie ers have been hired since Pennsylvania and Michigan tion at its meeting Monday HAMM Sumter School District is Hamm said the the beginning of December. for recruitment. to allow her to develop and pursuing several initiatives to district would be There are still 43 teaching “Our department is doing implement a new employee fill classroom positions, ac- trying to take advantage of position vacancies, he said things outside the box now to cording to district staff, in the December college gradua- Thursday. help with our recruiting,” SEE TEACHERS, PAGE A11 Mother: ‘I don’t want her to be forgotten’ Woman is still searching for daughter after Stacy Renee Lester has been 8 years missing missing since 2009.