two of the finalist schools are in lexington-richland district 5: oak pointe elementary school and dutch fork middle school. bc grammar elementary in lexington district 2 and lexington middle in district 1 are also finalists. the award is given to the schools that offer the best in what the south carolina association of school administrators calls "innovative, effective educational programs." "we're a very positive and fun learning environment. hook them at the age of 4, 5, 6, 7, then i've hooked the learner for life. and if a child loves school and loves coming, then i've won." paschal says a fun learning environment to oak pointe means music playing in the hallways, and weekly friday pep rallies to bring the family together as a whole. the winners will be announced on march 15th. let's get an update on your weather with von. partly to mostly cloudy today with a 20% chance of a late day showers or snow flurry. highs in the low to middle 40s. wednesday, mostly sunny, chilly, highs middle 40s. thursday, increasing clouds, evening, highs lower 50s. rain chance 60%. a strong storm system de

they are oak pointe elementary school and dutch fork middle school. bc grammar elementary in lexington district 2 and lexington middle in district 1 are also finalists. "we're big believers in differentiation. i haven't met a box yet that every child would fit into. i was a different learner myself and i want my kids to feel valued just how they are, no matter how they learn." principal cassy paschal at oak pointe elementary means music playing in the hallways and weekly friday pep rallies to bring the family together as a whole. the winners will be announced march 15th. richland county leaders want your take on how well they did dealing with october's disastrous floods. the county is holding meetings this week to get feedback from the community and plan better for future disasters. two meetings are happening tomorrow-- one will be at bluff road park on carswell drive in columbia. that's from 12 to 2 pm. another meeting will be from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at trenholm park on covenant road. after the break, we'll get your full forecast with von gaskin. plus--

they are oak pointe elementary school and dutch fork middle school. bc grammar elementary in lexington district 2 and lexington middle in district 1 are also finalists. "we're big believers in differentiation. i haven't met a box yet that every child would fit into. i was a different learner myself and i want my kids to feel valued just how they are, no matter how they learn." principal cassy paschal at oak pointe elementary says a fun learning environment at her school means music playing in the hallways and weekly friday pep rallies to bring the family together as a whole. the winners will be announced march 15th. today there's some relief for water customers in the city of flint, michigan. state lawmakers there have unanimously approved 28 million dollars to deal with the city's drinking water crisis. the funding would pay for more bottled water, filters, health treatment, and water testing...as well as helping the city offset unpaid water bills. but flint's mayor says the help is still too little too late. "so a lot of people knew what was going o

two of the finalist schools are in lexington-richland district 5: oak pointe elementary school and dutch fork middle school. bc grammar elementary in lexington district 2 and lexington middle in district 1 are also finalists. the award is given to the schools that offer the best in what the south carolina association of school administrators calls educational programs." "we proudly have four self contained special needs classes here. they're predominantly made up of children with autism. we call them "the a team." they're a big part of who we are. all our teachers are trained to work with children with autism or just learning differences in general. and all our students are taught how to show that sincere acceptance of people who may be different than they are. principal paschal says a fun learning environment to oak pointe means music playing in the hallways and weekly friday pep rallies to bring the family together as a whole. the winners will be announced march 15th. a new man is taking over as head of orangeburg consolidated school district five. the board of trustees appointed jesse