Dorchester District Two school board election heats up with seven open seats

DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — All seven seats on the Dorchester District Two (DD2) school board are open this November and five candidates, vying for three of those seats, participated in a forum Wednesday night hosted by the South Carolina PTA in Summerville.

2024 is the first year DD2’s school board will be split into single-member districts rather than seven board members at large. Of the seven open seats, four have unopposed races and the other three have active contests.

Cynthia Powell, an incumbent hoping to secure District 5, said her nearly 40 years of teaching experience translates to her time on the board.

“Education is not a job, it is a calling,” Powell said. “I never really wanted to leave DD2 once I came here. I’m a graduate of Summerville High, I wanted to make sure I invested what I had learned in the classroom on the board.”



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