McCormick County

Fate of School for Troubled Teens Rests with Legislature

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A public residential school that seeks to transform the lives of South Carolina’s troubled teens has lost its accreditation, leaving its fate to the Legislature. Lawmakers have long wanted to revamp John de la Howe School in rural McCormick County but couldn’t agree how. The state education agency’s decision this month to yank the school’s accreditation…