Horry County

I. Community, District, and School Factors The Carolina Forest area is located in Horry County, South Carolina, between Conway and Myrtle Beach. The area is unincorporated, which means the location is governed by a larger municipal district instead of having their own governing bodies. In the case of Carolina Forest, it is governed by Horry County. There are 21 residential subdivisions in the Carolina Forest area and six public schools, all located in the Horry County School District. In the Myrtle Beach area, the population is estimated to be 29,992. Carolina Forest High School (CFHS) opened in August 1997. The school serves students from Conway, Myrtle Beach, and the Socastee area, and was originally named “Carolina Forest Education Center.” This concept combined a middle school, serving 6th-8th grades, and the high school only served grades 9 and 10. By 2006, the school became absorbed as a high school only, and new middle schools were built. Carolina Forest High School has 14 separate buildings, and fosters a wide range of courses for their students, including Advanced Placement classes. Carolina Forest High School’s support stems from local support in the community. In fact, Carolina Forest High School has their own Facebook page to…

In order to accomplish this task it is necessary that the district prepare a documented plan of action that outlines the financial resources to be utilized in order to achieve specific objectives (Horry County Schools [HCS], 2005). It is necessary to assign budgetary responsibilities to specific school district officials in order to ensure the completion of the budget process and to achieve the benefits of good budgetary management. Specifically the district superintendent and chief financial…

Hoke County High School has grades nine through twelve with course offerings ranging from mechanics to Advanced Placement Psychology, 27 clubs, and 21 sports. Hoke County High School’s population is over eighteen hundred students and it employs 120 teachers. There is one principal, one associate assistant principal, four assistant principals, and twenty-two office staff members at Hoke County High School. Hoke County High is located in Hoke County in the rural town of Raeford, North…

The Dunes Club in Myrtle Beach, SC One of the most admired and respected clubs in the southeastern United States, The Dunes Golf & Beach Club, was started by a group of Myrtle Beach dreamers. The first meeting was held on October 29th, 1947, and less than a year later the motivated assembly of peers managed to get a charter from the Secretary of the State of South Carolina. It is still one of the most well-loved places in Myrtle Beach, SC. Robert Trent Jones, one of the world’s greatest…

City-states of the ancient world were one of the first political entities with democratic governance. Part of the democratic process is authorizing individuals to make decisions, holding these individuals accountable, and for these individual to be responsive to the needs of the community (Pitkin, 1957). Today, cities have low levels of democratic participation that hold elected officials accountable and authorize them to have the power to make a decision. At the same time, a majority of the…

the User-Friendly Budget may not create further citizen engagement based upon the research. Research has shown that by studying the budget process in all 50 states, we ended up with a wide variety of requirements. The only similarity that appears through this study was that state governments are primarily only concerned with the first step of informing the public. There is no requirement or mandate beyond this to narrow the gap between government's creation of the budget document and citizen…

Types of external considerations within Rutherford County are related to natural disasters, political disasters and macroeconomic shifts, including inflation, rate of growth, and unemployment. As a measure to offset natural disasters, we have relationships with other counties across the state coordinate efforts with our Emergency Management team. Indeed, the county 's mitigation planning efforts consist of local, state, and federal assistance. Unfortunately, there are few measures to plan for…

Haoyu Zhao PUP432 10.15.2015 Case Brief Contractors And Builders Association Of Pinellas County V. City Of Dunedin Background Context Until the 20th century, the general law in Florida stipulated that local governments could only obtain funds from public revenues as they had no authority to taxes. The local government made the realization that these funds were insufficient for running the everyday affairs of the growing county. For this reason, the county turned to private sources…

Pivot Table / Chart Report Exercise There are four observations in the pivot table, and the one part of pivot table report is about the annual adult care facility, total number of census, SMI and SSI. The other part is about New York State Population, total population and total number of race and ethnicity distribution. The results that I received are come from the data Adult Care Facility Annual Survey and New York State Population. I use the pivot table or chart to get the observations. At the…

Jill started a new job as a count/verification assistant for the Johnson County Board of Elections. After completing her degree, she believed she would have the greatest chance of making a difference in her community and society as a whole. She had completed the counties required training and briefings, read and agree to the terms of the Statement of Secrecy, and she would have no problem with acting impartially at all times and respect confidentiality of material handled. Mark the senior…