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Anderson School Dist. 1, the fastest growing in the county, is working to meet the challenges posed by the swelling student population, especially in some schools.
Superintendent Robbie Binnicker said the district continues long-range planning to meet the needs of students, despite the failure of the recently proposed impact fee to gain approval from the Anderson County Planning Commission. Dist. 1 suffers from the the negative impact Act 388. The Act, passed in 2006, aimed to shift the property tax burden from primary homeowners to business properties, but left areas such as Dist. 2, which lacks major industrial properties in a lurch.
Binnicker talks about his years in the district, the plans for growth, the district's accomplishments, and looks ahead to the upcoming school year in this interview with the Anderson Observer.