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Company pays S.C. district $30,000 for right to name elementary school

Lake Carolina Development Co. paid $30,000 to Richland District 2 last month in exchange for the district's naming a new school Lake Carolina Elementary.
April 9, 2001

Lake Carolina Development Co. paid $30,000 to Richland District 2 last month in exchange for the district's naming a new school Lake Carolina Elementary. Richland 2 policy allows board members to name a school after a person or company if a "substantial" incentive is given.

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