Area
The Michaux Conservancy is located on the Navy Yard at Noisette
in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Demographics
The area adjacent to the Preserve is about 60 percent
African American, predominantly low income and blue collar with
higher levels of unemployment than the regional average.
The Schools
Fourteen public schools (including three Magnets), many of which
need to raise test scores exist within two miles of the Preserve.
Because none of these school are connected to the preserve, we
aim to work with the Charleston County School District to create
a “thematic district” focused on the natural sciences.
This is the highest concentration of public schools in Charleston
County, SC.
- Academic Magnet High School
- Chicora
Elementary
- Toole Military
- Brentwood Middle
- Burns Elementary
- Ford Elementary
- McNair Elementary
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- Charlestown Academy
- North Charleston
Elementary
- North Charleston High School
- Morningside Elementary
- Hursey Elementary
- Garrett Academy (Technical Magnet)
- School of the Arts (Magnet)
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A Scientific Cluster in Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston
County test scores in the sciences are low and yet this county
has a high cluster of renowned science-oriented organizations such
as the NOAA Coastal Services Center (on the Navy Yard), SC Sea
Grant Consortium, the College of Charleston Grice Marine Laboratory,
Fort Johnson Hollings Marine Lab, SC DHEC-OCRM (on the Navy Yard),
SC DNR, and now Clemson University Restoration Institute (being moved
to the Navy Yard), among others. All of these entities are
located with in 15-20 minutes drive of the Michaux Center.
Linking these students to universities and other organizations focused
on sciences will spawn new interest in the environment and will inspire
careers in these fields. Hopefully, they will want to stay and
work in the Charleston area.
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