Berkeley County Council does not operate the school district, but every large development it approves sends hundreds of new students into schools that are already stretched. Pretending those two facts are unrelated is exactly the kind of thinking Leroy is running to change.
Growth decisions are school decisions
When thousands of homes are approved in a single corridor, the students arrive before the classrooms do. Portable classrooms, crowded cafeterias, and longer bus rides become the everyday reality for families who did everything right.
Leroy will insist that school capacity is part of the official conversation on every major land-use decision — with the school district at the table, on the record, before the vote.
Family infrastructure is more than classrooms
Parks, sidewalks, safe crossings, libraries, and recreation programs are what make a growing area a real community. Leroy will push for growth that builds neighborhoods — not just subdivisions.