• Assign a designated liaison to be a single point of contact for military families and military-connected students who is trained to support issues that face military families, including relocation, deployment, loss and academic training
• Create a website specifically for military families to provide current information about schools and the district
• Adhere to the Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission to ensure that students receive transfer credit from previous schools so they will not have to retake classes
• Ensure that transfer students can participate in sports, clubs and other school enrichment programs
• Provide specialized training for school counselors, staff and administrators.

• Ms. Karean Troy
  Kershaw County School District 
  Military Community Liaison, Coordinator of Diversity and Inclusion
  karean.troy@kcsdschools.net
  (803) 432-8416
  
  
• Officer Fred C. Henley
  Fort Jackson School Liaison
  fred.c.henley.naf@mail.mil
  803.751.6150
  
  
• Dennisse R. Jones
  Shaw Air Force Base School Liaison Specialist
  504 Sycamore Street
  Sumter, SC29152
  dennisse.jones.2@us.af.mil
  803) 895-1315

Kershaw County School District has been designated as a Purple Star School District, a new statewide recognition program that celebrates schools and districts that make a significant commitment to welcome and support military families. Purple Star schools and districts advance the requirements of the Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission, MIC3, by seamlessly connecting students and helping them stay on track for ongoing academic success.