{"id":4809,"date":"2026-08-17T19:38:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2026-08-17T19:38:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:38:49","slug":"gray-collegiate-wants-to-open-schools-across-south-carolina-where-is-it-looking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4809","title":{"rendered":"Gray Collegiate wants to open schools across South Carolina. Where is it looking?"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Gray Collegiate Academy isn\u2019t done growing.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The popular West Columbia charter school, which has added regional satellite campuses in each of the past two years, is now setting its sights outside the Midlands.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4807\">Major cocaine and meth dealer based in Columbia going to prison, prosecutor says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The athletics-oriented charter posted on Facebook last week asking followers to weigh in on where they wanted Gray to open its next location.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGray Collegiate Academy has BIG plans to expand across the great state of South Carolina\u2014and we want YOU to help shape what\u2019s next!\u201d the school posted with a link to an online poll.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Poll participants could choose between seven counties \u2014 Calhoun, Spartanburg, Horry, Dorchester, Berkeley, Greenville and York \u2014 or write in their own selection.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear why those particular counties were highlighted as options. The school did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Gray, which opened in 2014 with about 350 high school students, has grown into the largest K-12 brick-and-mortar charter school in the state while building a reputation for athletic and academic excellence.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Last year, Gray expanded into Irmo with a satellite campus for grades 6 through 10 (it\u2019s serving grades 5 through 9 this year) and this year opened a northeast Columbia satellite for elementary school students.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4806\">Grand Strand beach renourishment project wraps. Have all the beaches reopened?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The South Carolina Department of Education has not yet released official enrollment counts for the 2026-27 school year, but Gray officials estimated earlier this year that they\u2019d have more than 2,200 students between their three campuses.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The school\u2019s principal, Brian Newsome, raised the possibility of further expansion at Gray Collegiate\u2019s May board meeting, telling trustees that Gray had \u201cimminent opportunities\u201d to open additional schools across the state.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s areas across South Carolina that reached out to us and said, \u2018We want Gray in our community. What can we do to make it happen?\u2019 \u201d he told the board. \u201cThey\u2019ve got land, they have facilities, they got things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Newsome said he\u2019d reserve the details for executive session \u2014 \u201cwe don\u2019t publicly talk about [expansion opportunities]\u201d \u2014 but acknowledged that Gray was working with Performance Charter School Development, an Idaho-based firm that is developing its Irmo campus.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He said at the May board session that he\u2019d be meeting with Performance and NAI Columbia, a local commercial real estate brokerage, to review sites in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we can build two schools in one year \u2014 in this school year \u2014 we can do anything else,\u201d Newsome told the board. \u201cI promise you that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4805\">President Trump to campaign with Darline Graham in Myrtle Beach. 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