FLORENCE, S.C. -- With its mission of increasing the achievement of children of poverty by improving the quality of teacher preparation, the Francis Marion University Center of Excellence to Prepare Teachers of Children of Poverty is hosting its first Administrators Awards Breakfast, honoring those who partnered with them on this charge.

On Wednesday, June 27, at 8:30 a.m. in the Ervin Dining Hall on FMU’s campus, 10 local school districts and 60 principals will be recognized for their involvement with this partnership and share success stories on how they benefited from it.

The school districts to receive recognition are:

• Clarendon District 1
• Clarendon District 2
• Darlington School District
• Dillon District 2
• Dillon District 3
• Florence District 1
• Florence District 2
• Marion District 1
• Marion District 2
• Marion District 7