LaVernda Ragins, our new Social Worker, has been working for the past two years with the Continuum of Care as the Regional Program Director. Prior to Continuum of Care, she worked as the Lead School Social Worker in Fairfield County School District, as well as a School Social Worker for a total of 12 years at Fairfield Central High School and Gordon Odyssey Academy (Alternative School). Mrs. Ragins also worked in Richland 2 as a School Social Worker at Spring Valley High School and Bridge Creek Elementary for one year.
She has a passion for working with young people and is very excited to return to the school system and begin working directly with students again. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from Johnson C. Smith University and a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of South Carolina. She is married and has two children Kyndall (14) and Kaden (9) who attend Richland Two Schools.
