In 2023, the North Carolina General Assembly mandated that Asheville City Schools and Buncombe County Schools study a potential merger. Acting as the lead agency, Buncombe County government hired ...

ASHEVILLE – After months of deliberation and more than $40,000 spent, the Buncombe County Board of Education begrudgingly approved an electoral map Thursday night that will cause some parents to ...

Timothy Lloyd, president of the local union, the Asheville City Association of Educators, marks on a map that North Carolina is officially a state where a “Meet, Confer, Collaborate” procedure ...

The Buncombe school board begrudgingly approved an electoral map, which Democrats say was fueled by a GOP effort. Buncombe County school board reluctantly adopts 'ridiculous,' GOP-fueled electoral map ...

The Meet, Confer, and Collaborate policy for the Asheville City School District will create a 10 to 14-member committee. Half of the committee will be school-based positions elected through the ACAE.

After-school activities will still be suspended Monday and Tuesday, the district said. Hurricane Helene swept through Asheville earlier this month, leaving schools without running water .

ASHEVILLE – After months of deliberation and more than $40,000 spent, the Buncombe County Board of Education begrudgingly approved an electoral map Thursday night that will cause some parents to ...