The preschool plan will cost $2.2 million, according to the district’s budget breakdown.
During the May 12 Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting, ACS requested $3 million for its preschool program. Should commissioners approve the district’s budget proposal in June, the leftover $800,000 likely would go into the district’s dwindling fund balance.
The preschool program’s budget plan appropriates $500,000 for Asheville Primary repairs.
“At some point, we’re going to have to make some really hard decisions, but it doesn’t mean we’re going to have to not grow Montessori, and it doesn’t mean we can’t grow, hopefully, or maintain our pre-Ks,” ACS Superintendent Gene Freeman said.
Fabiola Patricio wants everyone to succeed in school.
For that to happen, The Nesbitt Discovery Academy junior said, more students need to speak up about the educational experience they re having. And more adults need to listen. The education system that we have is the education system we are taught by, she said. We are the future of this country, so I really feel that for us to succeed not that we can t with what we have right now we need to make the best out of it and ensure that we have an education system that is best at what it does, and that is really pushing students to graduate, to have a career.
A low local FAFSA completion rate isn’t just seen in BCS. Henderson County Schools spokeswoman Molly McGowan Gorsuch said HCS has about 1,083 graduates for the 2020-21 school year. U.S. Department of Education data reported only 448 FAFSA applications from Henderson County public high schools as of May 7. That’s only 41%.
According to North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, HCS had 1,035 graduates in 2020. Federal education data showed 434 FAFSA applications by May 7, 2020, putting the completion rate before graduation at about 42%.
Asheville City Schools has 324 students who could graduate this May, district spokeswoman Ashley-Michelle Thublin said. Federal data shows 181 ACS students or 56% having completed the FAFSA by May 7.
North Carolina school districts need millions to fix HVACs; What it means for COVID transmission WTVD
As the CDC touts ventilation as a key component to reduce COVID-19 transmission, North Carolina public school districts face millions of dollars in deferred HVAC maintenance. I don t believe, as a whole across the state, that we were prepared for those things, said Allison Griffin, a teacher in Franklin County.
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) publishes a facility needs report every five years.
The latest report from 2015 revealed the state s needs exceeded $8 billion. HVAC-related updates accounted for $342 million.
Griffin said before COVID-19, air quality and mold in her school were a concern for her. Over the past year, these fears amplified under the threat of COVID-19.
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