“One suggestion would be for our legislature to stop handing out vouchers for private school attendance and focus on adequately funding public schools and universities.”
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“As good stewards of our state educational system, the Board of Governors understands that a wise manager helps an important but struggling program by adding resources rather than taking them away.”
“One suggestion would be for our legislature to stop handing out vouchers for private school attendance and focus on adequately funding public schools and universities.”
Even after making some cuts to increased expenditures and allocating $3 million from reserves, the district may need to cut staff to close the $1.2 million budget gap, she said.
The Buncombe County Board of Education is not happy with the direction state legislators are taking in funding schools.
After several years of litigation, a recent court ruling has required the federal government to pay over $5 million to 164 landowners along the proposed 19.4-mile Ecusta Trail. Compensation to individual property owners ranges from $223 to $191,061. The multiuse greenway, scheduled to be completed in 2028, will run along an unused railway corridor connecting […]
Forward, the airport’s construction and design initiative, is expanding the airport from seven gates to 12 with a new baggage claim, two concourses, a concession plaza, and windows throughout the terminal to make the airport brighter
Taking a few simple steps this summer, from seeds to soil tests, will prevent potential issues in growing green beans.
“This is a straight rezoning, not a project,” Mayor Esther Manheimer said. “A sidewalk is not a requirement we can make.”
The book gives the educator somewhere to put thoughts and ideas he’s typically unable to express in the context of a music theory course.
Sure, Charlotte the stringray of Hendersonville fame may not be pregnant after all, but that isn’t stopping local comedians from dreaming up other unusual animal scenarios to rival Charlotte’s popularity.
Pride events in smaller towns foster community, support homegrown talent and highlight local services, such as gender-affirming health care.
The legal complaint, which focused on the 15-acre timber harvest, argued that the Southside Project is inconsistent with the U.S. Forest Service’s new plan to manage North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest and Nantahala National Forest, which the agency released in February 2023.
From child care centers to colleges, Glenda Weinert’s education experience has influenced students young and old. But it’s her business expertise and political leadership as former chair of the Buncombe County Republican Party that make her a unique addition to the Buncombe County Board of Education.
Despite many theatergoers’ familiarity with the Oscar-nominated film — and possibly Stephen King’s source novella — the story proves surprisingly captivating on stage.
Services on the mobile health unit include rapid testing for HIV and hepatitis C; gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis testing; vaccinations; distribution of COVID-19 tests; tests for fentanyl and xylazine; Narcan, the overdose reversal drug; antibiotic treatment for syphilis; and family planning services.
The grassroots nonprofit grew out of one family’s crusade following the 2019 discovery of a bear they’d named Peaches that was suddenly missing a limb.