Buncombe County Schools is participating in No-Name Calling Week Jan. 23-27, a national campaign to reduce or eliminate bullying in schools. As a retired teacher, having put in 30 years in the public schools, I can't help but see this as another attempt by central office people to make themselves appear that they are on […]
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Children and school namesake tour new Koontz Intermediate School
The first day of classes is still a few days off, but students got to see their new school and meet the school’s namesake..
TEACHH the children well
In 1994, a Buncombe County schoolteacher changed my life. My son was a student in her classroom. We had just moved here from Houston, where he had always struggled in school. The cadre of child development experts I had taken him to in Texas had diagnosed ADD. It was so obvious to his teacher what […]
Open thread: Do our schools make the grade?
Students headed back to school last week in the wake of an ABCs of Public Education report that gave local school systems mixed grades. What do you think of those grades? And what grade would you give your child’s school?
Buncombe County Commissioners preview: Budget battle (round 2)
The Tuesday, June 7, meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners will feature public hearings on its 2011–2012 budget proposal and several related issues.
Buncombe County Schools and 2009 state budget cuts
In June 2009, Buncombe County Schools sent a letter notifying its intention of increasing class sizes and eliminating up to 110 teaching positions in the school system to deal with the state of North Carolina’s budget requirements. The state is facing a $3 billion shortfall. Click here to read the letter.