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Board approves $20 increase in high school student parking fees to offset security costs, waivers available

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Buncombe County Schools approved raising student parking fees at high schools from $60 to $80 to help pay for security guards; the district said waivers exist for families unable to pay and that local funds still subsidize guard costs.

The Buncombe County Board of Education approved an increase in student parking fees at traditional high schools from $60 to $80 to help offset the cost of school security guards.

Tina Thorpe, answering questions from the board, said the fees are “100% used to cover the security guards at the…

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