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Henderson County Public Schools opens kindergarten registration; district reports rise in enrollments
Summary
Kindergarten registration for the 2025–26 school year opened Feb. 1. The district reported early registration of 253–255 students and described outreach efforts including billboards, yard signs in English and Spanish, library displays and readiness rallies at the 13 elementary schools.
Henderson County Public Schools opened online kindergarten registration Feb. 1 for the 2025–26 school year and reported early enrollment above last year’s numbers, district staff said at the Feb. 10 board meeting.
Kimball Airwood, the district’s public information officer, told the board the class of 2038 is being welcomed with a marketing campaign that includes a billboard at Four Seasons, yard signs outside all 13 elementary schools in English and Spanish, and displays at the Hendersonville Library. The district has also held in-person registration events with translators and community partners; at a recent site parents received backpacks and school supplies, Airwood said.
Airwood described the kindergarten readiness rallies that will take place at each elementary school; families that register early will receive invitation materials and resources from principals. The district emphasized two Q&A sessions — one at Etowah Library and a second at the main Hendersonville Library — for parents to ask about drop-off/pick-up, meal costs and other logistics. Airwood said community partners who assembled readiness bags include Smart Start, Children and Family Resources, WNC Source and AdventHealth, and that the district distributed information via social media, Google ads and Peachjar.
Enrollment updates given during the meeting showed 253 registrations at one point and a subsequent update to 255, which staff said is 23 above the same point last year. Board members noted “book vending machines” have been installed in all 13 elementary schools as a reading incentive.
District staff asked families to register early so schools can connect enrolled students with principals and readiness resources ahead of summer activities and the start of the school year.
