Asheville City Schools warns of multimillion-dollar gap after Buncombe County budget proposal

Asheville City Schools Superintendent Maggie Fuhrman told the school board that a proposed Buncombe County budget presented by the county manager does not include restoring the district's supplemental tax to 12 cents and leaves the district with a continuing budget shortfall.

Fuhrman said the district's request to restore the supplemental property tax to 12 cents was not included in the county manager's recommended budget and that the county's proposed allocation is about $226,000 less than the district anticipated at its initial projection. She said the district had presented commissioners a no-cuts budget and that the county's proposed package still leaves ACS with roughly a $4 million deficit after the district would allocate $3 million from fund balance.

The superintendent outlined next steps the board must…