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Parents, teachers and students urge commissioners to fully fund schools; IC Imagine requests a dedicated SRO
Summary
Dozens of public commenters — students, teachers, custodians, principals and parents — pressed the board to fully fund Asheville City and Buncombe County school budgets and to avoid cuts; leaders of IC Imagine Public Charter School requested a dedicated school resource officer in the 2025–26 budget or reallocation of an existing SRO.
More than two dozen speakers addressed the board during public comment on May 6, largely urging the commissioners to fully fund Asheville City Schools and Buncombe County Schools and to avoid staff and program cuts amid recovery from Tropical Storm Helene.
Students, principals, teachers, custodians, and parents described the educational and community roles of school staff and warned of the effects of proposed cuts. Speakers included student representatives from…
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