JOINT EFFORT: Buncombe ... by County Commissioner Al Whitesides, far left, and Board of Commissioners Chair Amanda Edwards, far right, as they listen to a presentation Jan. 16 on school district ...

ASHEVILLE - Though a state-mandated report does not recommend consolidation for Buncombe County and Asheville school districts ... neither district is far outpacing the other — or state averages ...

Helene hit Buncombe County Schools especially hard. In October, the Citizen Times reported that 776 of the district’s students had experienced homelessness this school year, an increase from 254 ...