When you walk into the Asheville City Schools Community Resource Hub on Montford Avenue, you will be greeted by teachers, some of whom lost homes and family members during Tropical Storm Helene. You will be greeted by middle and high school students who have come to support their neighbors. You will be greeted by parents ready to help you find anything from diapers to a winter coat.
Our public schools build servant leaders who understand that the moral imperative of public education is the common good. Currently we are witnessing that commitment to the common good in action as Asheville City Schools graduates Mayor Esther Manheimer, Vice Mayor Sandra Kilgore, Councilwoman Sheneika Smith, Sheriff Quentin Miller, County Commissioner Al Whitesides, Fletcher Mayor Preston Blakely and State Rep. Caleb Rudow lead us in repair and healing from Helene.
Common sense tells us that public schools are instrumental to a strong society because they educate everyone in it, which makes us all better off. As parents and members of the Asheville City Schools Foundation board of directors, we think it’s also important to consider what public schools provide that private or charter schools rarely can, especially in this increasingly divisive world…