Asheville Board of Education Votes to Close Asheville Primary

Longstanding struggles by local parents and educators fails to keep Asheville Primary School open.

Members of the Asheville City Schools Board of Education voted 3-2 at their December 13, 2021 meeting to close the school beginning in the 2022-23 school year. This means that all students who currently attend Asheville Primary School will have to attend another Asheville City School beginning next school year. The four preschool classrooms currently housed on the Asheville Primary School campus will also be relocated.

An overwhelming majority of the public in attendance favored keeping the school open. Before the vote, one parent voiced her opinion by saying, “Please, please slow down; none of these repairs [to Asheville Primary] are urgent!”

Asheville Primary School families will have the chance to select another Asheville City School before open enrollment begins for the district in February. As much as possible, current Asheville Primary School students will receive their first-choice school selection. Additional information about this process will come from Tanya Preshá, Academic and Program Support Coordinator, who is head of enrollment.

The Board also announced that all staff members of Asheville Primary are maintaining their employment within Asheville City Schools.