Asheville City Schools have NC's highest turnover: governor pushes for 8.5% teacher raises

ASHEVILLE - State lawmakers are debating teacher raises as Asheville City Schools struggle with the highest teacher turnover in the state − a problem caused by pay, but also other issues, according to a survey of local school staff. One of those staff members, Asheville High teacher Dan Clare, said he wanted to teach in the community in which he lived and in the system where his children go to school, so he switched from Buncombe County Schools in 2021. "But were it not for my partner's Washington, D.C., based...