Buncombe County Board of Education Packet Summary — 2026-05-07
Meeting: Board Meeting
The packet materials provided for the May 7 meeting consist of a personnel report covering new hires and reemployment, employee reassignments, separations, and substitute personnel. The report includes both licensed and non-licensed positions across schools and district departments.
Key Items on the Agenda
Personnel Report
The packet includes a Personnel Report dated May 7, 2026, with employment actions and staffing changes affecting instructional, administrative, support, maintenance, nutrition, transportation, technology, finance, and other district functions.
The report is organized into several categories:
- New hire and reemployment — licensed employees
- New hire and reemployment — non-licensed employees
- Reassignments — licensed employees
- Reassignments — non-licensed employees
- Separations — licensed employees
- Separations — non-licensed employees
- Substitutes
New Hires and Reemployment
The personnel report lists new hires and reemployment for both licensed and non-licensed positions. Licensed entries include several interim teaching assignments, including elementary, middle, high school, gifted education, Spanish, academic intervention, and Career and Technical Education positions.
Non-licensed staffing entries include custodial, instructional assistant, school nutrition, maintenance, clerical, bookkeeping, remediation, and Exceptional Children support positions. Several are identified as interim or temporary assignments with specified end dates.
Employee Reassignments
Licensed Employees
The report identifies licensed employees scheduled for reassignment effective primarily August 17, 2026. The changes include movement between schools as well as changes in instructional assignments.
Examples include:
- A Speech-Language Therapist assignment being consolidated at Black Mountain Primary and Black Mountain Elementary schools.
- A Fairview Elementary teacher moving to a Resource Teacher position.
- A Discovery Academy science teacher moving to a CTE Project Lead the Way teaching assignment.
- An instructional assistant at Candler Elementary moving into a K-4 teaching position.
- A West Buncombe Elementary Exceptional Children Teacher position increasing from 50% to 100%.
- An Enka Intermediate teacher moving to a Media Center Specialist position.
- A Johnston Elementary instructional assistant moving into a K-4 teaching position.
- A TC Roberson High School Allied Health Science Teacher moving to a P.E./Health Teacher assignment.
Non-Licensed Employees
Non-licensed reassignments include changes involving custodial, school nutrition, secretarial, maintenance, and instructional assistant positions.
Several North Buncombe-area changes are listed, including head custodian and custodial assignments at North Buncombe High School and increased instructional-assistant percentages at North Buncombe Elementary School. Other changes include a move from AC Reynolds Middle School head custodian to a Maintenance Department groundskeeping position and a WD Williams Elementary custodian position changing from a 10-month to a 12-month assignment.
Employee Separations
Licensed Employees
The packet lists licensed employee separations across numerous schools and district departments. Many have effective dates in June 2026, near the end of the school year, while several take effect earlier or later.
Positions represented include classroom teachers, Exceptional Children teachers, counselors, resource teachers, a Speech-Language Therapist, an Academically Gifted Teacher, a Multi-Tiered System Support Coach, and other instructional roles. The report also identifies separations involving the Director of Technology Services effective July 31, 2026 and the Community High School Assistant Principal effective June 30, 2026.
Non-Licensed Employees
The report also lists separations among instructional assistants, custodians, bus drivers, school nutrition employees, clerical and administrative staff, maintenance personnel, and specialized student-support positions.
District-level positions among the listed separations include the Human Resources Department Employee Relations Manager effective April 24, 2026, Curriculum Department Administrative Assistant effective June 30, 2026, and Accounting/Finance/Payroll Department Purchasing and Risk Control Manager effective July 31, 2026.
Substitute Personnel
The report includes a separate substitute section listing 23 individuals, all with an effective date of May 7, 2026.
The entries include new, current, and former substitutes and distinguish between certified and non-certified substitute classifications.
What to Watch at the Meeting
The substantive material provided in this packet is focused on district personnel and staffing changes rather than financial, policy, facilities, or curriculum proposals. The report provides detailed individual employment actions spanning the remainder of the 2025–26 school year and, for several reassignments, the beginning of the 2026–27 school year.
Notable staffing areas reflected in the report include classroom instruction, Exceptional Children services, Career and Technical Education, school counseling, technology leadership, school administration, maintenance, transportation, nutrition services, and district administrative functions.
