Progressive Education Program

In September of 2023, the North Carolina General Assembly mandated that the Asheville City and Buncombe County school systems jointly study the feasibility of a merger and design...

Buncombe County Schools families can find out in real time how close their school bus is to their stop. A new app called Edulog is now available for bus routes throughout the sc...

Buncombe County Schools' theme for the year is “Together We Rise,” which was evident with more than 3,000 BCS team members gathered to mark the return to school with Convocation....

Hello PEP Family! Come out for Meet the Teacher, at the PEP student's grade level location (Elementary- Estes, Middle School- Valley Springs, or High School-TC Roberson) Friday...

Come join us for "Pastries with the Principal," to meet and greet Dr. Thea and Dr. Wendy. It'll be a lovely opportunity for fellowship and getting to know one another!

We are excited to invite you to the inaugural Progressive Education Program Art Show taking place on Thursday, May 30th at the TC Roberson PEP location. Stop by 4pm-6pm to see you...

The Buncombe County Schools Foundation (BCSF) celebrated local educators with a special event on May 7, 2024, held at the scenic North Carolina Governor's Western Residence, which...

As the stadium lights blazed over T.C. Roberson High School’s baseball field, an electric energy pulsed through the air. This wasn’t just any game night; it was a heartfelt celebr...

Students from area schools gathered together for a joint Buncombe County Special Olympics event, showcasing their athletic skills in a series of adaptive sports. The event kicked ...

Hello, PEP Families! Buncombe County Schools would like to hear from you to make our schools even better. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us in a brief par...

It is with great pleasure that we announce Mrs. Sharon Bolden as our Teacher of the Month, Mrs. Melissa Boone as our Support Staff Member of the Month, and Mr. Dwayne Pace as our T...

Each year Buncombe County Schools hosts an all-county art exhibit at the Asheville Mall to showcase exceptional artwork of select students from across the county. This includes som...

Yesterday, Coach Eric Filipek, members of the Rams Baseball Team, and PEP students and faculty surprised Coach Teresa Hudson in our gym and honored her with an award that was pres...

Congratulations to Mrs. Ashley Moore, who is our January Teacher of the Month, Mrs. Melissa Scott, our Teacher Assistant of the Month, and to Ms. Melony Tuers, who won our very fi...

Buncombe County Schools (BCS) is proud to host a series of Town Hall meetings that serve as examples of intentional, inclusive decision-making for staff, students, and families. T...

Beginning tomorrow, February 1st, PEP Partners will kick off our Kiss a Pig Fundraiser where one of our lucky administrators, or designated staff, will be puckering up on Valentin...

The Community Town Hall meetings have been scheduled. During the meeting, Dr. Reed will review our county Strategic Planning process to date (information collected from the 100-Da...

In June of 2023, the state legislature revised the law governing elections in BCS. Instead of six residency districts (based on the six high school attendance zones) and one at-la...

We are proud to announce that Mr. Lance Jaynes is our Teacher Assistant Of The Year! Mr. Lance works in one of our high needs behavior classrooms and has been with PEP for many ye...

We wanted to take a minute to recognize Mrs. Nicole Steele who won the 2025 PEP Teacher of The Year yesterday. We were able to surprise her yesterday with this award. Mrs. Steel...