Local school budgets face ‘greatest emergency’ in COVID-19

Buncombe County Schools fund balance

As Buncombe County Schools Superintendent Tony Baldwin explained to the county Board of Commissioners during a May 19 meeting, the system’s pandemic response has completely exhausted its $4.6 million rainy day fund — and the schools now project a $2.1 million deficit by the end of the fiscal year.

Author Beth Berry teases out the myths around motherhood

In her recently released debut book, Motherwhelmed: Challenging Norms, Untangling Truths, and Restoring Our Worth to the World, Berry ⁠— mother of four daughters, ages 12, 15, 19 and 25 ⁠—  examines the stressful state of modern motherhood and how an unsupportive culture keeps mothers from thriving.

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