On Thursday, January 23rd. Avery County Schools will operate on a two hour delay. Our buses cannot run on the following roads: Reuben Wooten, John Greer, Sugar #2, Edgemont, Chestnut Dale, Ice Plant, Reservoir Hill, Substation, Big Horse Creek, Barlow, Alton Palmer and Curtis Creek. Thank you and please stay safe.
Due to areas of snow and ice covered roads throughout our community and refreezing tonight, Avery County Schools will operate on an inclement weather remote learning day for Wednesday, January 22nd. Students- Please follow your teachers’ directions. Our employees may work remotely. If staff chooses to report to our buildings, they may report on a two hour delay and should be very cautious due to the ice on some of our sidewalks and parking lots. Thank you and please stay safe.
Due to snow covered secondary roads and refreezing tonight, Avery County Schools will have an inclement weather remote learning day on Tuesday, January 21st. Students, jplease follow your teachers’ directions. Our employees may choose to work remotely. If you choose to come into our buildings, please exercise extreme caution due to the ice on some of our sidewalks and parking lots. Thank you and please stay safe.
Avery County Schools will operate on a one hour delay on Friday, January 17th. Our buses cannot run on gravel roads or on the following roads: Teen Valley Ranch, Tucker Hollar, Dark Ridge or Joe Parlier. Thank you and please stay safe.
Avery County Schools will operate on a one hour delay on Thursday, January 16th. Our buses cannot run on gravel roads nor on the following roads: Little Henson Creek, Tucker Hollow, Old Jonas Ridge, Teen Valley Ranch, Dark Ridge nor on Joe Parlier. Our team will check the roads in the morning and let you know by 6:30am if needed. Thank you and please stay safe.
Avery County Schools will operate on a 2 hour delay on Wednesday, January 15th. We cannot run buses on gravel roads nor on the following roads: Little Henson Creek, Tucker Hollow, Old Jonas Ridge or Joe Parlier. We will check roads in the morning and let you know by 6:30am if we need to make a change. Thank you and please stay safe.
Avery County Schools will operate on a 3 hour delay on Tuesday, January 14th. Tomorrow, our buses cannot travel on gravel roads nor on the following roads: Dark Ridge, Joe Parlier, Little Henson Creek, Teen Valley Ranch, Pancake, Old Jonas Ridge or Tucker Hollar. We will check roads in the morning and notify you by 6:30am if we need to make a schedule change. Thank you and stay safe.
Due to our road conditions throughout our county, Monday, January 13th will be an optional teacher workday. If it is safe to travel, our staff may report on a 2 hour delay. Thank you and please stay safe.
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather storm warning for our area for tomorrow morning. We expect several inches of snow. We will have an optional teacher workday on Friday, January 10th. Our employees will have the option to work remotely. Thank you and please stay safe.
Avery County Schools will have an optional teacher workday on Thursday, January 9th. We will not have school for students. Our employees may work remotely. Thank you and please stay safe.
On Thursday, January 9th, Avery County Schools will operate on a 3 hour delay. Our buses cannot travel on gravel roads nor on the following roads: Curtis Creek, Alton Palmer, Barlow, Russ Norris, Flat Springs, Buckeye, Little Henson Creek, Reservoir Hill, Old Jonas Ridge, Dogwood Knob, Buckeye Hollow, Tucker Hollow nor on Powdermill Creek Road. Our team will reevaluate our roads in the morning. A decision will be made by 7:30am if needed. Thank you and please stay safe.
Due to the current precipitation expecting to continue until mid morning and our low temperatures, we will have an optional teacher workday on January 8th. Our students’ and staff’s safety is our first priority. If safe for our staff to travel, our staff may report on a two hour delay. Thank you and please stay safe.
Due to hazardous driving conditions, Avery County Schools' employees have the option to work remotely on Tuesday, January 7th. Thank you and please stay safe.
On December 20th, Newland Elementary will release at 11:40am, Avery Middle at 11:50am and all other schools will release at 12:00pm.
Avery County Schools will operate on a 2 hour delay on Thursday, December 12th. We expect snow showers this evening. We will reassess road conditions tomorrow morning and announce any changes to our school schedule by 6:45am.
Due to our current precipitation and the forecast of temperatures dropping below freezing this morning, we anticipate hazardous driving conditions. We will operate on a remote learning day on Wednesday, December 11th. Stay safe.
Attention Parents,
There will be a Community Food Distribution by MANNA Foodbank at the Avery County Airfield on Saturday, December 7th, 10am-2pm or until all food is distributed. If you are in need of food, please come out and take advantage of this great benefit.
Due to multiple power outages throughout our county, Avery County Schools will operate on an optional teacher workday on Thursday, December 5th. Please stay safe.
Avery County Schools will be on a 2 hour delay tomorrow, Thursday, December 5th.
Due to hazardous driving conditions on multiple roads and overnight freezing, we will have a remote learning day on Wednesday, December 4th, for the safety of our students and staff.