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Even with annual raise, local teachers still aren t paid enough to live in Asheville Shelby Harris, Asheville Citizen Times © Angela Wilhelm/Asheville Citizen Times Joanne Robert, a 7th grade math teacher at Asheville Middle School, encourages drivers to honk their horns during the “Our Schools Deserve Funds Now” rally at Vance Memorial in downtown Asheville January 15, 2020. We are the profession that makes every profession possible, said Robert, who is in her 35th year of teaching. Both Asheville City and Buncombe County schools included pay increases for teachers in their fiscal year 2022 budget requests to Buncombe County Commissioners. However, even with the raise, many Asheville teachers still might not be able to make ends meet, some say.

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