A low local FAFSA completion rate isn’t just seen in BCS. Henderson County Schools spokeswoman Molly McGowan Gorsuch said HCS has about 1,083 graduates for the 2020-21 school year. U.S. Department of Education data reported only 448 FAFSA applications from Henderson County public high schools as of May 7. That’s only 41%.
According to North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, HCS had 1,035 graduates in 2020. Federal education data showed 434 FAFSA applications by May 7, 2020, putting the completion rate before graduation at about 42%.
Asheville City Schools has 324 students who could graduate this May, district spokeswoman Ashley-Michelle Thublin said. Federal data shows 181 ACS students or 56% having completed the FAFSA by May 7.
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North Carolina men s basketball coach Roy Williams announced his retirement Thursday after 48 years on the sideline, including 33 years as a head coach at UNC and Kansas.
Williams, who ranks third all-time among Division I men s basketball coaches with 903 career wins, was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.
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After 33 years as a Hall of Fame head coach, our beloved Tar Heel Roy Williams is announcing his retirement.
Thank you for all you have done and meant to everyone who plays and loves our game.
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