ASHEVILLE – A former Buncombe County Schools employee who worked with students with physical and intellectual disabilities was sentenced March 10 after pleading guilty to taking indecent liberties with a child.
Greg Chapman Sharrits, 61, of Arden, is a former employee of the Progressive Education Program at Valley Springs Middle School, according to previous Citizen Times reporting and a press release from the District Attorney’s Office. A social media account under his name said he was an instructional assistant with the county school system.
On May 29, 2024, a school resource officer responded to allegations made by other staff members, who described seeing Sharrits “engaging in inappropriate physical contact with a student,” the release said. The student was younger than 15 years old, according to court records…