WINSTON-SALEM. N.C. (WGHP) — The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School district is sending a handful of people westward to assist Buncombe County Schools.
That’s the county where Asheville is and where the most fatalities have been reported in North Carolina due to Hurricane Helene.
They have 22,000 students and almost 4,000 staff members, and schools there are closed at least through this week but likely longer.
WS/FCS is hoping that with a little help, faculty and staff members can at least access some of the schools that are currently impossible to get to.
WSFCS Grounds Supervisor Thad Carter is one of the crewmen who will hit the road bright and early from Winston-Salem and travel west toward Asheville.
“The biggest struggle is finding the roads to go. All the highways are closed. We think we are going to go Highway 26,” Carter said.
Buncombe County, home to the city of Asheville, is among the hardest hit by Hurricane Helene. Roads were washed away, floodwaters rose above businesses and homes and at least 30 people lost their lives.