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The History of
TC Roberson High School
TC
Roberson High School, a consolidation of Valley Springs High School and
Biltmore High School, opened its doors to students of the surrounding
communities of Skyland, Arden, Avery's Creek, and Biltmore on August 24,
1962. The school was named in honor of the former superintendent of
Buncombe County Schools who served from 1935 until 1969. The achievement
of the countywide consolidation program, the construction of many
modern school buildings, and the improvement of the instructional
program are some of the accomplishments attributed to Mr. Roberson
during his term of office.
Today T. C. Roberson serves
approximately 1525 students throughout grades 9 - 12. Constructed at a
cost of $700,000.00, the original building afforded facilities for 700
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The brick building included a small
auditorium seating 250; a library; a cafeteria; areas for business,
mathematics, science, social studies, English and foreign language
classrooms; and an administrative section. In 1965, a
gymnasium-auditorium was constructed, costing approximately $350,000.
Mr. Anthony Lord of Six Associates of Asheville served as chief
architect. A consolidated vocational area for a child care laboratory
facility, agriculture, and trade and industrial arts was incorporated
with new addition in 1984.
In 1993, the renovation of T. C.
Roberson High School began with a three phase operation, which
incorporated three buildings into one. Many buildings were renewed,
while others were razed and then reconstructed. Areas of renovation
included the gymnasium, the cafeteria, the counseling offices, the
vocational department, the English department, and conversion of the
art/band area into the weight room, and the Little Theatre into the art
room.
The new construction included administrative offices, media
center, math department, health occupations, home economics, science
department, and the performing arts center with its band, chorus, and
theatre. The total cost of this renovation and construction was
approximately $7,450,000. An addition to T. C. Roberson High School was
the advent of the Progressive Education Department at a cost of
approximately $4,639,000.
By the beginning of the 2003 - 2004
school year,another construction addition gave us eight new classrooms, a
new auxiliary gym, teacher offices and assistant principal office, more
storage for our ROTC program, and new restrooms. This new addition gave
us a little more room to expand. T. C. Roberson now has an area of
261,000 sq.ft.
At the start of the 2007-2008 school year the
newest construction project was completed. With the need of more room
in the cafeteria and the growth of the student body, the cafeteria was
expanded by 250 seats and a new wing with 18 classrooms, known as the
"Freshman Academy", was added onto the school. T.C. Roberson
incorporated the FIRST Freshman Academy in Buncombe County Schools with
this new building.
Mr. Guy L. Ensley was principal
of the school from its opening until 1969. Mr. Charles Koontz was
principal from 1969 to 1982. Mr. Malcolm Brown became principal and
served until 1988. Dr. Karen Campbell served as principal from 1988 to
1991, with Mr. Koontz returning as the interim principal for the school
year of 1991. Mr. Richard E. Greene served as the principal from 1991 to
1996. Mrs. Caroline Shorter was principal from 1996 to 1999. Dr. Lenda
Sprague served as the principal for one school year from 2000 to 2001.
Mr. George Drake, began his tenure in 2001 and remained until 2004, Rob
Weinkle served from June of 2004 until 2010. Mr. Gayland Welborn served
as principal during the 2010 - 2011 school year. Mrs. Amy Rhoney served as principal from July 2011 until June 2016. Bonnie Johnston became principal in July 2016 and is the current principal.
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