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Students from Vine Street to move to Bluestone Elementary as a way to ease overcrowding at Waterman
Harrisonburg City Public Schools will relocate nearly 80 students to Bluestone Elementary under a redistricting plan the school board approved to ease overcrowding at Waterman Elementary.
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Community Perspective: A Call for Character
A contributed perspectives piece by Tom Morrison
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Foodie Q&A: Rachel FitzGerald of Magpie Diner
When I moved back to Virginia, I couldn’t get a cooking job I wanted, so I got back into education a little bit and started my own music supper series out in Spring Creek at the town hall. That was the first time I did anything myself and looking back I’m surprised I had the audacity to do it.
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Rockingham school board again bucks committee recommendations as it bans 6 more books
The Rockingham County School Board banned six more books from its library shelves with no discussion, again splitting from several recommendations made by the committee that the board assigned to review those titles.
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Frustrated constituents picket outside private meeting to urge U.S. Rep. Cline to hold a town hall session
Several dozen people picketed in downtown Harrisonburg Sunday afternoon to call on U.S. Rep. Ben Cline, the four-term congressman who represents the Valley, to hold a public town hall meeting.
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This regional music scene is really underground
When you think of a stage, you probably picture a raised platform, flashing strobe lights and a black backdrop. But last month, Dogwood Tales — a local, four-piece Harrisonburg band — was the latest group to perform in a far more unconventional setting: a cave.
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Protest organizer says she learned her federal education job was cut just before rally
Students in James Madison University’s College of Education walked out of class Tuesday to protest recent federal policy changes that, they say, could impact the future of U.S. public education.
City schools look to add 40 new staff; Elementary redistricting plan prompts concern from some parents
The first draft of next year’s city school budget proposes a 5.58% increase, primarily to offset inflation, rising costs and expenses associated with opening Rocktown High School in fall 2024 — but also to add 40 new teaching and staff positions.
