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School superintendent seeks to allow home-schooled students to attend Massanutten Technical Center

Home-schooled students in Harrisonburg might soon be allowed to take classes at Massanutten Technical Center. 

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Teachers and city school staff to get 8 weeks of parental leave

The Harrisonburg City Public Schools updated its parental leave policy to provide paid leave to all employees who become new parents, including those who adopt or are fostering a child. 

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Conversion of Rosetta Stone building into apartments tabbed for state funds

As part of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s announcement of a $17 million investment in workforce housing across Virginia, he chose to highlight a major rental housing project planned for the former Rosetta Stone building in downtown Harrisonburg.

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Accidents, bad luck and TikTok have led to damaged school laptops

The city school board is wrestling with a growing problem of damage to school-issued Google Chromebooks. And a social media trend isn’t helping.

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Virginia budget delivers for city schools but federal funding remains a question mark

By Calvin Pynn, contributor State funding for next fiscal year seems to be on track for Harrisonburg City Public Schools, but school leaders are less certain about federal funding.  That was the message Superintendent Michael Richards gave during an update on the budget at the city school board’s business meeting Tuesday night. He started with …

2025-26 city school budget would include raises and new special education staff hires

The Harrisonburg City School Board voted unanimously Tuesday for the next year’s school budget that includes a 3% salary increase for teachers and staff, as well as additional funds to hire new special education staff.

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City schools say the law is on their side and won’t pull back from technical school’s board

Harrisonburg City School Board members declared Thursday night that they were digging in and will not reduce their say in governing Massanutten Technical Center, which the city oversees along with the county’s school board.

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Hundreds in Harrisonburg vent their anger at Trump and Washington

Harrisonburg’s version of Saturday’s “Hands Off” rally — aimed at protesting President Donald Trump’s agenda — attracted more than 400 people to Court Square, many of whom carried signs and chanted to vent frustration at mass federal layoffs, funding cuts and deportations. 

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