Category: Harrisonburg Issues
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City school board poised to approve collective bargaining for teachers at Nov. 7 meeting
Educators from across the city came out to support the Harrisonburg City School Board’s new collective bargaining resolution, the main topic of discussion at Tuesday night’s work session at Waterman Elementary School.
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City employees to get up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave
Beginning in January, city employees can use up to eight weeks of paid parental leave within a six month period — one outcome of an effort to address workers’ requests for broader benefits.
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Stone Spring Elementary earns spot with Kennedy Center program to integrate arts into classrooms
Stone Spring Elementary is one of five schools in the country that the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., has selected to participate in its arts integration program.
New park project spearheaded by private group inches ahead
A long-discussed plan for a privately funded group to build a public park on city land took a step forward as the city council on Tuesday approved conceptual designs and tasked the city attorney with finalizing an agreement with the group.
Group calls for accessibility upgrades to school playgrounds and communications
A group advocating for improvements to the city’s special education programs asked the school board for continued training and support for school personnel, physical accessibility upgrades to classrooms and playgrounds, and making school communications more accessible for those with disabilities.
Student’s arrest on threat charges adds to a tense time for schools
Parents of city school students were already on edge about safety issues and threats of violence before Monday’s closure of the high schools. Police investigated several threats the previous week.
Despite flood of new housing approvals, actual construction has slowed to a trickle in city
Of the 2,886 residential units the city council have approved as part of new developments since January 2021, 55 units are under construction and just 25 have been completed.
Latest draft of school worker collective bargaining proposal seeks to address selection of negotiators
An updated proposal to allow collective bargaining among Harrisonburg teachers and staff addresses how school district employees would select their representatives to negotiate on their behalf, according to the new draft Superintendent Michael Richards unveiled Tuesday.
