Category: Harrisonburg Issues
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City and county school boards’ divorce sends them in different directions for future technical and career education
In the wake of the Harrisonburg School Board’s decision Tuesday to end its six-decade partnership with the Rockingham County School Board in operating the Massanutten Technical Center, plans are underway to provide those vocational courses and opportunities to city school students.
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After months of fighting with the county, city school board votes to end its involvement with Massanutten Technical Center
The Harrisonburg City School Board voted Tuesday night to end a nearly six-decade partnership with the Rockingham County School Board to jointly operate the area’s vocational and professional school.
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Keezletown farmer who twice cheated death keeps going at 87
“She said, ‘Well, you got hit by a train.’ I said, ‘Well, that sounds kinda bad.’ “
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HCPS making contingency plans in budget after observing unusual decline in enrollment
Since January, Harrisonburg City Public Schools has been losing on average 25 students a month.
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Cuts to federal library agency haven’t trickled down to Valley branches … yet
Despite the Trump Administration’s call through an executive order to cut to library funding, library leaders in the Valley say the local systems won’t be directly affected.
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Enhanced student experience, expanded nursing program and on-campus housing among priorities for new JMU President
“Frankly, all of the decisions that I’ll be making as president start with: ‘what’s best for students?'”
City will search for missing documents to seek to understand the scope of loss from ’60s ‘urban renewal’ project
By Lizzie Stone, city council reporter As Harrisonburg continues to grapple with the effects of a more-than-six-decade-old “Urban Renewal” project that razed much of the historic Northeast Neighborhood, city leaders want a coordinated search to track down remaining records to better understand how much was lost. Taking this step came up at Tuesday’s meeting after …
Community Perspective: Now is the time to prioritize safe walking routes
A contributed perspectives piece by Lisa Boland Elliott
