Category: Harrisonburg Issues

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Housing development at former quarry site wins council’s approval

The Harrisonburg City Council agreed to zoning changes to allow a major housing project to be built around the old Frazier Quarry despite some neighbors’ concerns.

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School board approves collective bargaining for teachers after tense meeting

The Harrisonburg City School Board approved a collective bargaining resolution at its meeting Thursday amid strong reactions and continued disagreements between board members and members of the Harrisonburg Education Association (HEA). 

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Construction delay forces city to seek temporary location for shelter 

Valley Open Doors, which operates annual shelters for people without housing, had planned to use the city’s new permanent shelter, which was projected to open in November. But construction delays are forcing the group to search again for temporary shelter spaces as weather gets colder.

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Guns Into Plowshares Returns to D.C.

“Sadly this art is relevant today,” wrote Jordyn Thompson, now a junior preparing to be a secondary history teacher. She wrote that the sculpture draws attention to “the use of guns and gun violence, which is a pandemic in today’s society.”

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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.

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. 

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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.

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