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Schools seek to embrace dos and don’ts of AI; Elementary school days to get 15 minutes longer starting Feb. 3

After nine months of work by a task force, the Harrisonburg City Public School Board is poised to adopt guidelines for the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in classrooms.

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Community Perspective: HCPS has always been willing to work with employees to accommodate their religious viewpoints

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Community Perspective: Settlement of suit against Harrisonburg Schools means more transparency, respect for conscience

A contributed perspectives piece by Deborah Figliola

City adds restrictions on data centers, allows for developers to pay for public upgrades in zoning applications

Cash proffers — in which developers pay to offset effects on the community like necessary road expansions —  will now be permitted in zoning applications after a 4-1 city council vote in favor of the change. City officials explained that all zoning requests would still be considered and adjusted individually, but allowance for cash proffers will provide more flexibility in zoning decisions.

School board selects Phillips as chair; District adjusts class offering list

The Harrisonburg City School Board started its first meeting of 2025 by elevating Emma Phillips from vice chair to serve as the board’s chair this year, while new board member Tim Howley was unanimously elected vice chair.

Foodie Q&A: Maria Cooper of Broad Porch Coffee Co

I grew up in a big Italian household. My grandmother, when she moved to America, started working in restaurants because that’s what she knew how to do. I was always around her and my mom when they were cooking. In our family, everything revolves around food—it’s how we connect.

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County school board, with a new chair, move ahead with elementary expansions and more lab schools

With Sara Horst taking over as chair of the Rockingham School Board, former chair Matt Cross didn’t address why he vacated that position but on Monday noted that the board “faced a lot of difficulties and challenges” last year.

Harrisonburg Anabaptists Help to Create a New Study Bible

By Mary Ann Zehr, contributor Starting just before Christmas, Harrisonburg-based publisher MennoMedia began shipping thousands of copies of a new study Bible called the Anabaptist Community Bible. “We printed 10,000 in our first print run, and we’ve just gone back to do another printing,” said Amy Gingerich, the publisher and executive director for MennoMedia, affiliated …

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