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City schools look to add 40 new staff; Elementary redistricting plan prompts concern from some parents

The first draft of next year’s city school budget proposes a 5.58% increase, primarily to offset inflation, rising costs and expenses associated with opening Rocktown High School in fall 2024 — but also to add 40 new teaching and staff positions.

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Book Event Review: Big Read 2025

The NEA’s Big Read goals are “to inspire meaningful conversations, celebrate local creativity, elevate a wide variety of voices and perspectives, and build stronger connections in each community.”

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County schools make ‘slow and steady’ move toward AI policy

Rockingham County Public Schools will reevaluate its use of technology in classrooms and consider issues surrounding artificial intelligence, Superintendent Larry Shifflett said. But, he said, the school district isn’t jumping all in just yet.

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To ease elementary school overcrowding, school board looks to move about 80 students

The Harrisonburg City School Board is considering redistricting nearly 80 students to alleviate overcrowding in the city’s schools. The potential move came up during the board’s work session Thursday evening as part of the ongoing discussion around targeted rezoning. Superintendent Michael Richards said most of Harrisonburg’s elementary schools are over capacity.

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Community Perspective: Pushed to the Brink: The Mental Health Crisis at Red Onion State Prison

A contributed perspectives piece by Victoria Shrieves

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Community Perspective: The New Monarchy

A contributed perspectives piece by Timothy Stoltzfus Jost

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How a downtown restaurant went beyond two pieces of bread and some cheese

Grilled cheese has long earned a place amid the pantheon of comfort foods—a warm, melty bite of nostalgia. But for Kathleen Mania-Casey, it became something more.

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Founding footsteps: Harrisonburg history will come to the fore as part of VA250

What does it take for a small cluster of springs in a rugged valley to become the heart of a thriving city? For Thomas Harrison, the answer was a vision, generosity and a deep connection to the land that would one day bear his name. 

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