Tag: elementary schools

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The Rockingham Count School District headquarters sign at sunset

February 23, 2026

County board turns its attention to elementary school literacy rates

By Charlotte Matherly, contributor

In some county schools, just 15% of elementary students are marked as high-risk, meaning they’re significantly behind their grade level and could develop reading difficulties. At other schools, that high-risk population is more than twice as large.

January 24, 2025

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

By Haley Thomas, contributor

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.