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County school system wants more say over Massanutten Technical Center

The Rockingham County School System signaled a move on Wednesday toward taking greater control over the Massanutten Technical Center — the professional and technical school that the county and Harrisonburg City Public School district share.

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Students from Vine Street to move to Bluestone Elementary as a way to ease overcrowding at Waterman

Harrisonburg City Public Schools will relocate nearly 80 students to Bluestone Elementary under a redistricting plan the school board approved to ease overcrowding at Waterman Elementary. 

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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: Trump’s Executive Order puts kids in danger

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‘Reckless and unacceptable’: City school leaders object to White House’s accusation of ‘indoctrination’

Harrisonburg City Public Schools officials are pushing back after the White House cited the district as an example of “indoctrination” of children.

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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

A contributed perspectives piece by Deb Fitzgerald I’m writing in response to the 1/16/2025 Community Perspective written by Deborah Figliola for The Citizen.  Figliola joined a small group of teachers and parents to initiate proceedings against the Harrisonburg School Board concerning the use of student pronouns. As vice chair of the School Board at the …

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

A contributed perspectives piece by Deborah Figliola

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