Tag: Harrisonburg City Public Schools
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City schools and Blue Ridge Community College solidify new career program
With signatures and a handshake, the president of Blue Ridge Community College and the superintendent of Harrisonburg City Public Schools formally established the Career Center for city high school students.
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New ‘green corridors’ planned for downtown
Harrisonburg’s Public Works Department staff are planning to create more green spaces downtown, install more stormwater management infrastructure across the city and take over some maintenance for some of the city schools’ stormwater infrastructure.
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Temporary school budget moves ahead with 12% raise for instructional assistants
The school board on Tuesday approved a temporary budget which included a 12% raise for instructional assistants. This 2026-27 school budget is a placeholder for when the state approves its spending plan, which is not expected to be until June.
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‘HCPS does better than the state’: Harrisonburg schools reveal updated Equity Strategic Plan
Some of last year’s Standards of Learning test scores and graduation statistics show Harrisonburg public school students rising above the state average for some minority groups. The city schools’ equity strategic plan sought to help students among three demographics: Black students, Students with disabilities and English Learners.
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With an expected $6 mil. bump, city schools hope to increase salaries, invest in special education
Harrisonburg City Public Schools proposed budget for 2026-27 calls for staff raises, increased special education instructional faculty and more financial support for career and technical training using a bump in funding from the state.
Students get high marks for exercising free expression; District looks to bolster support for students in need
Harrisonburg school leaders praised students at Harrisonburg High, Rocktown High and Thomas Harrison Middle for their participation in a walkout to protest I.C.E.’s presence and tactics. Superintendent Michael Richards described the protest as “civil disobedience at its finest.”
Apparently, the county and city school boards can get along
The county and city school boards on Monday officially began the process of untangling their 60-year-long partnership to operate Massanutten Technical Center in what marked the first time the two districts’ leaders had met together since Harrisonburg’s school board withdrew from the arrangement last year.
Community Perspective: Clarifying the Role of HCPS in Addressing Student Poverty
A contributed perspectives piece by Deb Fitzgerald Tamara Grant in a Feb. 8 Citizen Community Perspective article argues that widespread poverty among Harrisonburg City Public School students is being inadequately addressed by HCPS because school leaders and the Harrisonburg Educational Foundation prioritize innovation over urgently meeting students’ basic needs. While the first part of her …
