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Using state grant, Harrisonburg schools to upgrade security
Several schools in Harrisonburg will be outfitted with new security cameras and other safety upgrades in the next several months.
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After nearly 30 years, Harrisonburg school board updates district’s policy on homework
While homework for K-12 students might look a lot different thanks to technology than it did in the 1990s, the Harrisonburg city schools’ policy about homework hadn’t changed — until now.
‘When you see it, you think of Rocktown’
Rocktown High School has its official logo thanks to the combined efforts of students at Harrisonburg City Public Schools and James Madison University students and a professor from JMU’s School of Media Arts and Design.
City school district considers changes to its school resource officer program
Harrisonburg City Public Schools will consider ways to improve school resource officer (SRO) relationships in schools, including introducing annual “check-ins” with facilitated dialogue, adding language to a policy that aims to protect students and expanding the group tasked with providing oversight of the program.
Influx of state funds to cover teacher, staff raises and more student support
Harrisonburg city school employees can expect a raise next year and more funding for support staff through amendments to Virginia’s two-year budget, which Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed last week.
School board allows teachers to move forward with collective bargaining vote
Andrew Thompson, president of the Harrisonburg Education Association, called the Harrisonburg City School Board’s Tuesday business meeting a “historic night” after board members voted 5-1 to allow the district’s teachers and other employees to move forward with an election to decide whether to engage in collective bargaining.
Harrisonburg school workers call for collective bargaining at Tuesday’s hearing
A sea of red T-shirts met the Harrisonburg City School Board at its Tuesday work session as the Harrisonburg Education Association rallied for collective bargaining for the school district’s employees.
