Tag: Harrisonburg City Public Schools
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High school closes temporarily after two confirmed cases
HHS will be closed on Friday to allow the health department to conduct contact tracing after two employees tested positive for COVID-19.
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Outdoor workshop will offer students the chance to create their virtual classroom backdrops
Students from around Harrisonburg will get the chance next week to make their own classroom — or at least what others will see behind them when participating in virtual lessons.
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After first COVID case at Spotswood, school leaders to meet with health officials about ‘next step’
The first case of COVID-19 among Spotswood Elementary School staff has been confirmed by the Central Shenandoah Health District, and two other employees are awaiting test results, Superintendent Michael Richards told The Citizen on Tuesday.
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Hburg school leaders praise teachers for online and in-person efforts
About one tenth of Harrisonburg city students started in-person classes on Monday, as a very new sort of fall semester begins. The division moved almost entirely to virtual learning for the start of the school year, while still allowing a fraction of families the option to send their children into school buildings – those with kids who would be most disadvantaged by distance learning, such as English language learners and students with special education needs.
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Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of a pandemic will stay Hburg’s outdoor learning
With the school year beginning for Harrisonburg students, some will be spending the fall semester in an outdoor class setting. Here’s how it will work.
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HCPS to offer free meals to all students during virtual instruction
For the first time, free breakfast and lunch will be offered at no cost to all HCPS students this school year. During virtual instruction, the meals will be distributed through pick-up and delivery options. Because the program is funded through reimbursement for each meal provided, the district is hoping for a high participation rate from students during the virtual phase of instruction.
Schools kick in $275k for childcare, including for an outdoor school at Camp Horizons
The Harrisonburg School Board has committed about $275,000 to help offset childcare costs this semester — a major concern for working parents since the division announced its decision to offer remote instruction for most students because of the pandemic.
Resource officers to stay in Hburg schools this year — but with a more limited role
The five police officers stationed in Harrisonburg City Public Schools will be charged with focusing only on protecting schools and the people in them as opposed to monitoring student culture or “morality” this academic year, as the division works to revise its memorandum of understanding with the Harrisonburg Police Department.
