Tag: Harrisonburg City Public Schools
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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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‘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
School board selects Phillips as chair; District adjusts class offering list
The Harrisonburg City School Board started its first meeting of 2025 by elevating Emma Phillips from vice chair to serve as the board’s chair this year, while new board member Tim Howley was unanimously elected vice chair.
Lawsuit against city schools over teacher training ends after 2 years
A more than two-year-old lawsuit against the Harrisonburg School Board is over, with a conservative group declaring victory and the school district saying nothing really changes with the legal resolution.
