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Rockingham school board considers changing parental permission for students to get ‘family life’ instruction
As it stands, all Rockingham County students automatically receive family life education unless a parent opts them out. The curriculum, adapted for different age levels, covers everything from family relationships to sex education to mental health. The school board is now weighing a policy change that will flip that on its head.
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Majority of Rockingham School board condemns Matt Cross for posting video of students’ fight
A meeting of the Rockingham County School Board devolved into board members speaking over each other as chair Sara Horst led a move to condemn member Matt Cross’s recent social media posts.
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‘We put the cart before the horse’: County school board members offer mixed feelings as they wrap up banned book reviews
After stripping 50 books from the shelves of county schools and preemptively banning seven more in January 2024, the Rockingham County School Board completed its review by voting on the fate of the final six titles Monday night.
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County board can’t quite settle on chaperone policy for field trips
The Rockingham County School Board delayed a vote to adopt a new overnight field trip policy in hopes of hammering out details and providing assurances to teachers and parents.
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In the county, student conduct violations decline; Students petition for longer lunch periods
Most student conduct violations in Rockingham County public schools are declining.
Rockingham Co. school board warns against antisemitism
School board members in Rockingham County want the division to do more to combat antisemitism by warning graduation speakers to avoid rhetoric that could be seen as targeting Jews.
County school board wants an outside view of 5-year plan, delays vote until 2025
Rockingham County School Board will delay voting on its comprehensive plan for 2024-29 until the new year. That’s not a reflection of uncertainty or something that needs to change, vice chair Sara Horst said at Monday’s meeting, but a way to dot all their I’s and cross all their T’s.
RCPS pushes back on threats; Board bans 9th book, and district removes world religions from 4th grade reading
A 14-year-old student posted threats on social media aimed at Broadway High School, J. Frank Hillyard Middle School and Plains Elementary School last week, and while it was determined to be a hoax with no intent to follow through, superintendent Larry Shifflett said the Rockingham County School Board will come down hard on threats of violence.
