Tag: Rockingham County Public Schools
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What’s the best way to test students? County school board extends debate over new approach
When county schools piloted a new format for standardized testing in its world geography classes, pass rates skyrocketed.
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Rockingham moving toward limiting tech in classrooms
The Rockingham County School Board is aggressively pursuing a policy to limit school-sanctioned technology use for kids during the instructional day.
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More students enter county schools with special education needs
For the first time, more than 1,500 students with special education needs are enrolled in Rockingham County schools, marking a gradual 13.5% increase over the past three years.
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8 buses, more elementary math and a background check system make it into county schools’ budget
The Rockingham County School Board passed a $201 million budget on Monday night, but not without some sacrifices.
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County board turns its attention to elementary school literacy rates
In some county schools, just 15% of elementary students are marked as high-risk, meaning they’re significantly behind their grade level and could develop reading difficulties. At other schools, that high-risk population is more than twice as large.
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.
City schools look to Blue Ridge Community College to fill its career and technical education void
The plan for the Harrisonburg City Public Schools’ new career and technical education program, once the district withdraws from Massanutten Technical Center, will rely heavily on the area’s community college.
Security cameras go up in county schools
Security camera installations in Rockingham County Public Schools are almost complete, save for two final schools.
