Tag: school technology

February 24, 2025

County schools make ‘slow and steady’ move toward AI policy

By Charlotte Matherly, contributor

Rockingham County Public Schools will reevaluate its use of technology in classrooms and consider issues surrounding artificial intelligence, Superintendent Larry Shifflett said. But, he said, the school district isn’t jumping all in just yet.

City schools prepare for extra funds, more changes because of pandemic

By Randi B. Hagi, Assistant Editor

Harrisonburg City Public Schools will receive an additional $1.1 million in federal CARES Act funds to recoup costs incurred during the pandemic, as Chief Finance Officer Tracy Shaver announced to the Harrisonburg School board in a work session on Tuesday.

School tech and suffering businesses and residents are in line for shares of Hburg’s CARES funds

By Randi B. Hagi, Assistant Editor

Purchasing school technology for online learning, providing relief for local businesses and residents and covering some costs of delaying construction on the second high school are at the forefront of the draft for how the city could spend $4.6 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds.