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Beginning in January, city employees can use up to eight weeks of paid parental leave within a six month period — one outcome of an effort to address workers' requests for broader benefits. 
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The Harrisonburg Citizen

City employees to get up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave

Stone Spring Elementary is one of five schools in the country that the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., has selected to participate in its arts integration program. 
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Harrisonburg

Stone Spring Elementary earns spot in arts integration program

A long-discussed plan for a privately funded group to build a public park on city land took a step forward as the city council on Tuesday approved conceptual designs and tasked the city attorney with finalizing an agreement with the group.
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New park project spearheaded by private group inches ahead

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.
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Social Media

RCPS pushes back on threats; Board bans 9th book

A group advocating for improvements to the city’s special education programs asked the school board for continued training and support for school personnel, physical accessibility upgrades to classrooms and playgrounds, and making school communications more accessible for those with disabilities. 
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Group calls for accessibility with playgrounds, communications

Parents of city school students were already on edge about safety issues and threats of violence before Monday's closure of the high schools. Police investigated several threats the previous week. 
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Student’s arrest on threat charges adds to a tense time

Of the 2,886 residential units the city council have approved as part of new developments since January 2021, 55 units are under construction and just 25 have been completed.
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Housing

Despite lots of approvals,new housing has slowed to a trickle

The Rockingham County School Board voted Monday to permanently ban seven books from its library shelves, despite five of them being recommended by the district’s Content Review Committee to be kept in schools.
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Seven more books banned from Rockingham Co. schools

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Educators from across the city came out to support the Harrisonburg City School Board’s new collective bargaining resolution, the main topic of discussion at Tuesday night’s work session at Waterman Elementary School.
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City school board moves forward with collective bargaining

The Rockingham County School Board banned two more books from its libraries on Monday, following its Content Review Committee’s recommendation regarding one of them but going against that panel’s other decision. 
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