Rockingham Schools Struggle With New Math SOLs
Three Rockingham County elementary schools Elkton Cub Run and River Bend failed to meet the 70 percent pass rate on Virginia’s new harder math SOLs while McGaheysville and Shenandoah Elementary posted passing scores. The state allows a three year average to determine accreditation.
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River Bend
Cub Run
Rockingham County
Rockingham County Board of Education
Virginia
McGaheysville
Shenandoah
Becky Roadcap
Elkton Elementary
Elkton remembers Miss Kite longtime town benefactor
Mary Elizabeth Kite, who lived 86 years mostly in Elkton, was Elkton’s informal matriarch and a private yet beloved figure. She handwritten Christmas notes to over 100 former students and friends, kept up daily calls with close friends, and hosted many at her home as health declined. Her memory sparked hundreds of heartfelt tributes after her death on September 19.
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Elkton
Mary Elizabeth Kite
Billiejo Monger
Kite
Jean Madren
Marie Frey
Billhimer
Mary Elizabeth
Elaine Hinkle
Doug Berry
Juanita Self Blose
Stolen Fall Decorations Shock Shenandoah Town
Shenandoah Beautification Committee reports theft of 10 scarecrows two pumpkins and a bale of straw from west Shenandoah. Four large scarecrows vanished from the River Park row boat area on Va. 602 while another cluster including four large scarecrows two small ones two pumpkins and a straw bale disappeared from the welcome to Shenandoah sign east of the bridge. Committee members suspect one or two thieves with a truck, saying the straw bale was heavy. The loss followed a September 28 installation night observed by seven members. The Shenandoah Town Council sponsors the group.
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Shenandoah Beautification Committee
River Park
Amenda Wood
Page One Seeks Donations to Hire More Volunteers
Phyllis Robertson director of Shenandoah's Page One urges donations to stock refrigerators and shelves and to expand volunteer help. She notes client numbers have tripled over two years and describes recent shortages as urgently felt. Robertson leads a seasoned volunteer staff with three losses and one new recruit.
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Page One
Phyllis Robertson
Shenandoah
Robertson
Scott Croft
Delores Ferrell
Ted Hayes
Rainy race day barely slows Grand Caverns run
Seventy five runners completed the second 5,000 meter Signature Race at Grand Caverns Park despite rain. The course wound through the park and into Grottoes before returning to the caverns entrance, while another eight participants continued.
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Grottoes
Grand Caverns Park
Crossing removal disrupts Elkton resident's home access
The Norfolk Southern Railroad removed a private crossing 200 yards south of Captain Yancey Road on U.S. 340 as part of a new siding project. A mesh fence and gravel remain where the crossing once lay, cutting off area resident James Roy Shifflett and his daughter from driving to their family home nearby.
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Norfolk Southern Railroad
Elkton
Captain Yancey
U.S. 340
James Roy Shifflett
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