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The City of Staunton built what it called the Booker T. Washington High School for Coloreds in 1936, and it was the high school for Black students in the Queen City for 30 years, until Staunton finally desegregated its schools in 1966.
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Residents of two Staunton neighborhoods are raising issues with the city over a proposed development that would put three four-story, 35-foot-tall apartment buildings on property currently zoned industrial.
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The race for the Ward C seat on the Waynesboro School Board has devolved into dirty politics.
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I wonder if Waynesboro taxpayers know that they are paying the guy who manages the $65.7 million school budget more than they pay the guy who manages the $167.5 million budget that runs the entire city government?
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Several readers asked us to look into the placement of Kristi Williams, the former president and CEO of the now-shuttered local United Way, into a position as a special education teacher at the high school for the current school year.
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The local Boys & Girls Club chapter is planning to have a virtual learning support option for Westwood Hills Elementary School families who feel they need additional time to process the Sept. 2 shooting at the school operational no later than Oct. 5.
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At last count, 20 current teachers have reached out to us in recent weeks to share specific concerns about the status quo inside Waynesboro Public Schools.
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Westwood Hills Elementary School will be closed on Friday, and then next Tuesday, after the Labor Day holiday, according to a release from Waynesboro Public Schools issued Thursday evening.
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Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County are news deserts, per a measure from Local Journalism Index 2026, a joint project of Muck Rack and Rebuild Local News.
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We got another stinging set of numbers about the lack of results from Waynesboro Public Schools this week.
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