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Where Is That Rockingham County School? |
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Thanks to Justin, we easily figure that out (see the map below)! I found this great map on the "Schools" page of the Rockingham County Public Schools web site. You'll find links to each school, and other great information there as well. View Larger Map | |
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Groundbreaking: East Rockingham H.S. & River Bend E.S. |
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Late notice, I know, but on Monday, March 31, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. the groundbreaking will take place for East Rockingham High School and River Bend Elementary School. The location (14652 Rockingham Pike, Elkton, VA) is indicated below. View Larger Map Due to a schedule conflict, I will not be able to attend. If anyone makes it, let me know how it goes, or e-mail me some photos! | |
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The Most Popular Properties --- At Least Online . . . |
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 If you're reading my blog in a browser, as opposed to in a rss reader, you'll always see a property in the upper right corner of my blog. It is labeled as a "Top Property" with a number beside it --- and several of my blog readers have asked what this is all about. Now you'll know . . .Coldwell Banker Funkhouser Realtors operates over 60 web sites with property listings --- this includes our company web site, and a web site for each agent in our company. Each day, consumers perform thousands of property searches on all of these sites combined. We keep track of which properties are being viewed, and each night we sort through all of the properties on the market to find the 100 properties that consumers have viewed most frequently in the most recent 30 days. Curious to see how these properties rank? Visit my blog, and click on the  button next to the "Top Property" section. You'll be able to see a list of the top 100 most viewed properties. Enjoy! | |
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Redistricting Harrisonburg & Rockingham County Public Schools |
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Continued growth in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County has brought on the construction of many new schools:
 The map to the right shows the (proposed) new elementary school districts in Rockingham County.The Rockingham County Public Schools and Harrisonburg City Public Schools web sites seem to be the best source of information for keeping up to date on the redistricting. In Rockingham County, there are four public hearings planned:
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December 2007 - Slower Sales After Two Strong Months |
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As seen below, the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County real estate market experienced a change in direction this month. October and November of 2007 showed sales quite a bit stronger than 2006. However, December 2007 numbers fell quite a bit below October '07, November '07, as well as December '06.  January sales figures should be interesting, as they have been very consistent for the past several years. The Details: The graph above shows the number of sales per month as reported by the Harrisonburg/Rockingham MLS in all of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County | |
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Local High Schools Honored By U.S. News & World Report |
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 Five local schools were recognized by U.S. News & World Report as being amongst "America's Best High Schools." According to the report, "A three-step process determined the best high schools. The first twosteps ensured that the schools serve all of their students well, usingstate proficiency standards as the measuring benchmarks. For thoseschools that made it past the first two steps, a third step assessedthe degree to which schools prepared students for college-level work." (read more)The local schools ranked in this report were: SILVER MEDAL Ft. Defiance High School (Augusta County) - view report BRONZE MEDAL Buffalo Gap High School (Augusta County) - view report Riverheads High School (Augusta County) - view report Turner Ashby High School (Rockingham County) - view report Wilson Memorial High School (Augusta County) - view report | |
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Scott Rogers
Coldwell Banker
Funkhouser Realtors
540-578-0102
scott@cbfunkhouser.com
Licensed in the
Commonwealth of Virginia
