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Columbia Public Schools begins vaccinations on high school campuses

May 4, 2021 5:48 AM Zach Boetto

Columbia Public Schools students will have the opportunity to get vaccinated Tuesday at Battle High School.

DESE says Columbia Public Schools relaxing quarantine and mask requirements is being done the right way

May 3, 2021 7:21 AM Molly Stawinoga

As more than 400 Columbia Public Schools students are either isolating or quarantining for COVID-19, the district is relaxing some virus protocols.

Columbia Public Schools to host its first student vaccine clinic Tuesday

April 30, 2021 9:57 PM Victoria Bragg

COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools will host it’s first student vaccination clinic at Battle High School on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Students looking to receive a vaccine at CPS clinics must be at least 16 years old and have a signed parental consent form. The clinics are in partnership with Columbia/Boone

Public schools monitor student coronavirus cases as they relax current protocols

April 30, 2021 1:14 PM Chanel Porter

The entire fifth grade at Beulah Ralph Elementary School is quarantined until May 10 after a student tested positive for COVID-19.

Columbia Public Schools prepare for vaccine clinics for students

April 29, 2021 3:48 PM Victoria Bragg

COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools will offer vaccine clinics for it’s students starting Tuesday. The clinics are in partnership with the Columbia Boone County Public Health and Human Services Department. The Pfizer vaccine will be provided at each clinic, allowing any student 16 and older to get vaccinated with parental consent. The second dose

Woman charged with hitting child at Columbia school bus stop

April 29, 2021 11:54 AM Matthew Sanders

Prosecutors have charged a woman with failing to stop for a school bus and injuring a child after she allegedly hit a boy at a southeast Columbia bus stop.

Columbia Boone County Health Department hosts first walk-in only vaccine clinic

April 28, 2021 7:19 PM Victoria Bragg

CENTRALIA, MO (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone Public Health and Human Services Department hosted its first walk-in only vaccination clinic for rural areas Wednesday. The health department, in partnership with the Missouri National Guard, vaccinated 95 people at its walk-in clinic in Centralia Wednesday. Ashton Day, the health educator for Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services,

Columbia Public Schools buses lined up as students and teachers return to full time in person classes.

Law enforcement, school officials: Follow bus-stop crossing law

April 28, 2021 2:33 PM Chanel Porter

The 10-year-old New Haven Elementary School student suffered only minor injuries, according to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrested a woman on suspicion of ignoring the stopped sign on the school bus.

A CPS student was hit walking to the school bus Wednesday morning.

19-year-old woman accused of hitting child at Columbia bus stop

April 28, 2021 8:37 AM Molly Stawinoga

Capt. Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said Nancy P. Metz of Columbia was arrested on suspicion of failing to stop for a school bus and injuring a child. Leer said she posted bond and was released.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should schools hold in-person proms?

April 26, 2021 1:05 AM ABC 17 News Team

In Columbia, Battle and Rock Bridge high schools held in-person prom events over the weekend.

Socially distanced graduation at Rock Bridge

Missouri public schools and colleges gearing up for in-person graduations

April 21, 2021 11:46 AM Leila Mitchell

The University of Missouri, Stephens College and Columbia College each plan to hold graduation events in-person this spring after the pandemic pushed those events into the summer or online entirely last year.

State-mandated testing returns to Mid-Missouri schools after pandemic pause

April 15, 2021 11:56 AM Chanel Porter

Missouri put state-mandated exams on hold last year as many students were learning online through the coronavirus pandemic, but the assessment is making a return this semester.

Columbia Public Schools looking for feedback from families on potentially new elementary boundaries

April 12, 2021 4:11 PM Connor Hirsch

The Columbia Board of Education on Monday will get to see options for redrawing elementary school boundaries created by a consultant.

Columbia Public School students and teachers complete first week of full return

April 11, 2021 7:28 PM Victoria Bragg

COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools completed it’s first week of full return of in-person classes for all grade levels. CPS students headed back to the classroom this past week, as April 5 marked the first day of student’s in-person class schedule. All CPS students were on a hybrid model. Elementary students held in-person classes

Columbia bus driver fired after video surfaces showing reckless driving

April 7, 2021 4:09 PM Victoria Bragg

A bus driver has been fired after a Columbia Public Schools parent recorded a video of a school bus swerving in and out of lanes on Highway 63 on Tuesday evening.

Columbia Board of Education to receive recommendation on next assistant superintendent for elementary education

April 7, 2021 4:03 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education will get a recommendation for the next assistant superintendent for elementary education next week. De’Vion Moore will replace current Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Education Dr. Jill Brown who announced earlier this year she would be leaving the district. Moore is currently the principal at Alpha Hart Elementary

Newcomers Sasser and Snodgrass defeat incumbent in Columbia’s Board of Education race

April 6, 2021 12:27 PM Connor Hirsch

After a year for school districts across the country that was unlike any in recent history, five Columbia residents are asking voters for a spot on the seven-member Board of Education.

WATCH: CPS superintendent talks full return, student vaccinations

April 6, 2021 2:22 AM Molly Stawinoga

CPS Superintendent Dr. Peter Stiepleman will join ABC 17 News This Morning at 6 a.m. Tuesday to talk about the return.

Voters in line to cast their absentee ballots Monday at the Boone County Government Center.

What to expect at Boone County polling places for Tuesday’s municipal election

April 6, 2021 4:35 AM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County polling places on Tuesday’s municipal election day will continue coronavirus safety protocols for the second year in a row. According to the Boone County Clerk, you’ll need a mask and an ID to vote at your polling place. On this year’s ballot, voters will be debating over school board positions,

District still needs substitute teachers as CPS returns to five-day weeks

April 5, 2021 11:54 AM Meghan Drakas

Most Columbia Public Schools students returned to a five-day-a-week, in-person learning schedule Monday, but the district still doesn’t have enough substitute teachers to fill their classrooms.