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.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Students and teachers in Columbia Public Schools will return to 5-day, in-person classes Monday. Students are still required to wear masks on buses and on campus. However, classroom teachers are expected to provide time for students to take “mask breaks” throughout the school day. Families are encouraged to provide their own transportation
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The Columbia Board of Education voted unanimously to return most students to the classroom five days a week in March.
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Check back for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A settlement has been reached between Columbia Public Schools and the family of a student over the use of seclusion rooms. The district agreed to pay a family $20,000 over claims administrators at Beulah Ralph Elementary School put a child in a room for several hours as punishment. CPS denied it did
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shortened its physical distancing guidelines for children in schools to recommend most students maintain at least 3 feet of distance. The CDC had previously said schools should try to maintain at least 6 feet of distance between children. This change comes after a new study
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education and Columbia Public Schools want to address over-enrollment at area schools. Phase 1 will address Parkade Elementary School’s attendance area as enrollment is currently overcapacity. Phase 1 changes will be implemented this fall. Phase 2 will address the remaining elementary attendance areas with implementation planned for 2022-23.
Continue Reading A new study released in Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests that it is safe for schools to open with 3 feet for social distancing as long as students, teachers and staff wear masks.
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Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education selected Dr. H. Brian Yearwood to serve as Columbia Public Schools’ next superintendent after a board vote during a closed executive session Monday morning. The board voted 7-0 to approve the contract for the new superintendent. Yearwood was selected after a nationwide search following Dr. Peter Stiepleman’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools sent a notification out to parents of students at John Warner Middle School that Principal Jimmy Hale is out for the remainder of the year. According to the letter, Taylor Drennan is the interim principal. Dr. Jean Selby, a retired CPS middle school principal, will join the John Warner
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These finalists include Dr. Harold Brian Yearwood (Manor, Texas), Dr. Chace Ramey (Iowa City, Iowa), and Dr. Erick Pruitt (Chicago, Illinois).
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Columbia Public Schools is set to host a virtual public forum Thursday for the district’s three superintendent finalists.
Continue Reading Columbia Public Schools saw a more than 10% increase in its staff vaccination rate in just a single day.
Continue Reading Columbia Public Schools will welcome students back to classrooms full-time on April 5, but the district remains in need of bus drivers, nutrition service employees and substitute teachers.
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Most students will return to CPS schools five days a week but some will remain online.
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A study from Brookings Institute said working parents are the key to recovering from the pandemic.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education voted Monday night to return to in-person learning five days a week. Students in all grades will return to the classroom Monday through Friday after spring break, which ends on April 2. The board voted unanimously to approve the return. Students that were already learning online-only will
Continue Reading The Columbia Board of Education announced its shortlist of superintendent candidates Monday.
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Columbia Public Schools is reporting a “substantial” level of coronavirus transmission under federal guidelines for reopening schools as the board of education decides whether to send students back to classes five days a week.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Select pharmacies across Missouri are currently offering coronavirus vaccines to teachers as local education boards look to get students back to in-person classes five days a week. President Joe Biden says vaccinating educators is a priority and hopes to have every educator get at least one coronavirus vaccine shot by the end
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