Columbia Public Schools improved just 0.1% overall from 2022 to 2023 in the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Annual Performance Report.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Students at Battle High School were evacuated from the building for about 20 minutes on Friday after a bathroom trash can caught fire, according to an email from a CPS spokesperson. A cause for the fire was not described. Columbia Public Schools spokesperson Michelle Baumstark said in an email that a text-message
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Columbia Public Schools held a demonstration of the Evolv weapons detection system Monday at Hickman High School for the second time.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia teachers’ union protested over school safety during Monday night’s school board meeting. Members of the union claim that fights involving students has become a growing concern, nothing that some students don’t attend school because of it. Columbia Missouri National Education Association’s President Noelle Gilzow spoke during the public comment portion
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The test started Monday and will run through the Dec. 21 start of winter break.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Public School Board of Education met on Wednesday, to discuss the ongoing student meal debt accumulation and nutritional services. For the 2022-2023 school year alone, over 2.5 million students have gotten meals or snacks from school. However, revenue numbers may not accurately reflect the large number of students served as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In the wake of the recent shooting at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, the Columbia teachers’ union is planning to protest what they are calling “district inaction on school safety.” The protest is scheduled to start before the next school board meeting on Monday. According to an email obtained by ABC 17
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Hickman High School will test a weapons detection system Monday through Dec. 21, the start of winter break, according to an email sent Thursday to families.
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Candidates could officially put their names in for local elections starting at 8 a.m. Tuesday. Filing in most places will continue during regular business hours for the city or county government building until 5 p.m. Dec. 26.
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Columbia Public Schools earlier this month sent an email to families asking for help in keeping kids off their cellphones.
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Columbia Public Schools’ top official is asking parents to help keep kids off their cellphones while in school.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A discrimination lawsuit was filed on Wednesday against Columbia Public Schools by a middle school student and her father. The lawsuit — which also names Oakland Middle School, its principal Jeff Mielke, teacher Vanessa Hickem and Superintendent Brian Yearwood – seeks damages, accusing CPS of negligent infliction of emotional distress and racial
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hickman High School student has been charged after police say he brought a gun to school on Monday. Shaun Lamont Jackson, 18, of Columbia, was charged on Tuesday with unlawful use of a weapon and misdemeanor marijuana possession. He was arrested on Monday and was released after posting a $2,000 bond.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education included candidate filing requirements for the April election. Columbia Public Schools will start accepting candidacy fillings for any one who is interested in running for one of two positions. People who are interested can begin putting their name on the ballot at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Board of Education members on Wednesday night were presented with an update on the addition of three new schools being built within the district. According to Chief Operations Officer of Columbia Public Schools Randall Gooch, additions to Russell Boulevard and Battle elementary schools are on track to open at the start
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hickman head football coach Cedric Alvis said he will resign from his spot leading the Kewpies. Alvis told the program in a Friday email obtained by ABC 17 News that he would resign from the role of head coach. Alvis said he has “not been able to meet the expectations of what
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After a Battle High School student was found with a weapon in their backpack Monday, ABC 17 submitted a records request to find out how many weapons incidents have occurred on Columbia Public School properties.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Battle High School student was found with a weapon in their backpack before entering school on Monday morning, according to an email sent to parents by Principal Alyssa Galbreath. ABC 17 News received a copy of the email from a Columbia Public Schools spokesperson. The type of weapon found was not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Wayne Sells’ lawsuit involving the renaming of Rock Bridge’s football field was dismissed without prejudice on Wednesday. Lawyers for Sells and CPS have argued since 2021 if Columbia Public Schools had a legal contract with Sells after he provided Rock Bridge High School a $100,000 donation. That donation was used for improvements
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View a livestream of the scene in the web player above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia Public Schools bus was involved in an accident Tuesday near Providence Road, north of Business Loop 70. CPS spokesperson Michelle Baumstark said in an email that the crash occurred around 3:15 p.m. Baumstark later said in a second email
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