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Columbia Public Schools secondary students could get date for return to classrooms next month

October 22, 2020 7:15 AM Zola Crowder

Columbia’s public middle and high school students could learn next month when they’ll return to classrooms.

Columbia Public Schools to try solutions to traffic issues as soon as Thursday

October 21, 2020 12:16 PM Zola Crowder

Since Monday morning parents dropping off and picking up students have been stuck in traffic

Traffic back-ups near Columbia Public Schools ‘a mess’ for parents

October 20, 2020 11:55 AM Zola Crowder

Fewer kids riding buses leads to longer afternoon pick-up lines at Columbia’s elementary schools.

MONDAY UPDATES: Cole County and other Mid-Missouri provide new information during pandemic

October 19, 2020 9:15 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Parents drop off students as they return to in-person classes at Paxton Keeley Elementary.

Elementary students return to schools across Columbia

October 19, 2020 7:48 AM Zach Boetto

Elementary students across Columbia are returning to the classrooms Monday for the first time in seven months.

WATCH: CPS superintendent talks elementary school return to in-person learning

October 19, 2020 5:28 AM Brittany Wiley

CPS Superintendent Peter Stiepleman will join ABC 17 News as elementary students get ready to return to the classroom.

CPS teacher prepare for students return in-person

Columbia Public Schools staff members prepare for elementary students to return

October 18, 2020 7:19 PM Amber Tabeling

Elementary schools will soon be full of students as Columbia Public Schools starts four-day week in-person learning on Monday amid COVID-19.

Start of in-person class might help struggling Columbia Public Schools students catch up

October 16, 2020 4:31 PM Zola Crowder

All-online education has left some struggling academically as Columbia Public Schools elementary students return to classrooms.

Free meals will not be available to all in-person CPS students

October 16, 2020 12:21 PM Riane Cleveland

When school began online in September, all students ages 2-18 could receive a meal, regardless of if they qualified for free and reduced-price meals, through the Grab and Go Meal Program.

As CPS teachers prepare for the return of in-person classes, parents work to prepare their children

October 14, 2020 7:21 PM Amber Tabeling

As Columbia Public Schools’ Elementary teachers are preparing their classrooms for in-person, parents are preparing their children for the new normal before returning to school on Monday, Oct. 19th for the first in over six months.

Some Columbia Public Schools teachers prepare for the switch to in-person learning

October 14, 2020 12:10 PM Zola Crowder

Ariel Schwarting, a third grade teacher at Grant Elementary, is setting up a system for her students to keep supplies separate in the classroom.

Failing grades increase as CPS students learn online

October 13, 2020 8:22 PM Amber Tabeling

Online learning continues to show it’s challenges within Columbia Public Schools as data shows failing grades are significantly up this year as students learn online.

Some happy, some let down by Columbia Board of Education’s decision to send some kids back to class

October 13, 2020 12:06 PM Riane Cleveland

Families with students in Columbia Public Schools have differing opinions of the school board’s decision for elementary students to return to the classroom.

Columbia Board of Education votes to not send middle and high school students back to in-person learning

October 13, 2020 11:51 AM Zola Crowder

School board President Helen Wade said during the board’s four-hour meeting that the youngest kids are the ones that need to be in-person first.

Columbia Board of Education votes for pre-K through 5th grade to return to a four day week next week

October 12, 2020 2:59 PM Sydney Olsen

The Columbia School Board voted to allow some students to return to the classroom.

Online classes come with new challenge: How to stop cheating

October 12, 2020 12:09 PM Zach Boetto

Online school comes with all sorts of new challenges. Among them is ensuring students don’t cheat on exams when they’re taken outside the classroom.

Columbia Board of Education to vote on return to learn; parents await decision

October 11, 2020 6:58 PM Amber Tabeling

The Board of Education is set to vote on an in-person four-day week learning model on Monday for Columbia Public Schools to return to classrooms, while parents await to see how the decision could impact their families.