Traffic back-ups near Columbia Public Schools ‘a mess’ for parents
Fewer kids riding buses leads to longer afternoon pick-up lines at Columbia’s elementary schools.
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Elementary students return to schools across Columbia
Elementary students across Columbia are returning to the classrooms Monday for the first time in seven months.
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WATCH: CPS superintendent talks elementary school return to in-person learning
CPS Superintendent Peter Stiepleman will join ABC 17 News as elementary students get ready to return to the classroom.
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Columbia Public Schools staff members prepare for elementary students to return
Elementary schools will soon be full of students as Columbia Public Schools starts four-day week in-person learning on Monday amid COVID-19.
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Start of in-person class might help struggling Columbia Public Schools students catch up
All-online education has left some struggling academically as Columbia Public Schools elementary students return to classrooms.
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Free meals will not be available to all in-person CPS students
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.
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As CPS teachers prepare for the return of in-person classes, parents work to prepare their children
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.
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Some Columbia Public Schools teachers prepare for the switch to in-person learning
Ariel Schwarting, a third grade teacher at Grant Elementary, is setting up a system for her students to keep supplies separate in the classroom.
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Failing grades increase as CPS students learn online
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.
Continue Reading Some happy, some let down by Columbia Board of Education’s decision to send some kids back to class
Families with students in Columbia Public Schools have differing opinions of the school board’s decision for elementary students to return to the classroom.
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Columbia Board of Education votes to not send middle and high school students back to in-person learning
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.
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Columbia Board of Education votes for pre-K through 5th grade to return to a four day week next week
The Columbia School Board voted to allow some students to return to the classroom.
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Online classes come with new challenge: How to stop cheating
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.
Continue Reading Columbia Board of Education to vote on return to learn; parents await decision
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.
Continue Reading Columbia Board of Education expected to vote on return to in-person classes
The Board of Education is set to hold a meeting in which the main focus will be making a formal motion and voting on the districts re-opening plan.
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Continue Reading CPS proposed 4-day plan would not allow for social distancing
The plan said social distancing would not be possible if elementary students returned to school.
Continue Reading Four-day week on table for Columbia Public Schools return to classrooms
The head of Columbia Public Schools on Tuesday proposed a four-day week as an alternative to bringing students back into classrooms for two days in a hybrid plan.
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Columbia school board to get update on return to classrooms
The Columbia Board of Education will hold a special meeting Tuesday afternoon to get and update from the administration on the district’s reopening plan as the COVID-19 case rate continues to fall.
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