State department of education releases expenditures per student
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released Thursday how much money is allocated per public school student in the state.
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CPS: No evidence of wrongdoing during Jackson football game
An investigation into student conduct at a high school football game found no sign of misconduct, according to Columbia Public Schools.
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Columbia Board of Education approves revised seclusion, isolation and restraint policy
The Columbia Board of Education will consider items including a final reading of a revised policy on seclusion, isolation and restraint of students when it meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
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Neighbors say teen shot at high school house party
Witnesses say it was a high school house party gone wrong and now Columbia police are looking for a suspect who shot a teen. CPD has not released a suspect description yet. Neighbors tell ABC 17 News this was a house party thrown by Rock Bridge high school students, but around midnight, shots were fired
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CPS considers $20 million bond issue for facility improvements
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Public Schools Long-Range Facilities Committee discussed a possible $20 million bond issue at its meeting on Wednesday. The money, if approved by the school board and voters, will go toward continued growth, athletic facility improvements, building maintenance, accessibility, building renovations and safety and security needs, said CPS spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark. Â
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CPS approves name for new middle school
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools approved the name for a new middle school at its Monday night meeting. The name for the new school will be John Warner Middle School, named in honor of a former Columbia Police Department officer who died in August. Last night, the November board meeting was a night to
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School delay, cancellation procedures laid out ahead of winter weather
Officials are letting parents know, “winter is coming,” and it pays off to prepare for problematic weather. Last winter’s snowfall prompted several closures and delays throughout the 2018-2019 school year. Columbia Public Schools recorded five cancelations, five delays and one early release because of inclement weather in the 2018-2019 year, according to district spokesperson Michelle
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Damaged fiber cable blamed for phone outages across mid-Missouri
UPDATE 6:30 p.m.: A CenturyLink spokeswoman said crews restored all services to Mid-Missouri customers Monday. The same company official said the fiber line was cut by a construction crew in Kansas City. UPDATE 1:00 p.m.: Widespread telephone service outages were reported across Mid-Missouri Monday after CenturyLink notified the public about a cut fiber line. A spokesperson for
Continue Reading Surveillance footage released in Jackson High vandalism investigation
NOTE: This story has been updated to identify some people in the video. Security camera footage outside the Battle High School locker room in Jackson, Missouri shows who went into the building and when. The state of the visitor’s locker room has been one of several issues both Columbia Public Schools and Jackson R-2 School
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New sidewalks planned outside Battle High School
Engineers from the City of Columbia are looking into the cost of building a sidewalk that would lead up to Battle High School. “We look at all the trees that we’re going to need to be clearing, inlets for the drainage, and then just looking at the layout of the sidewalk that we’ll want to
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Columbia City Council approves school resource officer agreement
The Columbia City Council unanimously approved a new agreement with the school district to provide school resource officers. Four police officers will serve as school resource officers in three of the city’s public high schools and one to work in up to two middle schools. The city and school district will split the salaries of
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Columbia leaders discuss the future of city workforce development
Columbia leaders discussed workforce development and community contributions Friday at a meeting that brought together officials from Columbia Public Schools, the University of Missouri, business and city and county governments. Representatives from the Boone County Commission, the Columbia Area Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Public Schools, the University of Missouri and the City of Columbia were
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Columbia Public Schools happy with progress on annual reports
A Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman said the district is happy with its overall performance in data released by the state Thursday. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on Thursday released Annual Progress Reports for school districts, which are used to determine districts’ accreditation status. The reports look at performance measures such as standardized
Continue ReadingDESE report: some mid-Missouri school district scores rise, others fall
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released its annual performance report, detailing the progress school districts made last school year. According to the report, Columbia Public Schools improved slightly in language arts and math for all students. Fulton and Jefferson City Schools have not shown improvement in percentage of students scoring proficient or
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CPS: Racist image was edit of website screen grab
A racist image spoofing the Gentry Middle School website was a screen shot of the school’s home page that had been edited and uploaded to Google, not a hack of the website, a Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman said Wednesday. “Someone took a screenshot of our web page and then edited it in a photo editing
Continue ReadingColumbia Public Schools passes school resource officer agreement
The Columbia Board of Education passed a new school resource officer agreement at its meeting Monday. “As we do with many different organizations that we contract with, this is just a renewal of that contract,” board vice president Jonathan Sessions said Monday afternoon. Under the new contract, Columbia Public Schools will pay $206,837 for four
Continue Reading End of tax incentive means more money for CPS
A large company in Columbia will now be paying its full amount of real property taxes after a 10-year period. ABC Laboratories, Inc., now known as Eurofins, paid 50 percent in real estate property taxes as part of a chapter 100 bond. Several representatives from Regional Economic Development, Inc. updated the Columbia Public Schools finance
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CPS to pay more in new school resource officer agreement
Columbia Public Schools will bear a greater cost for four police officers to serve as school resource officers under a new proposal. The deal between the city and school district would require CPS to pay 55 percent of the officer’s salaries, amounting to $206,837. The current agreement, which expires on Nov. 1, allowed a 50-50
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Nationwide substitute teacher shortage affects CPS
A substitute teacher shortage across the nation is affecting Columbia Public Schools. CPS began a contract to supply substitute teachers with a new staffing company July 1. However, every substitute has to reapply with the new company. This means CPS lost the substitute teaching pool it had with the former company, Kelly Services. EduStaff is
Continue ReadingNo police reports filed after alleged vandalism at Battle, Jackson football game
A lieutenant with the Jackson Police Department said Thursday that no reports or statements were filed in the six days following allegations of vandalism and hate speech at a high school football game. The Jackson High School Indians hosted the Battle High School Spartans Friday night, after which, multiple Battle parents told ABC 17 News
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