Met with unanimous agreement, the Columbia Public School District’s Finance Board approved the budget for the 2023-2024 school year Wednesday night. Next on the budget’s list, facing the overall board on Monday night. “There’s one pot of money,” CPS Chief Financial Officer Heather McArthur said. “We’re not always going to be able to add everything.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Half of Missouri teachers leave the profession by their fifth year, according to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The state is hoping increased salaries will prevent that. The DESE has proposed several ways to extend pay raises for teachers. Missouri still sits at the bottom nationwide when it comes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State Rep. Chuck Basye said he plans to meet with a lawyer Thursday morning to discuss pursuing a lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools. Basye, R-Rocheport, said he attempted to file for a position on the school board on Tuesday. Basye said he made the decision to file after speaking to a former
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Filing for the Columbia School Board closed on Tuesday and two incumbents will not attempt reelection bids. Helen Wade told ABC 17 she would not run for a fifth term. Columbia School Board President David Seamon also said he won’t run for reelection this year. “After 12 years on the board, I am
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools Board of Education approved the addition of four new administration positions for an estimated $530,000. The board approved the addition of four new administration positions and the restructuring of its existing administration positions. The new positions include : Director of Elementary Education Director of Federal Programs Director of Professional
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The Columbia Board of Education approved its five-year continuous school improvement plan at its meeting Monday night.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department tweeted on Tuesday that it had responded to a “disturbance” at Battle High School. CPD said a fight broke out among several male students. Police said the conflict was resolved and four students were detained. (1) We responded to a disturbance at Battle High School at approximately 10:50
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No actual threat was found Tuesday after someone called in a threat against Battle High School that school officials said was a prank.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The head of Columbia Public Schools said Thursday that a Hickman High School student has been detained for a threat scrawled on a bathroom stall. The threat of a Thursday shooting at Hickman High School, which was discovered Wednesday and which CPS officials and police said was not credible, was circulated on
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Mid-Missouri schools last week saw a string of police incidents and threats of violence.
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COLUBMIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge High School Principal Jacob Sirna sent an email to families Tuesday night to clarify why there was a large law enforcement presence at the school earlier that day. Sirna said there was no threat to students, but contacted law enforcement as part of their protocols. The school was never on lockdown,
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Columbia police were called to help investigate a “specific reported incident” Tuesday at Rock Bridge High School, a Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman said.
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A north Columbia elementary school was evacuated Tuesday morning because of a gas smell.
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Standards-Referenced Grading has been used for years at the elementary and middle school level throughout Columbia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education will hold its biweekly meeting with its new public comment policy Monday night. The meeting is 6:30 p.m. at the Neil C. Aslin District Administration Building. The district said these changes are reflective of new laws passed by the state legislature last session. The district also wants its public
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools hosted its first in-person World-Cafe meeting since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday night at Stoney Creek Inn. CPS World Cafe – The Future of CPS: Growth, Innovation & Achievement discussion focused on how it can help it’s scholars first, and how it can measure success. Superintendent Brian
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COLUMBIA. Mo. (KMIZ.) The Columbia Board of Education will host a meeting Wednesday where Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood plans to address growth and achievement at the school district. Some of the items to be addressed in the PowerPoint are student attendance, achievements and teacher retention. Data from the presentation shows teacher retention sits at 87%
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Bullying continues to be the number one issue reported to Missouri’s anonymous school safety hotline, Courage2Report. Last month, there were 10 reports of bullying – repeat harassment made to Courage2Report. There were five school shooting threats, and four threats to kill. Over the past three years, bullying – repeated harassment, has been
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The Columbia Board of Education approved a new public comment policy Monday night in a split vote.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A bus driver shortage is affecting after-school activities in Columbia. Three weeks into the school year, Columbia Public Schools says it is able to cover its 120 daily bus routes, but the district has had to bring on extra help to get kids to after-school activities. Student Transportation of America is lacking
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