JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people have filed to run for the Jefferson City Board of Education according to Stephanie Sappenfield, Exec. Asst. to the Superintendent and Secy. to the Board of Education. Anne Bloemke-Warren, Adam Gresham, Marc H. Ellinger and Erika Leonard have filed so far. If anyone files after Thursday, they will be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thanksgiving breaks began for some schools across Mid-Missouri Monday after some districts decided to extend the holiday break this year to provide some relief to staff and students. Jefferson City and Southern Boone are two of many that extended their break, saying that the demands of the past 18 months have worn
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City community will gave some input Tuesday night on possible boundary changes for Jefferson City Schools. The JC Schools Boundary Line Advisory Committee is proposing four preliminary attendance area changes. JEFFERSON CITY SCHOOLS ATTENDANCE AREA PRESENTATIONDownload The meeting Tuesday night was the second for the public to give feedback
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Board of Education has approved a new bonus pay incentive for substitute teachers. Beginning on Tuesday, substitute teachers will receive a $500 bonus for every 20 cumulative days they sub for the district. “Like schools all across the country, our district has been impacted by the ongoing substitute
Continue Reading The Jefferson City School District announced plans to extend its Thanksgiving break by two extra days.
Continue Reading A Jefferson City High School Alum and US Naval Academy graduate will seek one of two openings for the Jefferson City School District Board of Education.
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Some districts around the state have kept their mask mandates in place, such as Columbia Public Schools. Jefferson City school administrators said case rates had dipped enough in the schools to make dropping the requirement appropriate.
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Jefferson City Schools will drop its mask requirement starting Friday. Students and staff who are in close contact with a COVID-19 positive individual will no longer need to quarantine in most cases.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Board of Education voted Thursday night to keep the JC Schools’ COVID-19 reentry plan in place and will reevaluate around the 30th day of school. Public comment mainly consisted of debating over masks for students in schools. Watch the meeting replay in the player below. It’s an ongoing
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Tammy Ferry, a former tenured instructional technology teacher with the Jefferson City School District, was fired from the district in 2019 after transferring thousands of documents onto her personal Google account.
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Quarantines have gone up in school districts due to people testing positive for COVID-19 or for exposure to it. Columbia Public Schools reported 117 students and five workers in either isolation or quarantine on Monday. Jefferson City School District reported seven active student cases and four active staff cases, with a close contact in each category.
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Dr. Laine Young-Walker, a child and adolescent psychiatrist with MU Health Care, spoke to ABC 17 News about kids’ mental health amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the return to the classroom.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City School District returns to the classroom on Monday with COVID-19 protocols and precautions in place. In the district’s return plan for the school year, JC Schools outlined the importance of social distancing, hand-washing, staying home when sick, and the importance of wearing a mask and getting vaccinated. Watch
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) New roads will be open Monday that were designed to help improve traffic flow for morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up times for car riding students at Lawson Elementary and Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Jefferson City. The primary road, Patriot Drive, connects Edgewood Drive and Fairgrounds Road. Lion Way comes off
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The Jefferson City School District superintendent will join ABC 17 News This Morning on Thursday.
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The Jefferson City Board of Education will meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. — its first since the district made the decision.
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Watch the full interview here.
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City Public Schools made the announcement Monday that the district will require students and staff to wear masks when social distancing isn’t possible as the school year is set to begin in one week on Aug. 23. Effective Tuesday, this approach was recommended by the Cole County Health Department and
Continue Reading Jefferson City Schools announced the decision Monday afternoon. The district released its back-to-school plans amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic earlier this month but said at the time a decision on masks would come Monday.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) According to the Jefferson City School District website, the district is set to decide on whether or not to require masks for the upcoming school year on Monday. The district previously released its return to school plan in early August but chose to hold off on a final decision on masks
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