Multiple school districts throughout Mid-Missouri have announced plans this week to temporarily close their doors or make changes to their COVID-19 guidelines, due to problems created by the coronavirus surge.
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The meeting is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Dix Road Technology Center.
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The court found in its 12-page opinion that the district showed Tammy Ferry violated district policy by transferring the files to her computer in 2019 “without a legitimate educational interest.”
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Students who were involved in a social media threat against Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Jefferson City have been suspended and are being referred for expulsion and police investigation, the principal said in a letter to parents sent over the weekend.
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Principal Shawn Kelsch said in a letter that police identified the students responsible for the threatening post.
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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
Continue Reading 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.
Continue Reading 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.
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading The Jefferson City School District superintendent will join ABC 17 News This Morning on Thursday.
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