Jefferson City Schools to decide on mask requirements
Jefferson City Schools are set to decide on mask requirements at schools, as the deadline to make the decision is set for Monday, according to the district’s return plan.
Continue ReadingJefferson City Schools are set to decide on mask requirements at schools, as the deadline to make the decision is set for Monday, according to the district’s return plan.
Continue ReadingThe guidelines are effective as of Wednesday but may be updated, especially if conditions related to COVID-19 change within the Helias Catholic school building or the wider community, according to the plan.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 News sat down with Superintendent of Blair Oaks R-II School District Jim Jones to talk about the upcoming school year and how it might differ from the last. Jones covered topics including vaccines, COVID-19 precautions, masking and academic changes for the nearly 1,250 students who attend Blair Oaks. The first
Continue ReadingMexico Public Schools has released a comprehensive plan ahead of students returning to the classroom for the first day of school Aug 25.
Continue ReadingWith less than two weeks remaining before many schools start back up, districts throughout Mid-Missouri have not made a decision on mandating masks.
Continue ReadingWatch live interviews with Commissioner Vandeven on ABC 17 News This Morning at 6 a.m.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the school year approaches, there are a lot of factors that go into the ‘Return to Learn’. ABC 17 News will sit down with education leaders from all across Mid-Missouri in the upcoming weeks. In the special ‘Return to Learn’ segments, ABC 17 News will speak with school officials about how
Continue ReadingMultiple events, aimed at providing Boone county students with free school supplies are set to begin Saturday.
Continue ReadingSuperintendent Larry Linthacum, PhD, said the district will announce its decision on masking no later than Monday, Aug. 16, which is one week before the first day of school.
Continue ReadingMissouri’s sales tax holiday is underway in the Show-Me State, as the holiday by state law is set to begin the first Friday of August and run through the following Sunday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) Health experts say children’s mental health issues were on the rise before the pandemic; after, many kids were suffering from issues and not many places to turn for help. Molly Taylor, who will be in the sixth grade this year, said socially distancing was hard on her and her friends during the
Continue ReadingThe new guidelines apply to people vaccinated against the coronavirus and those who aren’t. But many people remain opposed to wearing masks, including having their children wear them to school.
Continue ReadingThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will make an announcement regarding masking recommendations at 2 p.m.
Continue ReadingWith the start of school in many districts just a month away, students eligible to get the coronavirus vaccine are running out of time to be fully vaccinated before classes begin.
Continue ReadingTuesday is the last day for Columbia Public Schools and Moberly Public Schools students to receive the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine if they want to be fully vaccinated by the first day of school on Aug. 24.
Continue ReadingThe American Academy of Pediatrics recommended Monday that everyone in a school setting older than 2 should wear masks indoors.
Continue ReadingBrian Yearwood, Superintendent of Columbia Public Schools says it continues to deal with staffing shortages in both substitute teachers and bus drivers.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday, the Columbia Board of Education met to approve a template to a new virtual learning option, as well as renew hotspots. During the 2021-22 school year, Columbia Public Schools will offer CPS Virtual Elementary powered by Edgenuity for students in grades K-5. The district will consider offering the template to
Continue ReadingThe highway patrol inspects buses at districts across the state yearly.
Continue ReadingMore school districts in Mid-Missouri are making masks optional as coronavirus cases go down and vaccinations go up.
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