WEDNESDAY UPDATES: State of Missouri canceling Thursday COVID drive-through testing events
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Missouri AG threatens more lawsuits over mask mandates as schools work to contain COVID-19 surge
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt says his office will file more lawsuits this week against school districts enforcing mask and quarantine requirements.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should schools in areas of high coronavirus transmission go online?
The debate rages over whether schools should maintain in-person learning as the omicron variant sickens Americans at never-before-seen rates.
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Boonville school district to use snow day on Tuesday to ‘regroup’
BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Boonville R-I School District will use a snow day on Tuesday. There will be no school on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Boonville Superintendent Dr. Sarah Marriott said in an email the district determined it needed to “regroup” on Tuesday. “As the result of a culmination of events such
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States hope relaxed substitute teaching requirements will ease omicron labor crunch
As coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide, many school districts in Mid-Missouri are finding it difficult to keep teachers inside the classroom.
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Columbia, Jefferson City public schools reinstate mask mandates as coronavirus cases set records
Each district announced the changes in letters to parents and news releases Thursday.
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School districts take steps to keep the doors open despite rising COVID-19 concerns
As COVID-19 continues to spread in schools across the nation, some locals are taking extra steps in order to keep students learning inside of the classroom.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you support bills such as the ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights?’
A hearing room was packed in the Missouri Capitol on Tuesday as scores of people showed up to support or oppose legislation known as the “Parents’ Bill of Rights.”
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Former Cole R-V School District teacher dies a year after retiring; district cancels classes Thursday
EUGENE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole R-V School District is reporting the death of Edward Hager, a longtime agriculture sciences instructor and FFA advisor. The district reported Hager retired at the end of last school year. Hager was a native of Eugene and former graduate of Cole R-V High School. The district said in a Facebook
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Blair Oaks R-II School District names new intermediate school principal
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Blair Oaks R-II School District announced Tracey Burns as Blair Oaks Intermediate School Principal for the 2022-2023 school year. Burns currently serves as director of curriculum and assessment in the Blair Oaks R-II School District and has served in this position for the last 7 years and has 11 years
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Columbia Board of Education votes to put $80 million bond issue on the April ballot
At the Columbia Public Schools Board of Education meeting Monday night, the board members plan to vote on adding an $80 million bond issue to the City of Columbia’s April ballot.
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Mid-Missouri schools move ahead with in-person learning as coronavirus surge sets records
School is back in session for districts around Mid-Missouri, but the return to classrooms has coincided with a meteoric rise in new coronavirus infections, causing at least one area school to hold remote classes and creating worries among some parents.
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Helias High School placed on 10 minute lockdown while law enforcement searched for a suspect
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Helias Catholic High School was on a brief lockdown for 10 minutes beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Helias Catholic used a lockdown procedure to secure the interior of the school building out of an abundance of caution while law enforcement officials conducted an operation in the surrounding neighborhood. Jefferson City police
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American Academy of Pediatrics Missouri chapter president speaks on children choosing to wear masks without a policy
The President of the Missouri chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Kristin Sohl spoke to ABC 17 News on children choosing to wear masks without a policy.
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports record-setting day of new and active coronavirus cases for second day in a row
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CPS returns from winter break as petition to request vote on mask mandate gains attention
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools will return to the classroom Tuesday from winter break after the school district announced masks will no longer be required. The Columbia Board of Education voted on Dec. 13 to no longer require students and staff to wear face masks. In an email sent late last month to families,
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Some worried that no masks in Missouri school districts could be problematic
EDITOR’S NOTE: The headline has been altered to better reflect the story’s content. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ.) Freezing temperatures are certainly not the only concern this winter. Nationwide, communities are dealing with the likeliness of yet another surge and as students head back to school after the winter break a lack of mask mandtes in Missouri
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Mother of three files to run for Columbia Board of Education in April election
Andrea Lisenby is seeking one of the two seats up for election.Â
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Mid-Missouri schools try to assuage parent fears over non-specific TikTok rumors
Reports of a TikTok video that challenges kids to send threats to their school on Friday emerged this week and quickly spread nationwide. Some schools have closed, including Gasconade County R-II, while others are reminding parents that there is no credible threat and telling them police are on the lookout.
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Gasconade County school district to close Friday after TikTok threat challenge
School districts across Mid-Missouri say they’ve been made aware of a trend on social media app TikTok that challenges kids to threaten their schools.
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