COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people have filed for the two open positions on the Columbia Board of Education for the April 2 election. Information from Columbia Public Schools’ website show Board Vice President Jeanne Snodgrass will be running for reelection. Alvin Cobbs filed to run, as has James Gordon and John Potter; the latter two
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released its Annual Performance Report this week for Missouri schools, and some administrators are questioning the scoring system. DESE uses the Missouri School Improvement Program, referred to as MSIP, to grade school districts on their performance and determine accreditation. This is the second year
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released its 2023 Annual Performance Report of Missouri schools on Monday. DESE uses the Missouri School Improvement Program to grade school districts on their performance and determine accreditation. Columbia Public Schools scored a 70.1% and Jefferson City School District scored 76.7%. A district’s Annual
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Gains in academic scores helped the Jefferson City School District gain nearly six points on the state’s annual review of schools.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council on Monday approved an agreement with Moberly Area Community College to lease space from Columbia Regional Airport for an aviation technology program, according to a Tuesday release from the city. The release states that the program will be a Federal Aviation Administration-certified program that can lead to an
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The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released updated report cards for the state’s school districts Monday.
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Columbia Public Schools improved just 0.1% overall from 2022 to 2023 in the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Annual Performance Report.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Students at Battle High School were evacuated from the building for about 20 minutes on Friday after a bathroom trash can caught fire, according to an email from a CPS spokesperson. A cause for the fire was not described. Columbia Public Schools spokesperson Michelle Baumstark said in an email that a text-message
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City Board of Education will no longer be using First Student Transportation and will now use Student Transportation of America. The Board voted to approve the contract in Thursday night’s board meeting with their new transportation vendor. The Jefferson City School District had bids from four vendors: First Student, North
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After two years of temporary grants, lawmakers are now pushing a permanent raise to Missouri teachers’ base salary.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Trial dates have been set for a University of Missouri fraternity member charged with multiple felonies in the alleged hazing of Danny Santulli. Ryan Delanty, 22, of Ballwin, was charged in Boone County with felony hazing, second-degree assault and supplying alcohol to a minor. The assault charge was added after a superseding
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Columbia Public Schools held a demonstration of the Evolv weapons detection system Monday at Hickman High School for the second time.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia teachers’ union protested over school safety during Monday night’s school board meeting. Members of the union claim that fights involving students has become a growing concern, nothing that some students don’t attend school because of it. Columbia Missouri National Education Association’s President Noelle Gilzow spoke during the public comment portion
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri announced in a Monday email that Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Latha Ramchand will be leaving the university. An email from UM System Presidence Mun Choi states that Ramchand will become the executive vice president and chancellor of Indiana University-Indianapolis. Ramchand will start her new position on Feb.
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The test started Monday and will run through the Dec. 21 start of winter break.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Public School Board of Education met on Wednesday, to discuss the ongoing student meal debt accumulation and nutritional services. For the 2022-2023 school year alone, over 2.5 million students have gotten meals or snacks from school. However, revenue numbers may not accurately reflect the large number of students served as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In the wake of the recent shooting at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, the Columbia teachers’ union is planning to protest what they are calling “district inaction on school safety.” The protest is scheduled to start before the next school board meeting on Monday. According to an email obtained by ABC 17
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Hickman High School will test a weapons detection system Monday through Dec. 21, the start of winter break, according to an email sent Thursday to families.
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The Lincoln University Board of Curators are expected to discuss the renovations of Dawson Hall during a special meeting Thursday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri tested its emergency communication system on Monday. It was one of multiple tests the University holds throughout the year to look at various systems put in place to keep the campus safe. The Monday test looked at the system that sends out text and email alerts as well
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