CPS Board of Education set to discuss more students returning to the classroom
The district will discuss allowing both middle and high school students to return to the classroom within the next month.
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Preview: CPS superintendent to give presentation on middle and high schoolers going back to in-person learning
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Peter Stiepleman will give a presentation Monday evening to the Columbia Board of Education on how to return middle and high school students this year. According to the release, Dr. Stiepleman will give three recommendations to choose from. Either both middle and high school students return 4
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FRIDAY UPDATES: Pettis and Cole County report 100+ new cases
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Health officials weigh in on close contacts in school districts
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise within school districts across Mid-Missouri, health officials discuss close contacts and transmission data that could alter future CDC guidance.
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Grants award more than $200,000 to University of Missouri’s Coulter Biomedical Accelerator Program
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri’s Coulter Biomedical Accelerator Program received three grants worth over $200,000 to help promising medical discoveries make the transition from laboratory research to commercial investment and use in direct patient care. “The University of Missouri is home to leading experts in all fields of engineering, medicine and business,” said
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COVID-19 case rate breaks mark as some Columbia elementary schools go virtual
Alpha Hart Lewis and Derby Ridge elementary schools went back online Thursday.
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THURSDAY UPDATES: Cole County reports record 129 COVID-19 cases
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Local districts report COVID-19 cases
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MU Health Care extending drive-thru flu shot clinic two more Saturdays
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care is extending its Saturday morning drive-thru flu shot clinic for the next two weeks at its South Providence Medical Park. The clinics were going to end last Saturday but will continue through Nov. 14. The event offers car-side flu shots to anyone six months and older from 8 a.m.
Continue Reading Columbia Public Schools looking into buying air purifying units to reduce COVID-19 spread
The Columbia Board of Education’s finance committee is set to discuss purchasing air filtration devices that could help prevent the spread of COVID-19 along with other pathogens.
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No students hurt in Sedalia bus crash
The Sedalia School District said no Smith-Cotton High School students were hurt in a bus crash Wednesday morning.
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Officials say Mizzou football games COVID-19 safe, but concession stand violations increase
Food code violations increased from 52 during the first three home games of 2019 to 68 so far in 2020.
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MONDAY UPDATES: Cole County reports 247 new total cases
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MU leaders remind students of free speech policy
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is giving warnings and not punishments for students they say broke school rules on protests this semester. According to a university spokesperson, several warnings have been issued after students violated those policies on Oct. 2 at Jesse Hall when students continued to ask for the removal of the
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FRIDAY UPDATES: CPS reporting 356 staff and students quarantining due to coronavirus
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New Franklin schools to go virtual, citing dozens of students, staff in COVID-19 quarantine
The New Franklin School District will move all classes online for two weeks with more than 80 students in quarantine because of coronavirus exposure.
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THURSDAY UPDATES: CPS dashboard reports 19 students positive with COVID-19
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Continue Reading MU faculty council votes to keep spring break as is
The University of Missouri Faculty Council voted on Thursday not to change spring break citing many complications with a proposed change to the academic calendar
Continue Reading CPS working to adjust grading student’s failing classes
Columbia Public Schools’ High School and Middle School students will get a second chance to improve their grades this fall with a new grade adjustment.
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: CPS and other districts report new COVID-19 cases
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