COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia board of education unanimously approved a $371 million budget for the 2023-2024 school year. CPS Chief Financial Officer, Heather McArthur said a portion of the money approved in the budget will go toward the district adding behavior specialists. McArthur also said the district will increase pay for summer school programs
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A fourth former member of a shuttered University of Missouri chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor Monday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former teacher Karen Hayes was picked as the new board member for the Columbia Board of Education at a special session Wednesday. Hayes was one of the three finalists picked for the final meeting, and won the seat with five out of the six votes among board members. Other finalists included previous
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed Senate Bills 39 and 49 on Wednesday. The bills affect health care for transgender people and transgender athletes from competing in girls and women’s sports, which includes public and private universities and colleges. The bill goes into affect Aug. 28 University of Missouri’s spokesperson Christian Basi said,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education has chosen which applicants will be interviewed Wednesday for its open seat. The members went over and discussed each application at a meeting Monday night. Former teacher Karen Hayes, previous Board candidate Andrea Lisenby and former Board President Jan Mees will be interviewed by board members Wednesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Children 18 or younger can get free, healthy lunches at several Columbia locations, provided by the city and PowerHouse Community Development. Food is provided June 5 through August 11, Mondays through Fridays. All locations will be closed July 4. Central Armory Sports & Recreation Center, 700 E. Ash St. — lunch noon
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol on Friday revealed the results of its annual school bus inspections. About 57% of Jefferson City School District buses were fell under either the “defected” or “out of service” categories. Buses with identified defective components require repair within 10 days. Buses placed out-of-service require correct components, a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With the application period for the open seat on the Columbia Board of Education now closed, Columbia Public Schools has released the applications filled out by each candidate. Thirteen people in total applied for the open seat. The Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday to go over the applications and determine
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The addition of three more names as the filing period wound down has brought the number of candidates seeking an empty Columbia Board of Education seat to 13. The school board will take an open vote on which candidate will replace Katerine Sasser, who resigned earlier this month. Voters will then choose
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two more people have applied for the open seat on the Columbia Board of Education. Greg Brockmeier and Sahba Jalali are new candidates the in the growing field of applicants for Katherine Sasser’s old seat. Sasser announced her resignation at a May Board of Education meeting. Sasser cited recent anti-transgender state legislation
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The lawyer for one of the men charged in a hazing case tied to a former University of Missouri fraternity is asking for the court to set a trial date.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Alyssa Galbreath will be the next principal at Battle High School, according to a press release from Columbia Public Schools. Galbreath is currently an assistant principal at Battle High School. Galbreath will take over her new role from Principal Adam Taylor. Taylor was selected to be the district’s executive director of secondary education earlier
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to the Columbia Fire Department, a woman has been hospitalized after an incident at a power plant on the University of Missouri’s campus on Friday. ABC 17 News Crews were on the scene around 2:30 a.m. in the 300 block of Elm St. Friday morning and saw multiple fire trucks. A
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eight people have applied for the open seat on the Columbia Board of Education. The list of applicants includes former Board members Jan Mees and Della Streaty-Wilhoit. Former state Rep. Chuck Bayse and John Potter – both ran for a Board seat in the April 4 election – have also applied. Phil Stroessner
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The Lincoln University campus will close at 1 p.m. Thursday after a small electrical issue led to problems with the internet and phone systems.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Ron Vossen has been named the interim president of Helias Catholic High School, according to a Wednesday press release from the Diocese of Jefferson City. Vossen is the director of alumni relations and was a teacher for 43 years, the release states. He was appointed by the Rev. W. Shawn
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In Missouri, 61.8% of new teachers leave the profession within the first five years.
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Students across Columbia Public Schools will head out Tuesday afternoon for summer break.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Police Department has announced – in a Tuesday press release — a new public comment portal. The portal is part of a new standard required by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, according to the release. Feedback made through the portal will go directly to CALEA. The
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One of the fraternity members accused in the alleged hazing incident that left Danny Santulli disabled took a plea deal on Monday.
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