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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: State of Missouri canceling Thursday COVID drive-through testing events
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Continue ReadingThe University of Missouri has opened an investigation into a former official over alleged financial mismanagement in the College of Engineering.
Continue ReadingMissouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt says his office will file more lawsuits this week against school districts enforcing mask and quarantine requirements.
Continue ReadingThe meeting is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Dix Road Technology Center.
Continue ReadingThe debate rages over whether schools should maintain in-person learning as the omicron variant sickens Americans at never-before-seen rates.
Continue ReadingColumbia Public Schools canceled several days of classes in January and added two early release days in an effort to relieve pressure put on educators during the current surge of new COVID-19 cases.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is now planning to tear down “Mizzou North.” At one point MU was considering selling the property, but will now keep the land and demolish the building instead. This is part of a larger plan the university announced last March to save millions of dollars that plan included
Continue ReadingBOONVILLE, 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
Continue ReadingAs coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide, many school districts in Mid-Missouri are finding it difficult to keep teachers inside the classroom.
Continue ReadingStudents returned from winter break last week after the Columbia Board of Education voted for the mask mandate to end Jan. 4.
Continue ReadingEach district announced the changes in letters to parents and news releases Thursday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on across the country and here in Missouri, the amount of at-home tests available to Missourians is scarce and people are facing long lines at testing centers. This comes as Governor Mike Parson put an end to the state of emergency on December 31st, 2021.
Continue ReadingAs 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.
Continue ReadingA 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.”
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The state of Missouri is putting a pause on a program that provides rapid COVID-19 tests to schools across the state. Mallory McGowin Spokeswomen for The State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education says, “We now have depleted the limited quantity, the limited inventory that was set aside for schools.” Hundreds of
Continue ReadingBoard members met virtually at 8 a.m. to talk and vote on the recommendations from President Mun Choi. The board voted the first recommendation down with 3 to 6. Board members voted 2 to 7 against the second recommendation.
Continue ReadingBefore the Missouri House Committee on Elementary and Secondary Education recessed at 10 a.m., committee staff shared that the House record for most public testimony submitted in person or in writing was broken.
Continue ReadingEUGENE, 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
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON 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
Continue ReadingThe court found in its 12-page opinion that the district showed Tammy Ferry violated district policy by transferring the files to her computer in 2019 “without a legitimate educational interest.”
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