Last week some students made a social media threat toward a Jefferson City middle school. They might face criminal charges. This Thursday, a TikTok challenge telling students to make bomb and shooting threats at their schools grabbed administrators’ attention nationwide.
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Students who were involved in a social media threat against Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Jefferson City have been suspended and are being referred for expulsion and police investigation, the principal said in a letter to parents sent over the weekend.
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Students exposed to coronavirus will no longer have to stay out of school. Instead, only those who test positive for the virus or have symptoms will have to stay out of class.
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The board voted 4-3 on the new policy that will take effect when students return from winter break on Jan. 4. Only students with symptoms or a positive COVID-19 test will be required to quarantine. The previous policy was to quarantine students in close contact with those who tested positive.
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The $80 million bond question would appear on the April ballot if approved by the board. The board heard a presentation on the bond issue Monday night.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday night, the Columbia Board of Education voted to halt the mask mandate for the school district, but the policy won’t go into effect until after the winter break. Board members also voted to change the COVID-19 protocols to require only people who test positive for the virus to quarantine. Columbia
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The Columbia Board of Education voted Monday night to end the COVID-19 mask policy effective Jan. 4. Some parents expressed their opinions in favor of keeping the mask policy as cases are rising at schools in Columbia according to the 14-day rate. Other parents wanted the ability to make the decision for their own children
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Board members are set to review the plan at Monday night’s meeting at the Aslin Administration building off of Worley Street.
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The board had already changed university rules to allow employees to have guns in their vehicles in response to an appeals court ruling. But those opposed to the move say having more guns on campus creates more risk for students and employees.
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The Norm Stewart Classic, a high school basketball tournament consisting of 48 hours straight of basketball with over 25 matchups is set to continue throughout Saturday.
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The University of Missouri Board of Curators voted Friday to change UM System rules to allow employees, students and visitors to have a gun on campus but it must stay in a locked car.
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According to the labor department, unemployment claims are the lowest since September 1969.
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The South Callaway R-II Board of Education has hired elementary school principal Corey Pontius to replace outgoing Superintendent Kevin Hillman.
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Principal Shawn Kelsch said in a letter that police identified the students responsible for the threatening post.
Continue Reading Columbia Public Schools is among the districts Schmitt has written to, telling administrators to drop their mask requirement. He has also sued the district over the requirement.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people have filed to run for the Jefferson City Board of Education according to Stephanie Sappenfield, Exec. Asst. to the Superintendent and Secy. to the Board of Education. Anne Bloemke-Warren, Adam Gresham, Marc H. Ellinger and Erika Leonard have filed so far. If anyone files after Thursday, they will be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said in a letter Wednesday that he will be opening an investigation into Columbia Public Schools’ failure to comply to end COVID-19 mask mandates. This comes after the state’s attorney general’s office received information from CPS parents that the district is not following the court order to
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The university told the approximately 75 residents this fall of its plans to close the apartment building on Hitt Street. The move drew criticism from the Coalition of Graduate Workers, a group that advocates for graduate student causes on campus.
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Schmitt said Tuesday that he sent letters to school districts that still require masks ordering them to stop enforcing the mandate, including Columbia Public Schools. Schmitt has also sued the district over its mask rule for all students and workers. No hearings have been scheduled in that case.
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The decision came after a federal judge in Georgia halted a Biden administration rule requiring federal contractors to be vaccinated. The university system had instituted the mandate because of the massive amount of federal funding it receives.
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