Boonville Board of Education discusses loosening restrictions on quarantined students, employees
The Boonville Board of Education will consider classifying school employees as “essential” at a special meeting Wednesday.
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Multiple schools in Jefferson City found violating food code during September inspections
Four of the five schools in Jefferson City Public School District that were inspected during the month of September were found to be violating the Jefferson City Food Code.
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As CPS teachers prepare for the return of in-person classes, parents work to prepare their children
As Columbia Public Schools’ Elementary teachers are preparing their classrooms for in-person, parents are preparing their children for the new normal before returning to school on Monday, Oct. 19th for the first in over six months.
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Missouri’s COVID-19 public health dashboard updated for first time since Saturday
Check back for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in Mid-Missouri.
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Some Columbia Public Schools teachers prepare for the switch to in-person learning
Ariel Schwarting, a third grade teacher at Grant Elementary, is setting up a system for her students to keep supplies separate in the classroom.
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Failing grades increase as CPS students learn online
Online learning continues to show it’s challenges within Columbia Public Schools as data shows failing grades are significantly up this year as students learn online.
Continue Reading Some happy, some let down by Columbia Board of Education’s decision to send some kids back to class
Families with students in Columbia Public Schools have differing opinions of the school board’s decision for elementary students to return to the classroom.
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Columbia Board of Education votes to not send middle and high school students back to in-person learning
School board President Helen Wade said during the board’s four-hour meeting that the youngest kids are the ones that need to be in-person first.
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Columbia Board of Education votes for pre-K through 5th grade to return to a four day week next week
The Columbia School Board voted to allow some students to return to the classroom.
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Online classes come with new challenge: How to stop cheating
Online school comes with all sorts of new challenges. Among them is ensuring students don’t cheat on exams when they’re taken outside the classroom.
Continue ReadingMissouri S&T announces ‘transformative’ $300 million gift
ROLLA, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis businessman and his wife have donated $300 million to a foundation to support Missouri University of Science and Technology in what the university said is believed to be the largest single gift to a higher education institution in Missouri. Missouri S&T announced the gift Monday from Fred and
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Jefferson City Schools decides to not shorten quarantine time for employees
School board will review whether teachers should be considered essential workers.
Continue Reading Columbia Board of Education to vote on return to learn; parents await decision
The Board of Education is set to vote on an in-person four-day week learning model on Monday for Columbia Public Schools to return to classrooms, while parents await to see how the decision could impact their families.
Continue Reading Columbia Board of Education expected to vote on return to in-person classes
The Board of Education is set to hold a meeting in which the main focus will be making a formal motion and voting on the districts re-opening plan.
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Mizzou staffing back on track for game day; health officials hope to see same compliance
After a potential staff shortage due to a sudden change in location of the University of Missouri’s football game, officials said Mizzou is back on track, while local health department officials hope to see the same compliance taken on Saturday’s game as they did previously.
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FRIDAY UPDATES: Randolph County reports new COVID-19 death; Boone County reports 53 new cases
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West Virginia site chosen for high-speed travel facility; Missouri still in running for commercial track
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Virgin Hyperloop One will build a certification center in West Virginia to test the high-speed transportation concept that uses enclosed pods to zip passengers underground at over 600 mph. The company had received bids from over a dozen states in the past year to build a 6-mile testing track and other facilities
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Jefferson City middle schools prepare for temporary move to online-only classes
The district said it’s making the move because of COVID-19-related staffing shortages.
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Stephens College reports zero active COVID-19 cases, zero students in quarantine and isolate
As the return to learning continues one local college currently see’s no active cases of COVID-19 and no students in quarantine or isolation.
Continue Reading Jefferson City middle schools temporarily transition to distance learning
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City School District sent a letter home to families of Lewis & Clark and Thomas Jefferson Middle School students Wednesday as they get ready to temporarily transition to distance learning due to staff shortages. The school district says this is due to an increase in the number of staff members
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