Columbia Parks and Rec Commission to discuss ‘family reunification’ agreement at Thursday meeting
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Columbia Parks and Recreation Commission will discuss a recently approved family reunification agreement at its Thursday night meeting.
The City of Columbia approved the agreement with Columbia Public Schools at its Jan. 5 City Council meeting.
The agreement – which runs through June 30 – stats that students can go to two locations in the city in the event of an emergency in order to meet their families. Those locations are the Columbia Sports Field House and the Northeast Event Center.
The agreement renews on July 1 for the next two years.
In the event of an emergency, students will be bussed to the reunification locations. Once staff have a head count of students, their parents or guardians will be notified where to pick up their child.
Parents will be handed a card that asks for their identification and the student's identification. From there, a staff member will go get that student and bring them to the parent or guardian.
