JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Enrollment in Missouri’s public schools dropped 3.2% this school year as the education system grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. State education officials say 872,470 students are enrolled in preschool through 12th grade in Missouri public schools this year, a drop of nearly 27,500 students. A spokeswoman for the state education
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An advisory committee to the University of Missouri System Board of Curators approved a plan to build a new children’s hospital in Columbia.
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Some parents say they are frustrated after the Columbia Board of Education voted to send elementary students back to virtual learning on Nov. 16.
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Several mid-Missouri schools are switching to virtual learning through November over concerns with COVID-19.
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As the number of COVID-19 cases continue to grow in Boone County and Columbia, leaders of Columbia Public Schools are discussing what this means for students.
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The Jefferson City Board of Education will hear from top district staff Monday, as COVID-19 cases in the area continue to rise.
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Some Columbia residents have organized a rally they hope will show support for Columbia Public Schools teachers, staff, students and community members.
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The CPS superintendent joined ABC 17 News This Morning Monday.
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The board will discuss allowing both middle and high school students to return to the classroom within the next month. Superintendent Dr. Peter Stiepleman will recommend that the board directs administration to teach middle school students in person, four days a week.
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The district will discuss allowing both middle and high school students to return to the classroom within the next month.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Peter Stiepleman will give a presentation Monday evening to the Columbia Board of Education on how to return middle and high school students this year. According to the release, Dr. Stiepleman will give three recommendations to choose from. Either both middle and high school students return 4
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As COVID-19 cases continue to rise within school districts across Mid-Missouri, health officials discuss close contacts and transmission data that could alter future CDC guidance.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri’s Coulter Biomedical Accelerator Program received three grants worth over $200,000 to help promising medical discoveries make the transition from laboratory research to commercial investment and use in direct patient care. “The University of Missouri is home to leading experts in all fields of engineering, medicine and business,” said
Continue Reading Alpha Hart Lewis and Derby Ridge elementary schools went back online Thursday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care is extending its Saturday morning drive-thru flu shot clinic for the next two weeks at its South Providence Medical Park. The clinics were going to end last Saturday but will continue through Nov. 14. The event offers car-side flu shots to anyone six months and older from 8 a.m.
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