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Dec 10, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Tanvi Kulkarni |Dominique Hodge |Yasmeen Saadi
By Tanvi Kulkarni,Dominique Hodge,Yasmeen Saadi Several teachers and community members remarked on the change in district superintendent during a Columbia School Board meeting Monday. Ann Alofs, a retired district teacher, said she spoke on behalf of other teachers when highlighting the importance of effective employee development and a learning environment dedicated to student success when looking for a new superintendent.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Tanvi Kulkarni |Dominique Hodge |Yasmeen Saadi
By Tanvi Kulkarni,Dominique Hodge,Yasmeen Saadi The Columbia School Board will provide updates on the search for a new superintendent at its meeting Monday. It will also vote on the interim superintendent's contract. Emails from the district sent Wednesday to families and the news media laid out a timeline for selecting Columbia Public Schools' next superintendent.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
komu.com | Tanvi Kulkarni |Dominique Hodge
The Columbia School Board will provide updates on the search for a new superintendent at its meeting Monday. It will also vote on the interim superintendent’s contract. Emails from the district sent Wednesday to families and the news media laid out a timeline for selecting Columbia Public Schools’ next superintendent. Formal interviews for finalists will be the week of Feb.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
komu.com | Tanvi Kulkarni |Dominique Hodge
As Columbia Public Schools prepares for next year's attendance area changes, it is finalizing guidelines to offer exceptions for rising fifth and eighth graders. Two phases of attendance area changes, approved by the Columbia School Board in July, will move students before next school year to accommodate for a new wing at Battle Elementary School and the new elementary school in southwest Columbia, set to open in 2026. These changes will affect students at the elementary and middle school levels.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Tanvi Kulkarni |Dominique Hodge |Yasmeen Saadi
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Tanvi Kulkarni |Dominique Hodge |Hannah Race
By Tanvi Kulkarni,Dominique Hodge,Hannah Race An evaluation of Columbia Public Schools' Title I Preschool Program found that students who were in the program had fewer behavior incidents and slightly higher rates of language and literacy when they reached kindergarten, compared to other students. Director of Early Childhood Education Nicole Langston presented an update and went over achievement data for students in the program at the Columbia School Board meeting Monday.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Dominique Hodge |Yasmeen Saadi
By Dominique Hodge,Yasmeen Saadi After light showers Saturday and heavy thunderstorms earlier in the week, area meteorologists don't foresee an imminent shift from the warmer November weather that mid-Missouri has been experiencing.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Evy Lewis |Dominique Hodge
By Evy Lewis,Dominique Hodge Sixteen members of Missouri Task Force One returned to Columbia Thursday after a 20-day deployment to North Carolina to assist with clean-up efforts in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Thursday's MO-TF1 group was the second team returning. The first team returned to Columbia Wednesday and a third team was set to return Friday.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
kbia.org | Dominique Hodge
Sixteen members of Missouri Task Force One returned to Columbia Thursday after a 20-day deployment to North Carolina to assist with clean-up efforts in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Thursday’s MO-TF1 group was the second team returning. The first team returned to Columbia Wednesday and a third team was set to return Friday. Gale Blomenkamp is the Assistant Chief of Boone County Fire District. He says there were numerous challenges the team faced.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Dominique Hodge |Tanvi Kulkarni |Yasmeen Saadi
By Dominique Hodge,Tanvi Kulkarni,Yasmeen Saadi Columbia Public Schools' Transportation Department reported that in the first few weeks of the school year, 47.9% of district buses arrived and departed on time. Tony Maltbia, the district's director of transportation and fleet manager, presented a transportation evaluation at a Columbia School Board meeting Monday. The Transportation Department puts together a program evaluation every other year.
