School board approves measure to allow district security directors to carry On Monday, the Columbia School Board voted 5-2 to pass a policy that would allow two Columbia Public Schools (CPS) security personnel...

Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Chris Belcher announced his retirement last week, effective June 30, 2014. Belcher, who has held the district's highest office since his appointment in 2009,...

  CPS schools will not have heat release days anymore. Superintendent Chris Belcher said West and Jefferson Middle Schools are now fully air-conditioned for the first time since the schools’ establishments. With...

With the addition of freshmen to Columbia Public Schools’ high schools next year, the district made plans to provide a city bus route that catered to students. Columbia Transit, Columbia’s city bussing...

[heading style="2"]A need for reformation[/heading][dropcap style="1" size="3"]F[/dropcap]First Student, the largest busing contractor in the U.S., provides six million students with transportation solutions...

As the transition into the 2013-14 year quickly approaches, administration continues to work out the details so next year's three-high-school, four-year system runs smoothly. A major issue they have...

During a school board work session Jan. 24, a school board member brought to light the option of starting CPS high schools last in next year's new, three-tiered transportation system. A change from the...