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Junior Connor Bumbee waits for traffic to clear after school. photo by Randi Obermiller

Increase in students causes rise in parking lot congestion

Derek Wang October 1, 2013

    Every day parking attendant Chris Plummer goes out no later than 8:30 a.m. to monitor traffic going into the RBHS circle drive, allowing buses to drop off their students unhindered. Even...

Digging deep: Members of RBHS track team shovel the blanket of snow that covered the track outside the school. Photo provided by Annette Schulte

Routines complicated by snow days

Manal Salim March 5, 2013

[dropcap style="2" size="3"]M[/dropcap]More than a foot of snow fell last week in Columbia as storms Rocky and Q stopped all motion throughout the city. Roads were shut down after dozens of wrecks occurred....

District looks to new transportation models

District looks to new transportation models

Alyssa Sykuta March 5, 2013

[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...

Board looks into starting high schools last

Board looks into starting high schools last

Kaitlyn Marsh January 27, 2013

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...

Activity Bus transportation will be available to middle school students four days a week under the compromise discussion. Photo by Kaitlyn Marsh

Faculty reacts to possible time change

Daphne Yu January 11, 2013

After the word of a proposal by the Columbia Public Schools transportation committee, which called for an earlier start time for high schools next year, spread around the student body, students immediately...

RBHS Show Choir prepares to run through their show the day before their premier performance. Both the Satin n' Lace and City Lights show choirs meet before school for their zero hour class, which begins at 7 a.m. every other day. Photo by Daphne Yu

District proposal moves up school start time

Brett Stover January 9, 2013

Columbia Public Schools recently announced the proposed start time for RBHS next year. According to the proposal, RBHS would start between 7:20 and 7:30 a.m. School currently starts at 7:50. Middle...

Teachers, parents, district administrators and students arrive at the Stony Creek Inn for the World Cafe. Those who attended watched a PowerPoint, presented by superintendent Dr. Chris Belcher, on the reasons to change existing times and policies. Photo by Atreyo Ghosh

District discusses new transportation system, changes in school starting times

Atreyo Ghosh October 10, 2012

School start times and transportation were the subject of  a community discussion at the Stony Creek Inn from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Sleeping in an extra hour could be in store for high school students...

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