An annual Martin Luther King diversity event this month in Columbia caused an uproar because some students witnessed a drag queen show at the end of the program. The celebration was organized by the City of Columbia and had about 1,000 people in attendance. The event...
Karli Jones says every single day when students walk into school they run the risk of being involved in a school shooting. She’s part of a small group of students from Columbia Public Schools working together to try to reduce the serious risk of gun violence in our...
A Boone County judge denied Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s motions to immediately block mask requirements in all K-12 public schools in the state. The two-part request targeted Columbia Public Schools and asked for the injunction and the pending...
State Attorney General Eric Schmitt is suing Columbia Public Schools and any Missouri K-12 public school requiring students and staff to wear masks. Schmitt, a Republican running for U.S. Senate, says a mask mandate “flies in the face of science, especially given...
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has sued Columbia Public Schools district leadership over mask mandates imposed to fight COVID-19 transmission. In a “reverse class-action suit,” the state’s top attorney is also suing any district that imposes...
