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COLUMBIA- The Columbia Public Schools Board of Education voted 5-2 Monday night for elementary and pre-k students to return in-person four days a week and a hybrid option for secondary students, beginning Jan. 19. The hybrid option will split secondary students into two groups, based on last name. It will not break down completely equal, Superintendent Dr. Peter Stiepleman noted during the meeting. Group one students will return in-person Mondays and Tuesdays, while group two students will return in-person on Thursdays and Fridays. "Secondary students will have the opportunity to Zoom in on t...

COLUMBIA - Columbia Public Schools Board of Education members met at 6:30 p.m. Monday to discuss a return to learning in the classroom. The board voted 5-2 for elementary and pre-k students to return in-person four days a week and a hybrid option for secondary students, beginning Jan. 19. The hybrid option will split secondary students into two groups, based on last name. It does not break down completely equal, Superintendent Dr. Peter Stiepleman noted. Group one students will return in-person Mondays and Tuesdays, while group two students will return in-person on Thursdays and Fridays.  ...

COLUMBIA - Columbia Public Schools Board of Education members met at 6:30 p.m. Monday to discuss a return to learning in the classroom. The board voted 5-2 for elementary and pre-k students to return in-person four days a week and a hybrid option for secondary students, beginning Jan. 19. The hybrid option will split secondary students into two groups, based on last name. It does not break down completely equal, Superintendent Dr. Peter Stiepleman noted. Group one students will return in-person Mondays and Tuesdays, while group two students will return in-person on Thursdays and Fridays.  ...

1:21 During Monday evening’s more than four-hour meeting, the board got an update on COVID-19 from Superintendent Dr. Peter Stiepleman and heard from many concerned parents, teachers and staff – some in support of a return to in-seat learning and some in support of remaining entirely virtual. Kathy Steinhof, the President of CMNEA, spoke first and urged the Board to consider the needs and fears of teachers before voting to send students back to in-seat learning. “I am not dismissing the cost of being virtual. We know virtual learning is not ideal, and we are keenly aware that our studen...

The CPS board voted 5-2 on the return to in-person learning.