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Special education consultant said teachers care, but are hurting students by setting expectations low.

Participants tackled issues including indicators of student success, what Columbia Public Schools does well and where it can improve at the district's World Cafe event.

The Columbia Board of Education extended Brian Yearwood's contract and gave him a $9,200 raise.

Columbia residents Lydia Olmsted and Dr. Jacque Sample sit down with KBIA to discuss accessibility and sustainability.

The motion to permit parents to record KKB meetings was voted down. Several school board members noted that the measure is necessary to make sure that all students can succeed in education. "These are conversations are about children that are near and dear to a parent's heart," school board president Helen Wade said. "My world is often recorded, but I speak intentionally, I speak for a purpose knowing what I say is being recording ... I realize how important this is too many." Current KKB policy prohibits any recording of IEP or 504 meetings at CPS. These meetings are between parents and teac...