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Below the overview of the district are links to KBIA's coverage of Columbia 93 district schools, updated as more stories are published. Columbia 93 at a glanceThe Columbia 93 school district currently includes 32 different schools. In 2014, the district had a k-12 enrollment of 17,204 students, which is 2% of the total k-12 enrollment for the state. Enrollment has been slightly increasing in recent years, 2% since 2011. While a small percent, that amounts to almost 400 more students. There have also been major re-drawing of attendance areas with the addition of Battle High School. Middle school attendance areas shape high school boundaries 00000178-cc7d-da8b-a77d-ec7d2f9e0000The changes have affected all schools in the district, including causing high school attendance to increase and overcrowding at one middle school at least.

CPS students will pay more for their food

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Lunch prices at Columbia Public Schools will rise next year.

The price of student lunches will go up 10 cents starting in the fall of 2012. A 20-10 federal requirement says school districts must generate enough revenue to pay for the cost of lunches themselves. Director of Development at the Food Bank Bobby Kincade says this change may affect the way the Food Bank helps provide lunches to students who can’t afford them.

“Families are hurting right now because of the economy and having the lunch prices go up, I’m sure, will have an impact on a lot of families,” Kincade said.

She says the Food Bank currently provides lunches for about 86-hundred children each week.  Prices will be two dollars and 50 cents at secondary schools and two dollars and 25 cents at elementary schools. Both breakfast and adult lunches will stay at their current prices: one dollar, 35 cents and three dollars respectively.