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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.

Improving science and math education

Watch the show and join the conversation on theIntersection website.

As educators across the country work toward increasing overall student performance, we'll find out what's being done in our own community to engage young people in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).

Panelists:

TROY HOGG, Principal, Thomas Hart Benton Elementary
TROY SADLER, Director, MU Science Education Center
CRAIG ADAMS, Practical Arts Coordinator, Columbia Public Schools

Rehman Tungekar is a former producer for KBIA, who left at the beginning of 2014.