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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.

Two Columbia schools jointly seeking $50,000 grand prize

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Columbia’s Ridgeway Elementary and Battle High schools have jointly applied to a national voting competition for a grant to help fund ongoing educational programs. The Clorox Power a Bright Future grant program is granting a 50-thousand-dollar grand-prize to the school that receives the most votes on its website.

Principle Ben Tilley says Ridgeway Elementary School is looking to use the grant to purchase materials for a possible summer program: “The idea would be the materials that we purchased be used throughout the school year," he says. "We would love to purchase some additional computers for our building, some foreign language material, some drama materials. We would like to garden with kids.”

Tilley says Ridgeway Elementary is currently ranked 26 out of nearly 400 schools. Adults and children 13 and older can visit www.PowerABrightFuture.com to vote. Voting ends December 19th.

Janet Saidi is a producer and professor at KBIA and the Missouri School of Journalism.
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