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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.

Exam: JCPS uses student-led conferences, CPS superintendent finalists discuss at-risk students

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Published March 11, 2014 at 8:24 AM CDT

First, KBIA's Hope Kirwan takes us to a classroom in Jefferson City for a new kind of parent-teacher conference—these are led by the students. The classic parent-teacher conference is a good way to evaluate a student’s progress, but 4th graders at Jefferson City’s South Elementary get to take the lead and tell their parents what they've learned.

The Columbia Public School District is looking for a new superintendent, and now, the search has been narrowed down to two finalists. Dr. Dred Scott and Dr. Peter Stiepleman are the two remaining candidates for the post of Columbia Public Schools superintendent. They're preparing for a public Q&A session Tuesday, where Columbia residents can meet the candidates between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. at 1818 Worley Street.

KBIA’s Jack Howard spoke with Scott, the deputy superintendent for the Independence School District, and Stiepleman, the CPS assistant superintendent of elementary education. Both finalists discussed how they would make engaging with Columbia's at-risk students a priority.