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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.

Missouri House grants school district the choice to advertise on school buses

KBIA | By Lucas Geisler

Published April 5, 2012 at 5:18 PM CDT

The Missouri House of Representatives passed a new bill today (Thursday) granting school districts the choice to put advertisements inside and outside their school buses. House Bill 1273 would help generate revenue for schools that allow advertising on their buses.

Half of that revenue would go to the district’s transportation budget, which saw state-wide cuts earlier this year. Bill sponsor Mike Kelley believes it’s important to give the schools the decision on running the ads. “This is something that I feel should have been their decision to start with. This is not about, you know, pushing things on children. This is about giving another revenue stream to schools in a time where we’re having a lot of economic crunch,” Kelley said.

Kelley says no tobacco, alcohol, or political ads may be placed on the buses.