Emily Smith knew Columbia Public School District's online structure would not work for her youngest son.
So she enrolled the fifth grader in Christian Fellowship School, a private school in Columbia. Smith allowed her eighth-grade son to attend Gentry Middle School virtually, hoping the district would decide to return middle schoolers to in-person classes.
When the Columbia Board of Education voted Nov. 9 to delay the return of in-person classes for middle and high school students until Jan. 19, Smith initiated transfer paperwork for her older son.
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