Art Council goes ‘outside the walls’ during pandemic
Over the summer, after Kalyn Fuller agreed to be the art teacher for all 1,600 elementary students at Columbus Municipal School District for the upcoming school year, she told her husband she was concerned about how the students would obtain art supplies — or school supplies in general.
Monday Profile: Summerville, ‘dedicated staff’ keep on top of school cleaning through storms and pandemics
When Susie Summerville first started as head of Columbus Municipal School District’s custodial services, she found a picture of herself in the hallway of what was then Lee Middle School.
CMSD bus drivers who walked off job Monday terminated
Columbus Municipal School District fired 21 bus drivers who walked off the job Monday over what the drivers said was an abrupt reduction of their hours.
CMSD budget will not require tax increase
Columbus Municipal School District’s Board of Trustees approved a budget for Fiscal Year 2020-21 of just more than $48 million at a special-call meeting last week.
Local architect Major Andrews thought in-kind services would earn him no-bid contract for Hunt
For the past six months, architect Major Andrews has worked with the Columbus Municipal School District planning improvements at the Hunt campus, giving him the impression he would continue those services after a Feb. 23 tornado badly damaged the building on 20th Street North.
No injuries reported in Thursday bus fender bender
No one was injured during a minor collision between a Coleman Head Start Center bus and a Columbus Municipal School District bus Thursday afternoon in east Columbus.
CMSD upholds Craig Shannon’s termination
The Columbus Municipal School District board unanimously upheld the termination of former deputy superintendent Craig Shannon on Tuesday night.
CMSD second-graders will use robots to learn coding basics
Robots will roam second-grade classrooms at Columbus Municipal School District later this month.
Second grade students at CMSD will learn how to code and program two types of robots with the help of mentors from the Golden Triangle Coding Academy Nov. 26-30.
LCSD petitions city schools to allow choice for Palmer Home
Palmer Home for Children is petitioning for the foster children in its care to have the option to attend Lowndes County public schools.
A Dispatch Special Report: With Hickman’s tenure coming to an end, stakeholders look at what went wrong with CMSD
In 2003, Lori Pierce and her family moved to Columbus from Savannah, Georgia. Despite warnings from some of her new neighbors, she enrolled her son in the Columbus Municipal School District.
Student unharmed after bus wreck
One man is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle with unknown injuries after the car he was driving rear-ended a Columbus Municipal School District school bus Monday morning.
Legality of proposed budget committee questioned
A Columbus Municipal School District board member’s effort to establish a paid citizen advisory committee to help with the school budgeting process hit a snag on Monday.
CMSD introduces after school program
The Columbus Municipal School District has created a free after school program for students.
CMSD partners with CPD for toy drive
The Columbus Municipal School District is partnering with the Columbus Police Department to bring toys to local children this Christmas.
Hickman begins his first day as Columbus schools superintendent
Today may be Dr. Philip Hickman’s first day as superintendent of the Columbus Municipal School District, but he feels like he has been preparing for the role his entire career.
Fourth teen arrested for making bomb threat
A fourth teenager has been arrested for making bomb threats.
Columbus schools see increase in drug-related incidents
Drug incidents are up on five of nine city school campuses, including an elementary school, according to statistics recently released by the Columbus Municipal School District.
Columbus schools to open elementary lottery
The annual elementary lottery for the Columbus Municipal School District will open next month.
Fired CFO files claim against Columbus school district
Kenneth Hughes filed a tort claim alleging that he was wrongfully fired on May 12 by former superintendent Dr. Martha Liddell for “his having reported illegal activity which negatively affected school district finances for Columbus Municipal School District.”
Columbus schools return $75K grant
The Columbus Municipal School board on Monday voted unanimously to return a $75,000 grant and officially end Project 2020.
The money will return to the Wal-Mart Foundation.