Columbia Public Schools' elementary counselors are hosting forums this month to allow parents to preview sexual abuse prevention materials that will be shown to children this school year. The viewings, for parents only, will be held at 6:30 p.m.

By JANESE HEAVIN A committee of Columbia Public Schools employees and community members has a hefty assignment this school year: determine which groups of students will attend which secondary schools in the future.

By Janese Heavin, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo. Jun. 5--More than nine months ago, a 5-year-old Nathan Stephens Jr. clung silently to his father's legs -- head down with a puffed-out bottom lip -- as he waited for the first day of kindergarten to start.

By JANESE HEAVIN The number of Hickman and Rock Bridge graduates taking remedial coursework in Missouri's public colleges has dropped this school year, according to the Missouri Department of Higher Education.

By JANESE HEAVIN Columbia Public Schools administrators surprised seven district educators yesterday when they showed up at their respective schools to name them this year's Columbia Fund for Academic Excellence honorees.