Columbia School Board, ROE at odds

The Columbia School Board discussed a number of issues at its January meeting on Thursday, many of them charged. 

The Republic-Times has already reported on most of those topics, but a new one that came up was the district’s health/life safety survey. 

The survey is one school districts are required to complete every 10 years for their buildings to identify any potential Health/Life Safety Code violations and how to remedy them. 

There are three types of items listed on the report that is part of the survey: urgent needs that must be completed within one year because they pose an immediate threat to safety; required needs that are necessary for a safe environment but do not present as much of an immediate safety threat and must be completed within five years; and recommended items that do not pose an immediate threat.

In the Columbia school district, Superintendent Gina Segobiano said they only list urgent needs on the report…>>>


Read more in the January 23, 2019, issue.

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James Moss

James is an alumni of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville where he graduated summa cum laude with degrees in mass communications and applied communications studies. While in school, he interned at two newspapers and worked at a local grocery store to pay for his education. When not working for the Republic-Times, he enjoys watching movies, reading, playing video games and spending time with his friends.
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