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Columbia School Board OKs tax levy
The Columbia School Board approved its 2019 tax levy, which is payable next year, at its meeting Thursday night. The district is seeking to levy approximately 4.2 percent more than…
Read MoreSegobiano bids Columbia farewell
For 27 consecutive years, Columbia Superintendent of Schools Gina Segobiano has attended monthly school board meetings. She has ran 200 of those as superintendent. Last Wednesday marked the last time…
Read MoreColumbia School Board OKs budget
The Columbia School Board approved the school district’s 2019-20 budget at Thursday’s board meeting. The budget shows the district having $22,945,154 in revenue and $23,182,494 in expenditures. Although the budget…
Read MoreNew trail OK’d in Columbia
The Columbia Department of Public Works has another project to add to its already busy schedule. The city recently received a Transportation Alternatives Program grant, a federally-funded program designed to…
Read MoreColumbia begins superintendent search
The Columbia School Board hired the Illinois Association of School Boards to assist in a search for its next superintendent, with one caveat. This marked the first tangible step the…
Read MoreNew asst. principal, SRO in Columbia
The Columbia school district will have two high-profile new faces after Thursday’s school board meeting. The board hired a new assistant principal for Columbia High School and met the district’s…
Read MoreColumbia School Board talks turf
Columbia Superintendent Gina Segobiano told the Columbia School Board at last Tuesday’s April meeting that the district is in the early stages of replacing the turf at its multi-purpose field. …
Read MoreColumbia election results are in
After two weeks of anticipation, the final results for the April 2 municipal elections came in, with all candidates who were leading on election day officially winning. There were 211…
Read MoreElection wait continues
Eighty-two of the 211 absentee ballots in last week’s consolidated election have arrived at the Monroe County Clerk’s Office. Most of those are valid, but Monroe County Clerk Jonathan McLean…
Read MoreColumbia Chamber hosts candidate forum
The Columbia Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum Tuesday night for those seeking election to the Columbia City Council and Columbia School Board on April 2. At the event,…
Read MoreColumbia hears from teachers, parents
Dozens of community members attended Thursday’s Columbia School Board meeting, a dozen of whom addressed the board. Most of those 12 expressed support and gratitude toward the school district and…
Read MoreColumbia 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…
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