ANNUAL REPORT is published by the Columbia Public School District as a public service to the parents of school-age children and district residents. The Columbia Public School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, or use of leave protected by the Family and Medical Leave Act, in its programs, activities, or with regard to employment. The Columbia Board of Education is an equal opportunity employer. Inquiries regarding ’ compliance with IDEA and Section 504 regulations should contact Special Services at 1818 W. Worley Street, Columbia, MO 65203.

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ECRWSS POSTAL CUSTOMER 2019-2020 REPORT ANNUAL A MESSAGE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THE DISTRICT

In Columbia Public Schools, we believe in providing all of our Columbia Public Schools is the fifth largest school percent attend a college, university or children with an excellent education. By preparing our children for district in . It includes 21 elementary post-secondary program. Student an ever-changing, unpredictable world, we believe it will take us schools, seven middle schools, four high schools and performance on the ACT and SAT exams the Columbia Area Career Center, as well as an early exceed state and national averages. In 2019, one step closer toward realizing our vision to be the best school childhood education program, with an enrollment of 91 percent of graduates took the ACT. district in Missouri. Never before has our world been more 19,052 students. Additionally, of the 1,337 students taking ever-changing or unpredictable than now. Global pandemics will advanced placement courses, more than 80 have an impact on a community and its schools. In our district, we The school district is accredited by the Missouri percent earned college credit. frame our vision, mission, purpose and goals around providing our Department of Elementary and Secondary students with access. This means: Education, citing such educational advantages as: Our district’s teachers represent the primary reason Columbia’s schools and students are so successful. More than 72 percent of teachers Access to a great curriculum; Comprehensive curriculum and services hold a master’s degree or higher and average Access to skilled teachers; and a nurturing environment; at all grade levels, preschool and adult 12.5 years of professional experience. Access to technology; Access to experiences beyond the core curriculum; Exceptional programs for at-risk students The community understands the importance and students with special needs Access to interest-based activities before and after school. of maintaining a high-quality educational Dr. Peter Stiepleman program. Most recently, bond issues were passed in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, We communicate the issue of access for our district with three Extensive depth and breadth in middle school and high school course offerings 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020. letters. Three vowels, actually, because like vowels, these three A tax levy increase received voter approval in words serve as a building block-they represent the WHY for 1999, 2003, 2012 and 2016. Award-winning career education everything we do. programs designed for all students Columbia Public Schools is also ranked as a top ACHIEVEMENT 10 district for exemplary and innovative use of ENRICHMENT Successful community partnerships technology by the National School Boards AEO OPPORTUNITY and volunteer programs Association and ranked in the top 10 percent of school districts nationwide by Niche.com.

AEO is a belief system that is more important today than ever Significant emphasis on staff development and school improvement efforts before. We want all of our children to be able to access an excellent education. I’m committed to that. And to accomplishing The district’s focus, success while living our core values of trust, integrity, Columbia’s students excel in the classroom and in from preschool to transparency, collaboration, empathy and grace. their post-secondary education careers. Nearly 85-90 percent of Columbia students extend their adult career education, education beyond high school. Seventy-eight is excellence. We have outstanding schools, students, teachers, and staff in our school district. Our continued efforts toward excellence would not be possible without the support of our community. We continue to be grateful for what the citizens of Columbia and Boone County do to help continue to make our schools the best. PRESIDENT MEMBERS Chris Horn Sincerely, Helen Wade BOARD OF Teresa Maledy Dr. Peter Stiepleman EDUCATION VICE PRESIDENT David Seamon Superintendent Susan Blackburn Dr. Della Streaty-Wilhoit Columbia Public Schools Blake Willoughby

ENROLLMENT, STAFF and FACULTY FACTS 16 students to classroom teachers 41.09% Free or Reduced-Price students to administrators Lunch 236 19,052 th 7.0% STUDENTS 5 Largest English Language School Learners PK – 12 District 13:1 9.8% in Missouri student to teacher ratio Special Education 48.1% 51.9%

5.2% 0.5% Asian American Indian/Alaska Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 6.7% 42 1,205 Hispanic BUILDINGS (FTE)

8.7% Student Support secretaries Multi-Race 116 aides (FTE) food service guidance Administration security 1,420 parent educators (FTE) principals nurses assistant principals transportation Teachers directors 2,879 custodians (TOTAL) supervisors classroom teachers technology 20% 58.9% coordinators special services permenant subs central office instructional coaches Employees AVID tutors Black White STUDENT ACHEIVEMENT

Percent of students with at least ACT COMPOSITE SCORES 90% attendance

82.5% 89.8% Attendence Rate CPS 21.4 In 2019, 91 percent of Columbia Public Schools 1,903 National graduates took the ACT 89.0% AP EXAMS 20.7 compared to 76.69 percent of Missouri Graduation Rate WERE TAKEN graduates. Missouri 20.6

AIMSWEB READING 1,337 & MATH RESULTS 55.5% 54.4% Kindergarten AP STUDENTS Percent of students Literacy ENROLLED scoring above the 40th percentile.

GRADUATE FOLLOW-UP All students graduate collect-, career- and life-ready. 62.7% 64.9% 81.1% 78% of the district’s students attend college Kindergarten Reading 22.2% or a post-secondary program Numeracy 3rd Grade EARNED A 3 OR HIGHER

10.4% 10.2% 1.6% 1.2%

4-Year 2-Year Employed Military Post-Secondary Other 67.9% 64.0% College College Training Math Reading Program 2nd-10th grades 2nd-10th grades FINANCES 2019 – 2020 2019-2020 PROJECTED Expenditures by Fund Comparision BUDGETED ACTUAL

General $86,958,948 $79,166,372 1% Special Revenue (teachers) $146,756,094 $144,570,360 Intermediate 1% Debt Service $24,487,338 $26,413,868 5% 4% 1% Other Intermediate Capital Projects $55,143,147 $34,951,183 Federal Federal Other $16,637,174 $16,348,697 16% $329,982,701 $301,450,480 Bonds TOTAL OPERATING Sold REVENUES 31% REVENUES 2019-2020 2019-2020 State 64% Columbia Public Schools maintains a 22% balanced budget, guided by a 9% 55% Local long-range financial plan and planning State Debt Local parameters focused on Achievement, Service Enrichment and Opportunity. 12%

Total expenditures by object show Capital how CPS actually spends the dollars Outlay 2019-2020 budgeted. Salaries and benefits PROJECTED Revenue Projected Actual TOTAL OPERATING account for nearly 62 percent of total EXPENDITURES expenditures and 80 percent of 16% 2019-2020 Property Taxes $155,541,852 $128,222,546 operating expenditures. Benefits Sales Taxes $17,710,260 $17,710,260 The increase in salaries and benefits for 46% Foundation Formula $64,190,199 $64,107,501 2018-2019 can be attributed to 17% improved compensation for employees Salaries Other - State $9,560,655 $9,033,249 Supplies/ and continued 100 percent fully-funded Service Federal $17,869,244 $10,563,943 benefits for all full-time staff. Sale of Bonds $54,410,000 - Other $19,754,877 $6,095,916 2019-2020 PROJECTED $339,037,087 $235,733,415 Expenditures by Object BUDGETED ACTUAL

Salaries $142,568,171 $137,928,750 $2.6187 $12,326 BILLION $11,921 Services/ Supplies/ Capital Outlay $113,719,756 $86,917,320 Adjusted TAX RATE of the District 2019 Employee Benefits $47,675,169 $48,012,319

Final Average Projected Incidental/General $2.0111 Debt Service/ Lease Purchase $24,487,338 $26,413,868 TOTAL TAX RATE assessed per pupil per pupil Teachers $3.0158 $6.0988 per Other Financing Uses $1,532,267 $2,178,224 valuation of expenses expenses $100 of assessed Debt Service $0.9719 the district 2018-2019 2019-2020 valuation Capital Projects $0.10000 $329,982,701 $301,450,480 HIGHLIGHTS DISTRICT ACHIEVEMENTS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

DISTRICT RECOGNIZED FOR BUDGETING EXCELLENCE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CHAMPIONS Columbia Public Schools has been recognized by The Association of FFA Missouri Veterinary Science Career Development Event: Mattie DaHaven () won School Business Officials International with the Meritorious Budget firstplace and Gentry Duncan () won second place. They are joined by fellow Award for the 2019–2020 budget year. The award promotes and team members Emily Zimmerschied (Columbia Area Career Center) who placed in recognizes the best budget presentation practices in school districts. fifth, and Kaya MacLeod (Rock Bridge High School) who placed in twelfth. The district was also awarded the certificate of excellence in financial DECA State reporting for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). Competition 72 students NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TEACHERS qualified Oakland Middle School Teacher Melissa Fike was honored with the Milken Educator Award for her exceptional 6 teaching. Alex Soper, Hickman High School physics teacher, received the Physics Teacher Education Coalition National Teacher of the Year Award. CPS has 11 educators who hold national board certification. Merit NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS Finalists NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR EQUITY AND INCLUSION WORK Jacob Galen Coberly, Rock Bridge High School In 2019, Columbia Public Schools was awarded the Magna Award for Equity Programs for its work with the Caleb Foster, Outstanding Boone County Schools Mental Health Coalition. The district earned first place recognition among Mary K. Grossmann, Rock Bridge High School Delegate Award medium-sized school districts from across the country. The Magna Awards, sponsored by the National Model United Nations Crystal H. Odor, Rock Bridge High School School Boards Association and the American School Board Journal, recognizes school districts for their efforts Amira McKee Fletcher S. Orr, Hickman High School Rock Bridge High to remove barriers to achievement for vulnerable or underserved children based on race, ethnicity, gender, School Inessa E. Verbitsky, Rock Bridge High School special needs, geography or socioeconomic status. 2020 VALEDICTORIANS ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES ACHIEVEMENTS

ROCK BRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOL Rock Bridge High School Girls’ Swimming 400 Freestyle Olivia Anderson Maelyn Andreasen Relay Team won the MSHSAA Class 2 Swimming State Ansley Barnes Aya Bellaoui Championship. Team members: Elise Henderson, Kate Bushnell Daniela Calle Olivia Henderson, Ansley Barnes and Mara Manion Will Cover Yin-Tzu Chen Grace Dyer Nevin Dubinski James Glaser A.J. Huskey (Battle High School) won the MSHSAA Class Ty Leroux Chengrui Hou 1 Individual 100-Yard Fly Swimming State Championship. Madeline Schrader Benjamin Kimchi Nicholas Sheaffer Will Linder Oakley Lorson (Rock Bridge High School) won the Audrey Mueller MSHSAA Class 2 Individual 200 Freestyle Swimming Greta Scheidt State Championship. Rock Bridge High School Girls’ Bailey Stover HICKMAN HIGH SCHOOL Basketball Team went to its Marin Tucker first Final Four appearance Carolyn Ford (Rock Bridge High School) won the MSHSAA Toan Vu Sierra Calfee since 2017. Team members: Class 4 Individual Cross Country State Championship. Naomi Garson Kate Linnemeyer, Kyrah Brodie, Hannah Larson Averi Kroenke, Mary Primus, Seven CPS students were selected for the inaugural Kristina Sidorova Sanaa’ St Andre, Caitlin Hayes, Missouri All-State Children’s Choir. Students are: Carmen Grace Spell Eryn Puett, Samantha Mackley Atkins, Mihir Bhalla, Zane Bragg, Parker Horvatich, Manager: Megan Henry Isabel Trindade Natalie Huggler, Calla Shade and Keegan Shaw. BOND PROJECTS THROUGH THE YEARS DISTRICT STATS & FACTS

GROWTH SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS

In a growing community like Columbia, it’s imperative to have public support to fund projects and Middle school athletic equity improvements at Oakland, Smithton and Gentry improvements. Columbians consistently rise to the challenge, voting for bonds and levy increases so our children can have the best educational experiences possible. From the gradual elimination of trailers to Locust Street Elementary School addition/renovation the construction of new schools, Columbia Public Schools is committed to having high-quality facilities Oakland Middle School renovations and learning environments. Midway Heights School remodel

Douglass High Safety and security improvements across the district School Renovation

Shepard Boulevard Elementary School Center for Early Addition Learning – North

Locust Street Alpha Hart Lewis Battle Elementary Rock Bridge High Expressive Arts Elementary School School School Stadium Addition and Renovation 3,540,702 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING SPACE 2010 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Battle High School West Boulevard Cedar Ridge Elementary School Elementary School Addition 2,119,241 square feet of roofs Two High School Gym Additions Breaking Ground on Rock Bridge New Middle School Beulah Ralph Elementary Elementary School School Addition 799 acres maintained Grant Elementary Planning School Addition

John Warner Middle School Opens 173 NUMBER OF TRAILERS 123 By 2021, there will be less 65 than 20 trailers in Columbia Public <20 Schools.

2006-07 2013-14 2017-18 2021-22 HICKMAN HIGH SCHOOL Sierra Calfee Naomi Garson Hannah Larson Kristina Sidorova Grace Spell Isabel Trindade

SCHOOL DIRECTORY

Alpha Hart Lewis Fairview Paxton Keeley Gentry Battle The Early Childhood Elementary School Elementary School Elementary School Middle School High School Discovery Center 5801 Arbor Pointe Pkwy. 909 Fairview Rd. 201 Park DeVille Dr. 4200 Bethel St. 7575 E. St. Charles Rd. 901 Rain Forest Pkwy. Columbia, MO 65202 Columbia, MO 65203 Columbia, MO 65201 Columbia, MO 65203 Columbia, MO 65202 Columbia, MO 65202 573-214-3200 573-214-3590 573-214-3570 573-214-3240 573-214-3300 573-214-3430 cpsk12.org/ahl cpsk12.org/fve cpsk12.org/kee cpsk12.org/gms cpsk12.org/bhs cpsk12.org

Benton STEM Grant Ridgeway Je erson Douglass Park Avenue Elementary School Elementary School Elementary School Elementary School Middle School High School Headstart Preschool 1410 Hinkson Ave. 10 E. Broadway 107 E. Sexton Rd. 713 Rogers St. 301 N. Providence Rd. 403 Park Ave. Columbia, MO 65201 Columbia, MO 65203 Columbia, MO 65203 Columbia, MO 65201 Columbia, MO 65203 Columbia, MO 65201 573-214-3610 573-214-3520 573-214-3550 573-214-3210 573-214-3680 573-449-1575 cpsk12.org/bee cpsk12.org/gre cpsk12.org/rwe cpsk12.org/jms cpsk12.org/dhs

Beulah Ralph Locust Street Expressive Rock Bridge John Warner Hickman A.C.E. (Alternative Elementary School Arts Elementary School Elementary School Middle School High School Continuing Education) 5801 S. Highway KK 1208 Locust St. 5151 S. Highway 163 5550 Sinclair Rd. 1104 N. Providence Rd. 1200 N. 7th St. Columbia, MO 65203 Columbia, MO 65201 Columbia, MO 65203 Columbia, MO 65203 Columbia, MO 65203 Columbia, MO 65201 573-214-3840 573-214-3530 573-214-3290 573-214-3890 573-214-3000 573-825-7769 cpsk12.org/beu cpsk12.org/lse cpsk12.org/rbe cpsk12.org/jwms cpsk12.org/hhs

Blue Ridge Midway Heights Russell Boulevard Lange Rock Bridge Roseta Avenue Elementary School Elementary School Elementary School Middle School High School Learning Center 3700 Woodland Dr. 8130 W. Highway 40 1800 W. Rollins Rd. 2201 Smiley Ln. 4303 S. Providence Rd. 1100 Roseta Ave. Columbia, MO 65202 Columbia, MO 65202 Columbia, MO 65203 Columbia, MO 65202 Columbia, MO 65203 Columbia, MO 65201 573-214-3580 573-214-3540 573-214-3650 573-214-3250 573-214-3100 573-214-3510 cpsk12.org/bre cpsk12.org/mwe cpsk12.org/rue cpsk12.org/lms cpsk12.org/rbhs

Cedar Ridge Mill Creek Shepard Boulevard Oakland Center for Center of Responsive Elementary School Elementary School Elementary School Middle School Gifted Education Education (CORE) 2345 Howell Mountain Dr. 2200 W. Nifong Blvd. 2616 Shepard Blvd. 3405 Oakland Pl. 1010 Rangeline St. 4600 Bethel St. Columbia, MO 65201 Columbia, MO 65203 Columbia, MO 65201 Columbia, MO 65202 Columbia, MO 65201 Columbia, MO 65203 573-214-3880 573-214-3280 573-214-3660 573-214-3220 573-214-3750 573-214-3740 cpsk12.org/cre cpsk12.org/mce cpsk12.org/she cpsk12.org/oms cpsk12.org/eee cpsk12.org/core

Derby Ridge New Haven Two Mile Prairie Smithton Columbia Area Elementary School Elementary School Elementary School Middle School Career Center 4400 Derby Ridge Dr. 3301 New Haven Rd. 5450 N. Route Z 3600 W. Worley St. 4203 S. Providence Rd. Columbia, MO 65202 Columbia, MO 65201 Columbia, MO 65202 Columbia, MO 65203 Columbia, MO 65203 573-214-3270 573-214-3640 573-214-3560 573-214-3260 573-214-3800 cpsk12.org/dre cpsk12.org/nhe cpsk12.org/tmp cpsk12.org/sms career-center.org

Eliot Battle Parkade West Boulevard West Center for Early EARLY LEARNING EARLYCOLUMBIA LEARNING PUBLIC SCHOOLS Elementary School Elementary School Elementary School Middle School Learning - North 2600 Battle Ave. 111 Parkade Blvd. 319 West Boulevard N. 401 Clinkscales Rd. 2191 Smiley Ln. Columbia, MO 65202 Columbia, MO 65202 Columbia, MO 65203 Columbia, MO 65203 Columbia, MO 65202 573-214-3790 573-214-3630 573-214-3670 573-214-3230 573-214-3950 cpsk12.org/bes cpsk12.org/pke cpsk12.org/wbe cpsk12.org/wms cpsk12.org