Frontier Schools will open Columbia’s first charter school, Frontier STEM Academy, in fall 2027. The STEM-based school, approved by the Missouri Board of Education in April, will serve preschool to second grade (adding one grade each year) while Columbia Public Schools pursues a legal challenge over the law.
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Abdul-Kala Abdullah became the new president and CEO of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce on July 1 (bringing 20 years of community work experience) after serving as City Manager in Berkeley and Executive Director in St. Louis.
After severe storms over July 4-5, over 2,000 mid-Missourians remain without power, according to the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives' outage map. Counties (including Boone and Osage) are among those most affected.
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