Columbia Public Schools will no longer use AMI days
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Columbia Public Schools will no longer use alternative methods of instruction, the district wrote in an email to families on Friday night.
The email – provided to ABC 17 News by a district spokesperson and Board President John Lyman – says that the district will not need to use AMI days for inclement weather. The district calendar for the current school year and the 2026-27 school year will be updated. The school board will also discuss this during its Monday meeting.
The district last school year used all of its available AMI days during snow storms that required more than a week of class to not be in session. The district decided to make the adjustments after legislative changes occurred at the end of August, the email to parents states.
The email also says CPS’ calendar already includes the required 36 hours necessary to account for snow days or other inclement weather and that the district “exceeds both the minimum 169 instructional days and the 1,044 instructional hours plus 36 makeup hours (1,104 hours total).”
That means additional inclement weather days are needed and traditional snow days would be used, otherwise.
“Students have a traditional snow day, with optional choice boards available for those that are interested. It will be a workday for all CPS staff,” a presentation on the school board’s Monday meeting agenda says.
Slides from this upcoming Monday’s presentation can be viewed below: