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  "path": "/2026/04/14/missouri-education-board-approves-first-charter-school-in-columbia-over-local-opposition/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-14T21:36:03.000Z",
  "site": "https://missouriindependent.com",
  "tags": [
    "Education",
    "Government + Politics",
    "Legislature",
    "Brooks Miller",
    "Caleb Rowden",
    "charter schools",
    "Columbia Public Schools",
    "Department of Elementary and Secondary Education",
    "DESE",
    "education",
    "Frontier Schools",
    "K-12",
    "Karla Eslinger",
    "Kerry Casey",
    "Missouri Charter Public School Commission",
    "Pamela Westbrooks-Hodge",
    "State Board of Education"
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  "textContent": "The Missouri State Board of Education approved Frontier STEM Academy’s charter school application Tuesday, with one board member decrying the addition of charter schools in Columbia as “problematic.” The vote, which was opposed by Columbia Public Schools, opens the door for the first charter school in Missouri outside of the St. Louis and Kansas City […]",
  "title": "Missouri education board approves first charter school in Columbia over local opposition"
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