
August 12, 2025
Registration for the CPS Foundation annual Discoverer Dash event is now open. This year's event will be held on Friday, August 29th prior to the CHS vs Norfolk home football game...

August 11, 2025
Mark your calendars for these dates that you won't want to miss! August 14, 2025 Open House from 5:30-6:30pm August 18, 2025 First Day of PreK (AM session 7:45am-11:45am & PM s...

May 27, 2025
The Columbus Public Schools summer food services program will begin on June 2, 2025 and end on July 25, 2025. This program will take place from 11:30 am until 1:00 pm monday thro...

May 8, 2025
Columbus Public Schools would like to thank families for their continued patience and understanding as we transition to the MySchoolBucks system for school meal payments. We know ...

April 30, 2025
CPS Parents and Guardians, On May 6, 2025 Columbus Public Schools will be making the transition from EduTrack to MySchoolBucks for student lunch accounts. All current funds at t...

April 25, 2025
I am Miranda Mason. I went to college at Peru State College. This is my 9th year teaching. I taught first grade for 6 years and second grade for 2 years. This is my first year...

April 22, 2025
Over the past month Dr. Kay, Superintendent of Columbus Public Schools has been hosting community meetings to discuss the growth of CPS and the community of Columbus. We would lov...

April 2, 2025
Hello! I’m Rachel Maher, and I'm happily married to my wonderful husband, Tom. Our lovely family fills our lives with joy—our oldest son, Jon, is 21 and married to Emaliea, blessi...

March 27, 2025
Growth is inevitable. Over the last 8 months there has been a lot of work gathering information about community growth, working with the City of Columbus, meeting with develope...
March 19, 2025
Columbus Public Schools will have a two-hour late start with regular dismissal on Thursday 3.20.25 Elementary 10:00 am CMS 10:00 am CHS 10:10 am PM Preschool will begin at the reg...

March 18, 2025
CPS Families: There will be NO School tomorrow, 3/19/25 due to the forecasted blizzard conditions. Scheduled events for tonight 3/18/25 may continue as scheduled.

February 28, 2025
My name is Katie Robertson. I’m a mom of two, Clara (8) and Colton (5), and a wife of one, Mike (37). I graduated with my Bachelor’s (2011) and Master’s (2015) from Peru State Col...

February 19, 2025
CPS will be GREEN (starting on time, regular day) tomorrow, 2/19/25. There will be no after school program, no high school parent-teacher conferences and no activities after 5:00...

February 18, 2025
Columbus Public Schools will be closed on Tuesday, 2/18/25 due to weather. CPS staff please check your email for a message from Dr. Kay. Update as of 2/18/25 at 12:35pm. All CPS ...

February 12, 2025
On Thursday, February 13, 202, Columbus Public Schools will be back to Green Status and normal school operations will take place.

February 12, 2025
NO School for Columbus Public School PK-12 students on Wednesday, February 12th. Click here for more on our cancellation procedures.

February 11, 2025
Currently CPS is in Blue and we are watching the upcoming weather. Be sure to be watching for important information due to upcoming weather conditions. Currently all offices wil...
February 6, 2025
As of 2:50pm all CPS buildings are back to normal and the SECURE status has been lifted. Law enforcement has advised that the suspect has been apprehended.

February 6, 2025
At 8:57 am on February 6, 2025 Superintendent Dr. Chip Kay was notified by the Columbus Police Department of an active investigation and search into a suspect related to a possibl...

February 6, 2025
Modified secure means in/out of CPS buildings is supervised by Administration or designated building staff through one entrance, all other aspects of SECURE continue.