Joplin School board approves MOSO CAPS

Students from Joplin will have more opportunities for dual enrollment with the approval of MOSO CAPS by the Joplin Board of Education.

The measure, first introduced in late 2021, had previously been turned down by the Board two times.

Last week, the Board gave its approval to a Memorandum of Understanding that will fill a minimum quota of 12 students.

That number has dropped from nearly 60 students and, later, 36 in earlier versions of the agreement which the Joplin Board failed to approve.

The cost for the Joplin School District will be almost $2,500 a year for each student involved. The total cost will be $30,000 for the year.

That’s down from $147,382 from original dollar figure, which was presented as a fee that had to be paid whether or not all the seats were filled.

The CAPS, or Center for Advanced Professional Studies, is a national model used for collaboration among local school districts, higher education, and others in  industry.

The program offers high school students, mainly juniors and seniors, the chance to see life on a college campus while working toward a goal of getting into local industry.