City of Columbia looking to Mobile for help with school strategy
City of Columbia leaders are getting involved to help five schools that aren't making the grade.

Columbia City Council is taking its act on the road. Their meeting is Wednesday afternoon at CA Johnson Preparatory Academy. The aging facility is one of five Richland District One schools singled out by the state for failing to meet academic standards.

It's an appropriate backdrop as the council plans more travel. City leaders are considering a trip to Mobile, Alabama, to get a first-hand look at a school reform effort known as "Together We Can."

It's a strategy designed to mobilize Mobile - in fact, all of Mobile County - for better schools. The approach brings in government, business, civic and faith organizations.