Several school districts in the Kansas City metro cancel class for Wednesday. See the list
Several school districts in the Kansas City metro have extended their closures and virtual days into Wednesday, after a blizzard swept through the area over the weekend. Many are sighting unsafe parking lots and roads, as snow plows continue to work clearing roads.
A record amount of snowfall blanketed the KC on Saturday and Sunday, adding up to 11 inches at the Kansas City International Airport.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol received 727 calls for service between 2 p.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Monday in their Troop A region, made up of 13 counties surrounding the Kansas City area. There were 478 stranded motorists and 160 crashes, including six injuries and one death.
Below is the working list of schools that have canceled class:
- Académie Lafayette canceled class Wednesday
- Archie R-5 School District will have a virtual day Wednesday
- Atchison County USD 377 canceled class Wednesday
- Belton ISD 124 will have a virtual day Wednesday
- Blue Springs School District will have a virtual day Wednesday
- Blue Valley Schools canceled class Wednesday
- Bonner Springs-Edwardsville USD 204 canceled class Wednesday
- Center 58 Schools canceled class Wednesday
- Clay-Platte Montessori School canceled class Wednesday
- Cristo Rey Kansas City will have a virtual day Wednesday
- DeSoto USD 232 canceled class Wednesday
Fort Leavenworth USD 207 canceled class Wednesday
- Gardner Edgerton USD 231 canceled class Wednesday
- Grain Valley R-5 will have a virtual day Wednesday
- Grandview C-4 School District canceled class Wednesday
- Harrisonville-Cass R-9 will have a virtual day Wednesday
- Hickman Mills C-1 School District will have a virtual day Wednesday
- Holden R-3 canceled class Wednesday
- Independence School District canceled class Wednesday
- Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools canceled class Wednesday
- Kansas City, Missouri Public Schools will have a virtual day Wednesday
- Kauffman School canceled class Wednesday
- Kearney School District will have a virtual day Wednesday
- Lawrence USD 497 canceled class Wednesday
- Leavenworth USD 453 canceled class Wednesday
Lee’s Summit R-7 will have a virtual day Wednesday
Liberty Public Schools will have a virtual day Wednesday
- North Kansas City schools will have a virtual day Wednesday
- Olathe Public Schools canceled class Wednesday
Park Hill School District will have a virtual day Wednesday
Pembroke Hill School canceled class Wednesday
Piper USD 203 canceled class Wednesday
Platte County R-3 will have a virtual day Wednesday
Pleasant Hill R-3 will have a virtual day Wednesday
Raymore-Peculiar R-2 will have a virtual day Wednesday
Raytown C-2 School District canceled class Wednesday
Shawnee Mission School District canceled class Wednesday
Smithville R-2 will have a virtual day Wednesday
- Tonganoxie USD 464 canceled class Wednesday
The Star’s Eleanor Nash and Ilana Arougheti contributed.
This story was originally published January 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM.
