Some Kansas City schools extend closures due to snow, extreme cold. Here’s the list
With snowfall pummeling the Kansas City area much of the day Tuesday and extreme cold expected to linger, some schools across the metro are closed Wednesday.
Snowfall totals are expected to reach 3 to 5 inches by Tuesday night, according to the National Weather Service. The winter storm brought a record low temperature of -1 degrees to Pleasant Hill by Tuesday morning, with dangerously low temperatures expected to continue until Friday.
Snowplows have been running nonstop across the city as public works personnel wage “24/7 snowplow operations” against the wintry weather.
However, road conditions remain poor, and the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency advised residents Tuesday afternoon to continue avoiding travel if possible.
For some schools, this week’s snow marks the third winter weather event to force a multi-day closure since the start of 2025. Some districts have already used all of the virtual learning days allotted by Kansas and Missouri, and have adjusted their calendars accordingly through the end of the year.
KC area school closings, virtual learning days
Here is the working list of schools that have announced closures, late starts and virtual learning days for Tuesday. The Star will update this list as information becomes available.
Do you know of a closure that is not included on this list? Email us at tips@kcstar.com.
- Académie Lafayette, virtual learning day
- Basehor-Linwood USD 458, classes canceled
- Belton School District, classes canceled
- Blue Springs School District, classes canceled
- Blue Valley School District, classes canceled
- Bonner Springs-Edwardsville USD 204, classes canceled
- Carrollton R-7 School District, classes canceled
- Center 58 School District, virtual learning day
- Citizens of the World Charter Schools, classes canceled
- Chillicothe R-2 School District, classes canceled
- Eudora USD 491, classes canceled
- Excelsior Springs District 40, virtual learning day
- Fort Leavenworth USD 207, classes canceled
- Fort Osage R-1 School District, classes canceled
- Frontier Schools, classes canceled
- Gardner Edgerton USD 231, classes canceled
- Grandview C-4 School District, classes canceled
- Guadulupe Centers Charter Schools, classes canceled
- Harrisonville Schools, classes canceled
- Hickman Mills C-1 School District, virtual learning day
- Holden R-3 School District, virtual learning day
- Independence School District, classes canceled
- Johnson County USD 232, classes canceled
- Kansas City International Academy, classes canceled
- Kansas City Public Schools, classes canceled
- Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools, classes canceled
- Kansas School for the Deaf, classes canceled
- Kauffman School, classes canceled
- Kearney School District, classes canceled
- Lansing USD 469, classes canceled
- Lawrence USD 497, classes canceled
- Leavenworth USD 453, classes canceled
- Lee’s Summit R-7 Schools, virtual learning day
- Liberty Public Schools, virtual learning day
- Louisburg USD 416, classes canceled
- North Kansas City Schools, classes canceled
- Oak Grove R-6 School District, classes canceled
- Olathe Public Schools, classes canceled
- Osawatomie USD 367, classes canceled
- Park Hill School District, classes canceled
- Pembroke Hill School, virtual learning day for middle and upper school and classes canceled for lower school and early childhood program
- Piper USD 203, classes canceled
- Platte County R-3 School District, classes canceled
- Pleasant Hill R-3 School District, classes canceled
- Raytown C-2 School District, virtual learning day
- Raymore Peculiar R-2 School District, virtual learning day
- Shawnee Mission School District, classes canceled
- Smithville School District, virtual learning day
- Tonganoxie USD 464, classes canceled
This story was originally published February 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM.
