Extreme cold, snow aftermath closes some Kansas City-area schools Thursday. See if your child’s school is open
As extreme cold continues in the Kansas City area following Tuesday’s snowfall, some schools across the metro have announced that they will remain closed Thursday.
Kansas City received 3.2 inches of snow in Tuesday’s storm, according to the National Weather Service. Between 2 and 4 inches fell in other parts of the metro, with the heaviest snowfall recorded south of the city.
Several cold weather advisories are still in effect through the end of the week. A record low temperature of -1 degrees was recorded Tuesday morning in Pleasant Hill, and meteorologists expect extreme lows throughout Wednesday night and Thursday, with potential windchill as low as -25 degrees.
Some school districts are on their third round of multi-day closures this year and have used all of their allotted virtual instruction days. Many have adjusted their end-of-year calendars accordingly.
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, classes canceled
- 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, classes canceled
- Chillicothe R-2 School District, classes canceled
- Citizens of the World Charter Schools, classes canceled
- Excelsior Springs District 40, classes canceled
- Eudora USD 491, classes canceled
- 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, virtual learning day
- Guadulupe Centers Charter Schools, classes canceled
- Harrisonville Schools, classes canceled
- Hickman Mills C-1 Schools, 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, delayed start; opens at 10:00 a.m.
- 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, classes canceled
- Liberty Public Schools, classes canceled
- 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
- 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, classes canceled
- Raymore-Peculiar R-2 School District, classes canceled
Shawnee Mission School District, classes canceled
Smithville School District, classes canceled
- Tonganoxie USD 464, classes canceled
This story was originally published February 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM.
