KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With a winter weather advisory in effect for the Kansas City area, residents are being warned that the evening commute could be hazardous with freezing rain and sleet possible beginning around 3 p.m.
Here is how the winter storm has impacted Kansas City:
1:39 p.m. | The Lee’s Summit R-7 School District announced that it was dismissing all schools a half-hour early on Friday “due to the potential for freezing rain during our late elementary dismissal,” the district said via social media.
IMPORTANT: Due to the potential for freezing rain during our late elementary dismissal (4:10 p.m.), the district is dismissing K-12 schools 30 min early to ensure safe transportation home. All evening activities are also cancelled. Y Club Lee's Summit will close at 4 p.m.
— Lee's Summit Schools (@LSR7) February 24, 2023
The early dismissal is an effort “to ensure safe transportation home,” and the district also canceled all evening activities.
Y Club Lee’s Summit, the district’s before and after-school child care program in conjunction with the YMCA, will close at 4 p.m.
Only last week, a beloved Lee’s Summit High School teacher, Rachael Stone, died in crash on icy road conditions .
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