KSHB 41 reporter Megan Abundis covers Kansas City, Missouri, including neighborhoods in the southern part of the city. Share your story idea with Megan .
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In Kansas City, Missouri, city leaders are looking at schools that are not in established school zones.
During their research, they’ve find out there are many across the city.
“It’s just very surprising that it’s not in a school zone,” said Kelly Van Kirk, a parent in Park Hill School District.
Van Kirk’s children are elementary school students in the district.
KSHB 41 “They just need to have some safeguards in place — crosswalks. The problem with the early bell schedule, a lot of the kids have to be at school by seven,” she said. “So, during the winter months, we’re looking at them going across these streets in the dark.”
In the Park Hill School District, near north Congress Avenue and northwest Barry Road, Kelly worked hard for about a year to add a crosswalk and a school zone designated area.
That work is expected to start soon.