KSHB 41 anchor/reporter JuYeon Kim covers agricultural issues and the fentanyl crisis. Share your story idea with JuYeon. She spoke Monday with parents surprised by the intensity of the snowstorm and the early dismissal of the school day by some area school districts.
—Several school districts risked going to school on Monday, quickly changed course and decided to have an early dismissal.
Schools respond to snowy conditions with early dismissals
Kansas City Public Schools made their call around 10 a.m. The district rolled out its dismissals in three tiers: high school first, and then elementary and middle schools.
Students getting in their parents cars at noon is an unusual sight at Border Star Montessori. But with Kansas City’s unpredictable weather, teachers there thankfully had a plan.
“We’re trying to send all these kids home, and make sure that they are safe on the road with their parents,” said Denise Delfin Ruiz, a teacher at the school…