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North Kansas City 74 School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in North Kansas City 74, measured against North Kansas City 74's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will North Kansas City 74 close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Kansas City.
The North Kansas City 74 playbook

How North Kansas City 74 calls a snow day

How families hear

By the district website, email, phone call, text message, social media, radio and local TV.

“Email, Phone Call & Text Message: Phone, email and optional text messages are sent to school families and employees when classes are canceled, delayed or students are released early.”
Inclement Weather - North Kansas City School District

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“In a two-hour delayed start, all K-12 schools start exactly two hours later than usual.”
Delay schedule

1 built in snow day

On the 2025 to 2026 calendar, listed as “Traditional Snow Day”.

“The first inclement weather day will be a traditional “snow day" with no in-person or virtual classes.”
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Remote learning days

North Kansas City 74 has remote learning days in its winter plan, up to 6 a year.

“Beginning with the second inclement weather day, if needed, we will shift to virtual learning. This is sometimes referred to as AMI, or Alternative Methods of Instruction. We can use up to six virtual learning days if needed.”
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Making up a lost day

Make-up days if needed on June 1 to 4, after the last day of school.

Make up dates: Jun 1, Jun 2, Jun 3, Jun 4.

“1-4 Make Up Days, If Needed”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 25, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 4
  • Last day May 28, 2027
District calendar

Recent snow days

  • 2025 to 2026: 3 days. Three inclement weather days, on December 2, January 26 and March 16.
    “The district has used three inclement weather days during the 2026-2027 school year: December 2, January 26, and March 16.”
    District notice

Read from North Kansas City 74’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is nkcschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

North Kansas City 74’s snow record

13.9inches of snow a winter
2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.6with 4 in or more
4 ina big snow morning in North Kansas City 74: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 83% of the 494 Missouri districts with a station record.

0.1Nov
2.4Dec
5.4Jan
4Feb
1.1Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 8.5 in on January 6, 2025
  • Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 26 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 3.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5 miles away. Mornings are the 7 am snow reading on a weekday from December 1 through March 31, over the ten winters from 2016 to 2017 through 2025 to 2026, from NOAA GHCN Daily.

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The Missouri rule

How Missouri counts a lost day

Missouri requires at least 1,044 hours of actual pupil attendance, plus 36 make-up hours built into the calendar for bad weather. A district must make up the first 36 weather hours and half of any hours beyond that, but never more than 60 make-up hours in total; anything past that is excused.

The Missouri rules in the agency’s own words, and every Missouri district

Next door

Districts near North Kansas City 74

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Kansas City 33 School DistrictKansas City13.9 in0.6
Liberty 53 School DistrictLiberty13.9 in0.6
Park Hill School DistrictKansas City14.9 in0.2
Independence 30 School DistrictIndependence15.3 in0.9
Raytown C-2 School DistrictRaytown15.3 in0.9
Fort Osage R-I School DistrictIndependence15.3 in0.9
The schools

34 schools

Every school in North Kansas City 74 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Staley High
  • Oak Park High
  • North Kansas City High
  • Winnetonka High

Middle

  • New Mark Middle
  • Antioch Middle, Gladstone
  • Gateway 6th Grade Center
  • Northgate Middle
  • Eastgate 6th Grade Center
  • Maple Park Middle

Elementary

  • Bell Prairie Elementary
  • Northview Elementary
  • Gracemor Elementary
  • Fox Hill Elementary
  • Chapel Hill Elementary, Gladstone
  • Davidson Elementary
  • Meadowbrook Elementary, Gladstone
  • Linden West Elementary, Gladstone
  • Clardy Elementary
  • West Englewood Elementary
  • Rising Hill Elementary
  • Crestview Elementary
  • Chouteau Elementary
  • Nashua Elementary
  • Topping Elementary
  • Ravenwood Elementary
  • Briarcliff Elementary
  • Maplewood Elementary
  • Winnwood Elementary
  • Oakwood Manor Elementary, Gladstone
  • Gashland Elementary
  • Lakewood Elementary

Other schools

  • Early Education Center, Gladstone
  • Ctr. for Educ. Development
Questions

North Kansas City 74 snow day questions

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