March 21, 2020 5:58 p.m.

By Katy Bergen, Executive Director of Public Relations

LSR7 Extends School Closures to April 24th

Lee’s Summit, MO — The rapidly-evolving Novel Coronavirus crisis has prompted Lee’s Summit R-7 Schools and other Kansas City-area school districts to take extensive preventative actions on behalf of their school communities, including enacting school building closures from March 16 – April 3, 2020.

Tonight, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas asked Kansas City-metro school districts to extend those closures through Friday, April 24, 2020 in order to mitigate the spread of the Novel Coronavirus in the community.

In the past week, the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District has communicated directly and at lsr7.org/coronavirus how it plans to provide learning, nutrition and other services to families throughout this unprecedented health crisis. The district will continue to receive and communicate guidance from local health, government and education partners on any additional impacts the extension of school closures to April 24th will have on the school community. This announcement does not change the district’s plan for students to begin accessing virtual lessons on Tuesday, March 24, 2020.

Lee’s Summit R-7 School District buildings may be closed, but the district remains fully committed in its service to students.