Lee's Summit R-VII School District
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The Lee's Summit R-7 School District is a school district located in
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. The district is mostly in Jackson County. There, it has large segments of
Lee's Summit Lee's Summit is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri and a suburb of the Kansas City metropolitan area. It resides in Jackson County (predominantly) as well as Cass County. As of the 2020 census, its population was 101,108, making it the 6th ...
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, as well as the entirety of Lake Lotawana and Unity Village, the majorities of Greenwood and Tarsney Lakes, as well as small portions of Blue Springs and Pleasant Hill.
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, a piece of that county's part of Greenwood, and a small piece of Lee's Summit. The district serves an area of approximately and has an enrollment of close to 18,000.


Schools

There are 29 schools in the district, including: Elementary *Great Beginnings Early Education Center *Cedar Creek Elementary School *Greenwood Elementary School *Hawthorn Hill Elementary School *Hazel Grove Elementary School *Highland Park Elementary School *Lee's Summit Elementary School *Longview Farm Elementary School *Mason Elementary School *Meadow Lane Elementary School *Pleasant Lea Elementary School *Prairie View Elementary School *Richardson Elementary School *Summit Pointe Elementary School *Sunset Valley Elementary School *Trailridge Elementary School *Underwood Elementary School *Westview Elementary School *Woodland Elementary School Middle Schools * Bernard C. Campbell Middle School *East Trails Middle School *
Pleasant Lea Middle School The Lee's Summit R-7 School District is a school district located in Missouri and in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The district is mostly in Jackson County. There, it has large segments of Lee's Summit and Kansas City, as well as the en ...
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Summit Lakes Middle School The Lee's Summit R-7 School District is a school district located in Missouri and in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The district is mostly in Jackson County. There, it has large segments of Lee's Summit and Kansas City, as well as the en ...
High Schools *
Lee's Summit High School Lee's Summit High School is a high school in Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States. It is located near downtown Lee's Summit on Blue Parkway, next to the intersection of U.S. Route 50 in Missouri, U.S. Route 50 and Missouri Route 291, Route 291 ...
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Lee's Summit North High School Lee's Summit North High School is a high school that serves grades 912. It is in Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States and is the second of three high schools opened there. The other two schools are Lee's Summit West High School and Lee's Summit ...
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Lee's Summit West High School Lee's Summit West High School is located at 2600 Southwest Ward Road in Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States. It opened in the fall of 2004 and is part of the Lee's Summit R-VII School District. Current enrollment is approximately 2000 students. ...
*Summit Ridge Academy *Summit Technology Academy *Miller Park Center


Superintendent

David Buck is the superintendent. He began serving as the district's superintendent on July 1, 2020. Previously Emily Miller served as the district's interim superintendent. Dennis L. Carpenter served as superintendent of the District from July 1, 2017, to July 23, 2019. He resigned amid racial-equity policy disagreements between himself and entities in the Lee's Summit community. Upon his exit from the school board, the District paid $750,000 to Carpenter as part of his negotiation to step down as superintendent. Carpenter was the first black superintendent of the Lee's Summit R-VII School District.


References


External links

* {{Official website, https://www.lsr7.org School districts in Missouri Education in Jackson County, Missouri Education in Cass County, Missouri