Kansas City trash and recycling pickup has been canceled because of last weekend’s snow and ice. While crews focus on treating roads, here’s the latest on trash pickup.

City manager Brian Platt says planning, technology and an aggressive approach to snow removal are making city streets passable.

The Kansas City metro is still digging itself out from a nearly-record 11 inches of snow that got dumped by a blizzard over the weekend. Roads remain icy and treacherous, however, and much of the city remains shut down.

The weather service says Kansas City has a low chance, less than 40%, of a dusting of snow and less than a 2% chance of seeing an inch of snow. Counties on the southern border of the Kansas City forecast area — Pettis, Henry, Bates and Linn counties — and surrounding areas are expected to see higher snowfall amounts.

Here's how much snow the Kansas City metro received after the weekend snowstorm, according to the National Weather Service

Road crews are still clearing streets in the Kansas City metro and some areas have their own set of challenges getting all the snow out.

During the record-breaking storm that hit Kansas City, residents have expressed a range of comments — and sharp critiques — about MoDOT’s response.

Quinton Lucas, the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, joins FOX Weather to discuss the city's recovery after receiving several inches of snow in a powerful snowstorm on Sunday and Monday.

School districts in Missouri currently must provide 1,044 hours of instruction, or approximately 166 days, per school year. Some districts build in snow days to their calendar, while others opt to use up to 36 virtual learning hours instead. The state caps the number of weather makeup days at 10, forgiving any above that cap.