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Grain Valley Mulls Daytime Curfew For Kids

3,269 views · Published 12 August 2008 · 2:34 · Indexed 31 October 2026

Channel: KMBC 9 · 2008 · News & Politics

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The Grain Valley Board of Aldermen is considering a daytime curfew for its city.

If it passes, the proposal would set a daytime curfew for children ages 6 to 16. The curfew would be in effect from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Some residents are wondering why the ordinance is necessary when the state already has truancy laws.

According to the Superintendent Chris Smalls, Grain Valley doesn't have a problem with children running the streets during school hours.

"I think it's a way to head off issues before they become problems," Smalls told KMBC's Dan Weinbaum. "Truancy laws have been on the books forever, but this gives a little more teeth to that."

"People do skip school, and when they skip, our school catches them because there're not a lot of students. It's never been a big deal up till now," said Jake Pugh, a senior in high school.

The ordinance would allow police to stop any person they thought was in the prohibited age range.

"Young people out and about are not criminals on their face -- they're creating a crime out of a normal human activity," said Brad Haines, the executive director of Families for Home Education.

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