Students were released early this afternoon in a staggered dismissal, starting at 1:30 p.m.. Prairie Village received upwards of four inches of snow today, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to the National Weather Service (NWS).  Chief SMSD Communications Officer David Smith explains that the decision not to switch to a plan B day — a snow day — was made under the inaccurate predictions of the NWS and early circumstances.  “We were out at about 4:30 a.m. checking road conditions,” Smith said. “Both conditions of the road when we were out, and the forecast [of] when the snow would come and how much snow we would get were different [from] what we experienced later on in the morning.” Senior Rachel Davis saw five separate accidents on her 15-minute drive to the Center of Academic Achievement this morning. There was a quarter-inch of fresh snow on the ground covering a sheet of slick ice.  “I was on 75th and Roe, I was sitting at the red light and it turned green,” Davis said.”The tires...