Hundreds of KC students show off their solutions to worldwide problems [Video]

MEETING THURSDAY AT JC HARTMAN HIGH SCHOOL. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY REGION SHOWED OFF THEIR SKILLS AT UNION STATION TODAY, AS KMBC NINE’S MARTIN AUGUSTINE SHOWS US, IT’S TIME TO SEE THEIR SCIENCE, MATH AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS AT THE PROJECT LEAD THE WAY SENIOR SHOWCASE THE PROJECT LEAD THE WAY SENIOR SHOWCASE HERE IN KANSAS CITY IS NOTABLE BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE, IF NOT THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY. THAT’S BECAUSE KANSAS CITY, VERY EARLY ON BEGAN TO INTRODUCE PROJECT LEAD THE WAY INTO ITS SCHOOLS. IT’S NOW IN NEARLY EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE KANSAS CITY METRO TO BENEFIT STUDENTS SUCH AS AALIYAH ALVIDREZ AND ADRIANA LARA, WHO THEIR PROJECT HAS BEEN DEVELOPING A HAND-DRYER THAT ALSO DISINFECTS. WE CREATED IT TO KILL BACTERIA FROM LIKE THE BATHROOM AREA AND IT’S TO ENHANCE OUR HYGIENE SO IT’D BE MORE CLEANER, BUT ALSO …