The Lee's Summit R-7 School District serves parts of Lee's Summit, Kansas City, Missouri, rural eastern Jackson County and the entirety of Unity Village, Greenwood, Lake Winnebago, and Lake Lotawana in the State of Missouri.
The district serves an area of approximately 117 square miles (300 km2) and has an enrollment of close to 18,000.
He resigned amid racial-equity policy disagreements between himself and entities in the Lee's Summit community.
[4] 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.