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12-21-2012, 06:24 AM
A Lapeer-area superintendent, Matt Wandrie, said rumors of violence had become a major distraction for students and staff and disrupted learning. Additionally, he said in a message to parents, "rumors connected to the Mayan calendar predicted end of the world on Friday have also surfaced."
Friday is the day when some people believe ancient Mayan calendars predicted the world would end.
"Although we in the county are reluctant to cancel school because the rumors are unsubstantiated, we feel it is the most appropriate decision," Wandrie said in his message.
Michelle Muncy, who owns Buckz Cutz barber shop in Lapeer and has two teens in school, said officials made the right call. She gave her boys a chore list, including putting lights on a reindeer decoration.
"It's the safety of children first," Muncy said. "You never know what crazy person could walk in."
In Oklahoma, Bartlesville schools won't reopen until the new year after someone reported an armed man near a school Tuesday. He may have been a hunter. Minot, N.D., schools also scratched Friday classes when rumors circulated that students were going to bring guns to class. Many parents already had said they were keeping kids home as a precaution.
http://news.yahoo.com/dozens-mich-schools-close-amid-threats-rumors-195523483.html
Friday is the day when some people believe ancient Mayan calendars predicted the world would end.
"Although we in the county are reluctant to cancel school because the rumors are unsubstantiated, we feel it is the most appropriate decision," Wandrie said in his message.
Michelle Muncy, who owns Buckz Cutz barber shop in Lapeer and has two teens in school, said officials made the right call. She gave her boys a chore list, including putting lights on a reindeer decoration.
"It's the safety of children first," Muncy said. "You never know what crazy person could walk in."
In Oklahoma, Bartlesville schools won't reopen until the new year after someone reported an armed man near a school Tuesday. He may have been a hunter. Minot, N.D., schools also scratched Friday classes when rumors circulated that students were going to bring guns to class. Many parents already had said they were keeping kids home as a precaution.
http://news.yahoo.com/dozens-mich-schools-close-amid-threats-rumors-195523483.html