Neighboring Districts Cancel Classes Following Rumors, Should Huron Valley Do the Same?
Rumors of violence and the theory that the world ends on Dec. 21 have caused the school districts in Fenton to cancel classes Thursday and Friday.
Late Wednesday, Genesee County Intermediate School Disrict (ISD) announced that all classes and activities at schools in the county would be canceled for Thursday and Friday - the cancellation was due, in part, to rumors of violence at the schools. These rumors are similar to ones reported at Lakeland High School Wednesday. In a news release, Genesee County ISD explained the decision, "It is clear that last Friday changed all of us. As educators, we acknowledge, and we believe our communities would agree, that schools are at the center of concern right now. As school district Superintendents we have been in constant communication with one another and there are too many unique factors that have influenced our unanimous decision to cancel …
Bernie Benjamin
8:13 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012
If there were threats, and if the end is near who in their right mind would want to be away from their kids and family members by sending them to school?! I would much rather them miss a day or 2 from school then for them and my family to perish apart from each other. more ›