I mean "acted out of an abundance of caution"

However, in the big picture, it's better to send the kids home then have a bomb go off. Can you imagine the outrage? That superintendent would be vilified. I don't blame them for overreacting. The risk is too high.

My understanding is that LAPD made the call.

LAUSD police.

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I don't remember a time when the cops made that decision. Either it's really credible or the cops are getting to involved in decision making.

Wouldn't the local police in consultation with the FBI be better at threat assessment than an educator?

They called this one "credible"

Doesn't it make sense to be careful when they have what they're calling a "credible threat"?

in an indulgence-fest, though, reason's obviously not welcome at the party.

And which students were likely to fail.

Two cousins wanted an extra day off for the thanksgiving break and they called in bomb threats to their respective high schools. The problem is that these were "good" straight A students. They were subsequently arrested and charged with a felony.

The threat was sent via email to a school board member Monday evening and was traced back to an IP address in Frankfurt, Germany, according to spokeswoman Ellen Morgan.

http://ktla.com/2015/12/15/lausd-has-received-credible-terror-threat-district-official-says/

Like this one:

As an educated, I know our administrators always err on the side of caution. I hope they're doing so today as well

have to take time off work to come home for the kids?

I'd gladly give up a vacation day or even a day of no pay to ensure the kids safety. That is a horrible excuse of all.

but if this turns out to be a prank, it could get expensive for the prankster.

are understanding of the issue at hand and are not penalizing employees for having to stay home with their kids.

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I am watching the presser...

They are urging employers to let their employees with kids have the day off to watch them.

They are effectively paralyzing the second largest urban area in the nation.

Not to conflate thoughts about one's "drive time" with the safety of kids, but to your point about the fallout of such a massive closure...

Let me jump in with Iggo to agree with your assessment.

I just checked their website because I was curious.

What a nightmare.

Thank you.

Presumably we will learn more...

The King David Hotel bombing was a terrorist[1] attack[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] carried out on Monday July 22, 1946 by the militant Zionist underground organization Irgun on the British administrative headquarters for Palestine, which was housed in the southern wing[9] of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.[10][11][12] 91 people of various nationalities were killed and 46 were injured.[13]

The hotel was the site of the central offices of the British Mandatory authorities of Palestine, principally the Secretariat of the Government of Palestine and the Headquarters of the British Armed Forces in Palestine and Transjordan.[13][14] The attack initially had the approval of the Haganah (the principal Jewish paramilitary group in Palestine). It was conceived as a response to Operation Agatha (a series of widespread raids, including one on the Jewish Agency, conducted by the British authorities) and was the deadliest directed at the British during the Mandate era (1920–1948).[13][14]

Disguised as Arabs,[15] the Irgun planted a bomb in the basement of the main building of the hotel, whose southern wing housed the Mandate Secretariat and a few offices of the British military headquarters. The Irgun sent warnings by telephone, including one to the hotel's own switchboard, which the staff decided to ignore, but none directly to the British authorities.[14] A possible reason why the warning was ignored was that hoax bomb warnings were rife at the time.[14] From the fact that a bomb search had already been carried out, it appears that a hoax call or tip-off had been received at the hotel earlier that day.[13] Subsequent telephone calls from a concerned Palestine Post staff member and the police caused increasing alarm, and the hotel manager was notified. In the closing minutes before the explosion, he called an unknown British officer, but no evacuation was ordered.[14] The ensuing explosion caused the collapse of the western half of the southern wing of the hotel.[14] Some of the inflicted deaths and injuries occurred in the road outside the hotel and in adjacent buildings.[14] Controversy has arisen over the timing and adequacy of the warnings and the reasons why the hotel was not evacuated.[14]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing

The peanut gallery will ridicule the district for this, but imagine the reaction of a bomb did go off.

" Not sure that is a good idea"

What then is a specific and viable alternative?

What many people do not know is that out here, parents often commute LONG distances and may be hours from home..

I used to go 57 miles east every day, as my husband drove 65 miles northwest each way to work..

I got into it once with a school nurse who insisted that I pick up our son.. It was 2PM..school closed at 3, and I told her that with traffic, I could not even make it home until well after 4:30....

This was our "drama-queen" son who just wanted out of class. I'm sure that nurse wanted to nominate me for "worst Mom of the year", but when they refused to let him walk home or wait for his older brother (same school), I just told her she could sit with him until I got home (at 4:30) or choose another plan....She sent him back to class for the next hour and he was fine..

I grew up with a dad who frequently drove 2 hours to work and then 2 hours back. Here in Houston, most families aren't reunited until 7 p.m. or later because of traffic. I find it odd that people would think most people don't have a hell of a commute.

Both of my brothers live in LA and have fairly long commutes but no different than what we grew up with.

Cops will be busy searching over hundreds of schools.

Meanwhile, the real attack happens elsewhere...

EOM

I'm all in favor of prudent safety measures, but in this email world, something will have to be done to protect us against baseless threats.

They locked down the school (no ins/outs...even parents) and brought in the police dogs while classes progressed as "normal."

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And see how it works out. We have been dishing this stuff out for years and now we get to live it. We have an entire generation that has known nothing but 'Be afraid'. It is a pity and a sadness.

My daughter down there just posted on FB about this. She was lamenting that when she was a kid, school got cancelled for snow days, not terror days. This is so said. I hate that my little grandchildren are having to grow up with this.