Michigan schools cancel classes due to potential threats, end of world rumors
Source: WDIV-TV
Michigan schools cancel classes due to potential threats, end of world rumors
Schools in Lapeer, Genesee, Sanilac counties cancel classes for remainder of year due to potential threats of violence, end of world rumors
Published On: Dec 19 2012 10:44:19 PM EST Updated On: Dec 19 2012 10:52:00 PM EST
DETROIT -
Nearly a dozen school districts in Michigan have decided to cancel classes for the rest of the week.
It has nothing to do with the weather. School leaders say rumors about the end of the world and potential threats of violence are partially behind the cancelations.
The Lapeer Community Schools district will be closed Thursday and Friday. Leaders in that district say there is no credible threat to students, just rumors, but the rumors have caused major distractions in the classroom.
The following Lapeer County schools and school districts will be closed Thursday and Friday:
-- Chartfield Academy
-- Dryden Community Schools
-- Imlay City Schools
-- Lapeer Community Schools
-- North Branch Area Schools
The following Genesee County school districts will be closed Thursday and Friday:
-- Genesee Intermediate School District
-- Goodrich Area Schools
-- Lake Fenton Community Schools
-- Linden Community Schools
Marlette School District, in Sanilac County, also will be closed Thursday and Friday.
Read more: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/Michigan-schools-cancel-classes-due-to-potential-threats-end-of-world-rumors/-/1719418/17840276/-/13axcbyz/-/index.html
INFUCKINGSANITY!
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)Seriously. A bunch of mouthbreathing fools. How the hell can we ever expect to grow and improve when so many of us are this dumb?
It's a lost cause, idiots rule.
newfie11
(8,159 posts)BigDemVoter
(4,157 posts)Jaw dropping IDIOCY. I guess this explains how we ended up with GWB as president and how we have a Republican House of Representatives. S-T-U-P-I-D
EvilAL
(1,437 posts)heheheh
Squinch
(51,025 posts)Archae
(46,356 posts)"Ok class, here's all the homework assignments you thought you got out of, 2 weeks ago..."
*THUD* (Sound of 20 pounds of papers hitting desk)
DavidDvorkin
(19,493 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)Kids are taught fear, myth, pseudo-science, the dangers of law suits.... but science? reason? facts?
DavidDvorkin
(19,493 posts)For both the kids and the administrators.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)DallasNE
(7,403 posts)I would like a second source before believing this.
Bozita
(26,955 posts)http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/schools-cancel-classes-for-rest-of-week-due-to-threat-rumors
Schools cancel classes for rest of week due to threat rumors
Posted: 10:30 PM
Last Updated: 33 minutes ago
By: WXYZ.com Web Staff
(WXYZ) - Schools in mostly Lapeer and Genesee counties have canceled classes for the rest of the week due to rumors of potential threats.
The Marlette Community School District in Sanilac County has also canceled classes for the rest of the week "due to recent events"--as stated on their Website .
A letter on the Chatfield School's Website was posted late Wednesday:
Read more: http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/schools-cancel-classes-for-rest-of-week-due-to-threat-rumors#ixzz2FZ0Hv999
Festivito
(13,452 posts)Christmas holiday.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Bozita
(26,955 posts)I weep for my home state, formerly known as the once great state of Michigan.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)makes even us out of state sad and afraid. This read is about idiots but some of the other things going on there is not even in any way laughable
brett_jv
(1,245 posts)As someone who once went to a high school (in the early 80's) where bomb-threats (esp. during finals week) were fairly common for a few years, my guess is that what has likely happened is that some kid(s) (perhaps who wanted to get out of their finals) have heard that the 'end of the world' was, shall we say, a 'theme' in the CT shooter's life. One of them probably decided to call up and start rambling about the end of the world and talking about violence, so the schools have reacted by shutting down classes ... of course, wanting to avoid a repeat of the tragedy.
My guess is that this 'angle' will be likely be used by students wanting to get out of school (for whatever reason) for years and years after this episode.
LiberalFighter
(51,141 posts)Make sure they have additional homework when they come back. And cut some activities for the first week or two. Also, put it in the student handbook at the beginning of the book what will happen in those cases.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)femrap
(13,418 posts)announced that the world will not end in 2012....said nothing about 2013, though.
And here I was rather looking forward to Mother Nature's and making some real CHANGE.
Science does include the study of earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, land mass changes, solar flares, melting ice caps, and other even sinkholes! I love Physical Science 101.
hatrack
(59,593 posts)What a stupid fucking species.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)This is driving me crazy.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Journeyman
(15,042 posts)That's why we wished each other "Happy Holidays" before the break, since there would be at least two while we were away from school (not much recognition of other holidays in the early '60s).
kentauros
(29,414 posts)that they'd want to shut down for a couple of weeks.
Seems like they could have kept quiet about Friday's date, started the 2-week break on Wednesday, covered their asses, and left the hysteria out of it all at the same time.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)same thing.
glinda
(14,807 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,372 posts)... scrolling across the bottom of the tv screen this morning.
The first winter storm of the year is supposed to hit here in S.E. Michigan today. I figured that's why the schools closed. I guessed wrong.
(oh, darn, now the malls will be more crowded today)
ReRe
(10,597 posts)...have a bunch of militia groups up there? Maybe some of them in the area of those schools have called in a threat or warning to the schools? Just a hunch. Maybe they're going to make spaghetti out of something besides flour and eggs? Remember what "Anonymous" said about the 21st of this month (Friday?)
Island Blue
(5,819 posts)seem to have "issues". It might be because the village that's raising them is full of fucking idiots.
Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)rumor has it.
Danmel
(4,931 posts)Wow. And these are educators! Scary.
Ganja Ninja
(15,953 posts)Those are mostly rural areas, white and redneck.
llmart
(15,556 posts)The schools mentioned are in redneck, rightwing areas - mostly all white and they luvs their guns! Education? Not so much.
I, too, saw the scroll across the screen on the local news and couldn't for the life of me figure out why the schools were closed. Now I know. Unbelieveable.
midnight
(26,624 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)I am going to guess it is that kinda area.........? I feel fine
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)iandhr
(6,852 posts)... they would have just showed up without any advance warning.
Of course that does not detract from the sick nature of these individuals.
Its just awful
Iman A. Sole
(7 posts)As someone said up-thread, the schools aren't closing because of any genuine fears of the apocalypse. They're acting out of an abundance of caution after shooting hoax in Grand Blanc and a social media rumor of a "student revolt" which has been growing. The rumor talks about kids taking weapons to school and "going out in a blaze of glory" since Friday is doomsday anyway. Given the tragedy in CT, school officials and police can't simply ignore the threats. Meanwhile, I'm sure there's a bunch of Twitter savvy kids congratulating themselves on getting classes canceled.
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121220/SCHOOLS/212200406/
Jennicut
(25,415 posts)We didn't cancel classes in Connecticut and some schools did have threats to them, one of them in Bristol, CT was by a student. School officials in Connecticut didn't freak out.
Squinch
(51,025 posts)Scairp
(2,749 posts)I don't even know what this is all about. I haven't paid very much attention to it.
undeterred
(34,658 posts)Or maybe that's just the cover story.