I'm walking across that parking lot, too. And I value my life just as highly as anyone. Perhaps you didn't read my whole post. And considering that my school has made national and local news recently (new 46 million dollar school, every kid issued a laptop, etc.), I'm thinking we make a mighty nice target (plus we are surrounded by woods...).
On the flip side, more people die every day in Va. from car accidents than to the sniper. Should we cancel schools because kids might get killed in a wreck on their way in? If the sniper made specific threats against schools (something we haven't heard about that only the police know), then by all means close them! But, simply closing them because he's in the area...
BTW, what happens Tuesday? If we don't catch him tomorrow, do we keep the schools out indefinately? How long do we keep them closed?
As long as it takes. The kids are learning nothing but tree hugging anyway. Nothing will be lost but free babysitting.
If there's a 1 in a million chance a kid could get hit, would you want to be the mother of that one for the sake of a stupid public school and it's government funding?
They should have shut them down much sooner, and the 13 year old wouldn't have been hit.
Maybe we should teach kids how to read and write and do arithmetic before issuing them laptops.