Why didn't they just close?

same thing happened here.i was surprised they didn't close.i guess they figured the kids can deal with wind..

It won't be much fun trying to get children to and from school with such winds blowing.

I have been responding to several posts dealing with weather but they need to be responded to as they are not the usual how was your day kind of posts. Hope you will weather the weather calmly whether you like it or not.

If the weather wasn't safe then they shouldn't have had to go to school. Why risk something happening?

School is supposed to be open a certain number of days per term. If they close down for wind or other acts of nature they have to either make up the lost time at the end of the year or they will lose funds. I would think that the safety of the children is more important than the money. But what do I know? We had the high winds here in California last month. Because of the storms we had 6 300 year old oak trees fall over. Their root system was rotted from the drought. What was incredible is that none of the trees hit any of the houses that they were beside! One did come close, it hit the edge of the awning that was over the house and it scratched the side of the house and the air conditioner. The damage would add up to no more than $400! If it had fallen just 3 inches to the left it would have destroyed the house and everything in it, with damages amounting to $50,000! One of the oak trees was in my back yard. It fell away from the house and the damages amounted to about $200. (It fell across a 12 foot section of chain link fence). If it had fallen the other way the damages would have been to the amount of $100,000 plus! Nothing is more upsetting than the high winds. Wind can do so much damage to an area, with downing trees, spreading fires and so much more. I'm glad nothing was damaged in your home and hope the winds will die down and make life safer for you and the children. Hugs Toni