As reported by the L.A. Daily News:
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!It was a tale of two cities, with New York officials shrugging and Los Angeles officials quaking.
The threat came via email to Los Angeles Unified School District board members. It named schools. It talked about bombs and guns. It came less than two weeks after San Bernardino — just about 60 miles east of downtown — was rocked by a massacre that killed 14 and was linked to international terrorism. It came less than two weeks after an American casualty in the Paris terrorist attack was buried in Downey.
It was enough.
LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines decided to close more than 900 schools, an unparalleled act at the nation’s second largest district. More than 700,000 students were suddenly given the day off and many parents were given to juggling anxiety, both for the threat and their disrupted workday. …
How much of Cortines’ office budget goes for Depends?