--- title: Los Angeles Schools: How Students Are Reacting to Threat description: Officials in Los Angeles cancelled school for more than 600,000 students following an "electronic threat" canonical: https://time.com/4149281/bomb-threat-los-angeles-schools/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-15T16:41:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:22:56.415Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Here's How Kids in L.A. Are Reacting To Missing School Due to a Threat og:description: "Thank GOD I didn't want to do finals today" og:url: https://time.com/4149281/bomb-threat-los-angeles-schools/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5402d1219640c8e/6988756c8e060162d5463c3a/los-angeles-school.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Los Angeles Schools Threat og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's How Kids in L.A. Are Reacting To Missing School Due to a Threat twitter:description: "Thank GOD I didn't want to do finals today" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5402d1219640c8e/6988756c8e060162d5463c3a/los-angeles-school.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's How Kids in L.A. Are Reacting To Missing School Due to a Threat  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Dec 15, 2015 4:41 PM CUT  Parents take their children return home from school, Dec. 15, 2015, in Los Angeles. Parents take their children return home from school, Dec. 15, 2015, in Los Angeles.Ringo H.W. Chiu—AP  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Dec 15, 2015 4:41 PM CUT Officials in Los Angeles [cancelled school](http://time.com/4149126/los-angeles-public-schools-closed-threat/?xid=homepage "undefined") for more than 600,000 students following an “electronic threat.” Parents reacted in fear, but many students turned to social media to share their excitement at getting a day away from the classroom. > [](https://twitter.com/corrupdate/status/676785608849690624) > [](https://twitter.com/R4BB1T99/status/676783369728819200) > [](https://twitter.com/J0eyV/status/676784204475052032) > [](https://twitter.com/%5FBTidBit%5F/status/676786768763465728) Others had a little more awareness of the gravity of the situation. > [](https://twitter.com/goldenpumpkin%5F/status/676779734114537472) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4149281/bomb-threat-los-angeles-schools/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4149281/bomb-threat-los-angeles-schools/"},"headline":"Here's How Kids in L.A. Are Reacting To Missing School Due to a Threat","datePublished":"2015-12-15T16:41:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:22:56.415Z","description":"\"Thank GOD I didn't want to do finals today\"","url":"https://time.com/4149281/bomb-threat-los-angeles-schools/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5402d1219640c8e/6988756c8e060162d5463c3a/los-angeles-school.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5402d1219640c8e/6988756c8e060162d5463c3a/los-angeles-school.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Los Angeles Schools Threat","caption":"Los Angeles Schools Threat","creditText":"Ringo H.W. Chiu—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4149281/bomb-threat-los-angeles-schools/","name":"Here's How Kids in L.A. Are Reacting To Missing School Due to a Threat"}}]}] ```