seriously. but as it remains today they do not any longer believe that there is a credible threat to students, jake. >> sara, last week as you know the los angeles unified school district, the second largest school district in the nation, they shut down all their schools. there were similar threats. and the basic thinking was they're not willing to take any chances. there are other school districts following that line of thinking, a threat comes in, better safe than sorry? >> reporter: you know, that's interesting. because we saw in many school districts across the country from california to texas, florida, new york and they all handled it very differently. some dismissing them as a hoax. others shutting down schools. some coming under criticism for whatever decision they made. we asked the superintendent today, did that play a factor in his decision making. he said no. he said he looked at this one individually and said, you know, is this something -- am i putting students in harm's way if i don't take this seriously today, and that's the reason they decided to shut down schools. he also said, you know, in light