21.   Maryland law does not require school closings for any Jewish holiday.

22.   Most school districts in Iowa canceled classes Monday, and snow or cold also led to school closings in parts of South Dakota, Nebraska and Wisconsin.

23.   Prolonged school closings deprived children of educations.

24.   Scattered school closings were reported from West Virginia and Maryland to Vermont and upstate New York.

25.   Smoke from forest fires have covered more than two-thirds of Bolivia with a thick blanket of smoke, resulting in school closings and canceled flights.

26.   State Education Secretary Francisco Romero announced the school closings and said those and other buildings would be used as shelters if needed.

27.   The fires have filled the air with dense smoke in some regions, prompting evacuations and school closings.

28.   The poisonings have been linked to tainted school lunches and led to early school closings for summer vacation and the shutting of public swimming pools.

29.   The poisonings have led to early school closings for summer vacation and the shutting of public swimming pools.

30.   There were scattered school closings in other states as well.