I've always voted in a school, and our public schools have always (at least in my life) been closed for election day. Until recently I didn't know that some school systems, maybe most of them, stay open on election day. That must make it difficult for the teachers and students, having to rearrange their schedule to stay away from the areas being used for polling. Normally we use either the gym or the cafeteria for voting, and one school I used to go to was used by two different districts for voting, so one district used the gym and the other used the cafeteria. I can't imagine trying to keep a school open with that kind of traffic coming into the school all day!

Sarah