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Collier County Public Schools in southern Florida, which serves Naples, Florida, will be closed Wednesday due to the "uncertainty of potential weather" that may impact transportation, the district said.

The district announced its decision Tuesday afternoon after multiple tornado warnings throughout the school day left children hunkering down in classrooms and caused dismissal delays, the Naples Daily News reported.

 “As tornado warnings were issued, students and staff remained safe inside the schools, which are built to be used as shelters, and we resumed our typical inclement weather dismissal procedures when the weather warnings were lifted,” the district said in another Facebook post.

The district had initially told parents on Monday that it intended to keep schools open on Tuesday and Wednesday because it did not expect "flooding rain or sustained winds… that would impede normal operations."

Hundreds of parents flooded the district’s Facebook page with comments criticizing the decision.

Frustrated elementary school parent Shelby Leigh told the Naples Daily News that the district should have closed earlier Tuesday. 

“I don't think they're being very smart. I don't think they're taking the kids into consideration, or the teachers into consideration, or the parents,” said Leigh.

Superintendent Leslie Ricciardelli told the newspaper that she understands parents' frustrations. She said she only began receiving complaints from parents in the final hour of the school day Tuesday when the weather became more severe.