Why schools should be closed due to low scores on standardized tests?

Actually the first and the main reason is that the quality of school facilities and education or teaching, will easily gets compromised on a very negative note, which with time becomes a bad habit, and then it will surely affects the school students and the concerned parents who are paying big fees,which will have very big negative impact on both schools reputation and mainly school children in future for sure.

Abraham lincoln gave his 2nd inaugural address on march 4, 1865.-as lincoln prepared to speak, the civil war was drawing to a close.

That is true , instead try to have a sit down talk with them