HAWLEY -- The search for Eric Frein, the man who state police believe ambushed the barracks at blooming grove last Friday night, is still going on.
That's why hundreds of students in the Poconos have been kept home the past few days.
But the question is: how long can schools shut down for, even if the killer is still on the loose?
Empty parking spots, vacant fields, and locked doors.
It's become routine here at Wallenpaupack Area High School. The district has been closed for the past few days as authorities continue to search for 31-year-old Eric Frein, the man state police believe murdered Corporal Bryon Dickson and injured Trooper Alex Douglass outside the Blooming Grove barracks.
"I was joking around with my daughter the other day saying I don't know how long this is going to last, but she can be in 10th grade for a long time," said Jim Shook of Hawley.
Shook has two children in the Wallenpaupack Area School District.
"They're scared. They're old enough to know what's going on and they're scared," Shook said.
But not everyone agrees that students should be kept home.
"If this guy is as crazy as they say he is. I mean he has a big target there. A lot of people sitting in the stands or in the field," said Patrick Farley of Lakeville.
On a typical Friday night the stadium at Wallenpaupack Area High School would be packed, but not this week as the search for Frein continue. The school decided to postpone the Friday night football game. People who live in the area say they just want things to go back to normal.
"You see somebody walking down the road and it frightens you. You see somebody parked in a car that's strange and it frightens you. It's just a strange environment," said Juliana Brussell of Hawley.
It's an environment that people in Pike County are starting to get used to.
"We're going to stay on our guard. Keep carrying our guns and protect our families."
Newswatch 16 has reached out to school districts in Pike County to see if they have a plan on when to reopen or when students will make up those days. So far, no one seems to have the answers.