The Washington Office on Haiti stated in a telephone communication with the IRBDC that schools were closed in December 1990 following the spread of a rumour that former Tontons Macoutes would kidnap schoolchildren to undermine the electoral process. The source added that schools remained closed throughout January 1991, and in early-February 1991 President Aristide announced that schools would open very soon.

The New York office of the National Coalition for Haitian Refugees stated in a telephone communication with the IRBDC on 4 March 1991 that schools remained closed throughout January 1991, likely because of security concerns, and reopened after the Carnival, approximately on 18 February 1991.

Additional information on the subject could not be found among the sources currently available to the IRBDC.