Are school open as normal in your country? What is the point of avoiding social contact while kids are mixing with god knows who, parents are mingling

at school gates, teachers doing the same while theatres, cinemas and other places of social gathering are closed.
Surely the solution is to close schools, assume that the summer holiday is early while this term is postponed, then return as normal when the epidemic is in decline?
Why are governments deliberately allowing the outbreak to reach a bigger peak than necessary?