Flu outbreak lengthens Covenant winter break
by Lisa Provence
published 5:08pm Wednesday Feb 11, 2009
published 5:08pm Wednesday Feb 11, 2009
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School is canceled Thursday, February 12, at Covenant Lower School because 25 percent of the students have the flu and were out Wednesday, February 11, according to an NBC29 report. Students already were scheduled to be off Friday, February 13, and Monday, February 16, for winter break.
[...] Covenant and St. Anne’s-Belfield have both closed temporarily in recent weeks because of sick students, but rampant infection isn’t limited to private schools. Henley Middle School had 153 students home sick last week out of 748– 20 percent of its population. “I’ve been here 22 years,” says Susan Childress in guidance. “This is the worst I’ve seen.” Numbers are better today: only 116 students are out sick. (0) Snap o’ the Day: Mall hawk [...]