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    School district in southern Ill. closes after flu-like illness spreads

    ASSOCIATED PRESS
    10/08/2009

    ELDORADO, Ill. ---

    A southern Illinois school district is closed until early next week because of what's being called an outbreak of a flu-like illness affected nearly 300 students.

    Officials in the Eldorado school system in Saline County say around 190 students are out sick in the elementary school. That's nearly 30 percent of the school's enrollment.

    Another 50 middle schoolers and 56 high schoolers also are absent.

    Superintendent Gary Siebert says the district will cash in emergency days Thursday and Friday, with classes to resume next Tuesday after Monday's Columbus Day holiday.

    Officials in nearby Harrisburg are also seeing some illness, but aren't shutting their schools.


    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela
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