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Flu outbreak forces closure of Kirkland school
By Joel Moreno Published: Dec 17, 2014 at 10:58 PM PST
KIRKLAND, Wash. -- An outbreak in flu infections at a local school led administrators to take the drastic step of closing the campus for the rest of the year. Health experts have predicted a worse than normal season, and at Eastside Preparatory School, it's already off to a costly start.
The private school's top administrator has never shut down a school before. However, with one in five students calling in sick it seemed no one was safe.
"They said like 30 other kids in middle school were sick, so I think i got it from one of my friends," said Mickey Zyskowski, a fifth-grader...
Flu outbreak forces closure of Kirkland school
By Joel Moreno Published: Dec 17, 2014 at 10:58 PM PST
KIRKLAND, Wash. -- An outbreak in flu infections at a local school led administrators to take the drastic step of closing the campus for the rest of the year. Health experts have predicted a worse than normal season, and at Eastside Preparatory School, it's already off to a costly start.
The private school's top administrator has never shut down a school before. However, with one in five students calling in sick it seemed no one was safe.
"They said like 30 other kids in middle school were sick, so I think i got it from one of my friends," said Mickey Zyskowski, a fifth-grader...