FAIRBANKS -- Fairbanks North Star Borough school officials have closed a summer program at a Fairbanks elementary school after several students showed swine flu-like symptoms.
The Extended School Year program, which started in late June at Joy Elementary, will lose its final three days ? it was set to end Thursday ? due to the event, according to the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District.
Some students from the program, which includes more than 100 students from across Fairbanks, had shown signs of fever, and were lethargic, district spokesman Bill Bailey said Monday.
?We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause but the safety and wellbeing of all students is of our most utmost concern,? superintendent Nancy Wagner wrote to parents of students in the program, run by the district?s special education managers.
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The Extended School Year program, which started in late June at Joy Elementary, will lose its final three days ? it was set to end Thursday ? due to the event, according to the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District.
Some students from the program, which includes more than 100 students from across Fairbanks, had shown signs of fever, and were lethargic, district spokesman Bill Bailey said Monday.
?We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause but the safety and wellbeing of all students is of our most utmost concern,? superintendent Nancy Wagner wrote to parents of students in the program, run by the district?s special education managers.
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jul/20/swine-flu--symptoms-prompt-closure-fairbanks-schoo/