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Fall Creek Intermediate records 20% absence rate due to flu
October 09, 2009 by Tania E. Lopez
Star staff
Fall Creek Intermediate School reported that more than 20 percent of students were reported absent Thursday with flu-like symptoms.
Hamilton Southeastern School officials kept the Fishers school open today, per instructions from the Health Department, but they said they would closely monitor the situation.
Officials sent an e-mail Thursday afternoon through the district?s listserv and advised parents that the district?s absentee rate is holding steady.
HSE is required to alert the Health Department when the absentee rate reaches 20 percent or higher.
Overall, the district?s absentee rate is holding steady at around 5 percent according to the e-mail from HSE?s director of personnel and student services Michael Beresford.
?Several schools have had spikes of higher absence, but have improved after three to four days,? wrote Beresford to parents in the e-mail. ?We will continue to follow (the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) recommendation to isolate and mask any staff member or student who comes to the clinic with a cough or fever. Also, students who have been ill will be checked by the school nurse upon their return to school unless they have a doctor?s note.?
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October 09, 2009 by Tania E. Lopez
Star staff
Fall Creek Intermediate School reported that more than 20 percent of students were reported absent Thursday with flu-like symptoms.
Hamilton Southeastern School officials kept the Fishers school open today, per instructions from the Health Department, but they said they would closely monitor the situation.
Officials sent an e-mail Thursday afternoon through the district?s listserv and advised parents that the district?s absentee rate is holding steady.
HSE is required to alert the Health Department when the absentee rate reaches 20 percent or higher.
Overall, the district?s absentee rate is holding steady at around 5 percent according to the e-mail from HSE?s director of personnel and student services Michael Beresford.
?Several schools have had spikes of higher absence, but have improved after three to four days,? wrote Beresford to parents in the e-mail. ?We will continue to follow (the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) recommendation to isolate and mask any staff member or student who comes to the clinic with a cough or fever. Also, students who have been ill will be checked by the school nurse upon their return to school unless they have a doctor?s note.?
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