Flu leads to Bishopville school closing

[Niko]

Many absences close Robert E. Lee Academy for week​

Date Published: October 13, 2009

BISHOPVILLE -- Robert E. Lee Academy will close for the rest of the week due to several illnesses, including swine flu, school Headmaster Phillip Rizzo announced this morning.

Classes will finish as regularly scheduled today, but the private school will not hold classes again until Monday.

Rizzo said about 15 percent to 20 percent of the student body has been absent the past three school days for various reasons, including swine flu, flu-like symptoms, upper respiratory problems and strep throat. He said he decided to close the school as a precaution.

All extracurricular activities, including those that were scheduled after school today and tonight, are canceled. That includes Friday's football game at Florence Christian School, which has been tentatively rescheduled for Monday.

Look for more details as this story unfolds on theitem.com and in Wednesday's edition of The Item.

http://www.theitem.com/article/20091013/ITNEWS01/710139825/-1/ITNEWS
_____________________________________________________________________
Flu leads to Bishopville school closing

By Tonya Brown
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 4:01 p.m.

Officials at Robert E. Lee Academy in Bishopville says they've cancelled classes for the remainder of this week after dozens of students called out sick with several illnesses, including swine flu.


The school's football game against Florence Christian School has been tentatively rescheduled for Monday.


Officials say at least 15 to 20 percent of the student body has been out with flu like systems and upper respiratory problems.


Officials say the head master decided to close school as a precaution.


Classes resume this coming Monday.


http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=362488