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January 26, 2011
Student absenteeism spikes as flu season gets quick start
Ken de la Bastide and Danielle Rush Tribune staff writers The Kokomo Tribune
Excerpt:
Oldaker said 224 students were absent from the schools on Monday, with 160 students reporting possible flu symptoms.
?Last Wednesday, the percentage of students absent was at 2.7 percent of the total population, it is now at 6.2 percent,? she said. ?The school system has instituted extra cleaning of desks and handrails.?
Other area schools were reporting about 10 percent to 12 percent of their students absent this week due to illness.
Full text:
http://kokomotribune.com/local/x233326330/Student-absenteeism-spikes-as-flu-season-gets-quick-start
Student absenteeism spikes as flu season gets quick start
Ken de la Bastide and Danielle Rush Tribune staff writers The Kokomo Tribune
Excerpt:
Oldaker said 224 students were absent from the schools on Monday, with 160 students reporting possible flu symptoms.
?Last Wednesday, the percentage of students absent was at 2.7 percent of the total population, it is now at 6.2 percent,? she said. ?The school system has instituted extra cleaning of desks and handrails.?
Other area schools were reporting about 10 percent to 12 percent of their students absent this week due to illness.
Full text:
http://kokomotribune.com/local/x233326330/Student-absenteeism-spikes-as-flu-season-gets-quick-start