Michigan: Almost 200 of 325 students out sick at Southgate school (Wayne Co.)

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January 20, 2012 at 3:07 pm
Almost 200 of 325 students out sick at Southgate school

* By Christine Ferretti
* The Detroit News

Southgate? Officials with Southgate Community Schools say a suspected flu outbreak in one elementary building has more than half of its students and two staff members out today.

District Superintendent Nancy Nagle said eight students at Allen Elementary School came down with flu-like symptoms late Thursday. As a result, 181 of the school's 325 students in grades K-5 called in sick Friday. Nagle said some have also come down with the illness, while others were kept home as a precaution.

Two of the building's 16 staff members have also come down with the sickness, she added...

 

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Re: Michigan: Almost 200 of 325 students out sick at Southgate school (Wayne Co.)

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January 23, 2012 at 11:02 am
No classes at Southgate elementary school after outbreak of sick students

* By Josh Katzenstein
* The Detroit News

Southgate? Allen Elementary School has canceled school Monday after parents expressed concern over the school's sanitization.

More than 180 students at the 325-student K-5 school stayed home Friday after a few students experienced flu-like symptoms Thursday.

Nancy Nagle, interim superintendent for Southgate Community Schools, said two custodial workers sanitized the school Friday evening, but some parents called school board members over the weekend to say two people couldn't clean the entire school...