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Flu hits schools in Aurora, absences soar
by MIKE LESKO | REPORTER Published: December 17, 2014 1:00AM
Aurora -- Illness hammered Valley Christian Academy so hard that the school was closed Dec. 12 after multiple absences all week.
More than 80 students called in sick Dec. 9, about one-third of the school enrollment of 237, according to Administrator Dale Moncrief.
"The flu really did a number on us," Moncrief said of the school that houses grades K to 8. "It hit us like a whirlwind. In 17 years, I don't remember a day with 80 students out...
...In Aurora schools, Superintendent Russ Bennett said the district was hit harder by illnesses earlier in the week of Dec. 8-12, but absences were fewer by the end of the week.
"That's a positive trend," he said.
Aurora's total absences for the five days between Dec. 8 and 12 were 252, 291, 283, 273 and 290, according to Mary Kohanski, administrative assistant to the superintendent. The enrollment currently is 2,916...
Flu hits schools in Aurora, absences soar
by MIKE LESKO | REPORTER Published: December 17, 2014 1:00AM
Aurora -- Illness hammered Valley Christian Academy so hard that the school was closed Dec. 12 after multiple absences all week.
More than 80 students called in sick Dec. 9, about one-third of the school enrollment of 237, according to Administrator Dale Moncrief.
"The flu really did a number on us," Moncrief said of the school that houses grades K to 8. "It hit us like a whirlwind. In 17 years, I don't remember a day with 80 students out...
...In Aurora schools, Superintendent Russ Bennett said the district was hit harder by illnesses earlier in the week of Dec. 8-12, but absences were fewer by the end of the week.
"That's a positive trend," he said.
Aurora's total absences for the five days between Dec. 8 and 12 were 252, 291, 283, 273 and 290, according to Mary Kohanski, administrative assistant to the superintendent. The enrollment currently is 2,916...