CHICAGO (AP) - Across the country schools are closing by the
dozen as officials say they're being hit so hard by swine flu that
they feel shutting down for a few days is the only feasible option.
The U.S. Education Department says at least 351 schools were
closed last week alone - affecting 126,000 students in 19 states.
So far this school year, about 600 total schools have temporarily
closed.
The number of closures this year appears on target to surpass
the roughly 700 schools closed last spring when the swine flu
outbreak first hit. Flu season hasn't peaked yet, and each day more
schools are closing.
The superintendent of Connecticut's Middletown Public Schools
says a middle school closed for the rest of the week after 120
students stayed home sick Monday.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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