Flu Outbreak Shutters Texas School District
by Merrill Hope 17 Jan 2018 Bonham, TX38 A flu outbreak is forcing a North Texas school district to shut down for a week because the number of students, teachers, and staff exhibiting influenza-like symptoms continues to soar.
The Bonham Independent School District will close its doors on Wednesday, January 17, and reopen a week later, on January 24, after cleaning crews sanitize classrooms, common campus areas, supplies, and school buses, as recommended by state public health officials.
Bonham ISD Superintendent Marvin Beaty said he decided to cancel classes after so many students, staff, and faculty members manifested flu-like symptoms. Fourteen percent, or 266, of the school district’s 1,900 students were recorded as absent with the flu Tuesday. He told WFAA that one-fourth of his high school staff was also absent Tuesday. Beaty hopes to “stop the cycle of spreading influenza†by closing.
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