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Graham Spencer. He added that a number of teachers had also missed classes after catching the virus.
High school absenteeism likewise has been running way above normal with 69 out from an enrollment of 450 on February 20, according to assistant principal John Toth. > Our teachers have been (stck too but they’ve been coming in anyway. We have such a shortage of substitutes that they don’t feel they can miss a day. They’ve been giving 150, 200 per cent,” he said.
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