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cancelled or postponed, the superintendent said.
He attributed his decision to close a week early to education and health problems cause by high absenteeism from the flu.
By Monday afternoon, 308 children—46 per cent— of the elmentary school's enrollment of 667 were out, the overwhelming majority with the flu. Included on the absentee list were 11 teachers and aides.
According to assistant principal Maggie Piper, reading and math labs had to be closed because instructors were needed in regular classrooms and approved substitutes were all down with the bug.
Sick kids coughed and sneezed their way into the office all day. Piper said. At one point, 12 youngsters were lined up to use the phone, waiting to call Mom to come pick them up.
By Tuesday morning, the absentee rate at the elementary school climbed to 48 percent with 320 children out. according to Piper.
42 Percent Out At RCHS
At the high school, 195 students out of an enrollment of 456 were missing from class on Monday, an absentee rate of 42.7 per cent. According to assistant principal John Toth, RCHS’s normal rate is around seven per cent absent. In addition, he reported that 25 per cent of the school’s personnel were also home sick.
By noon on Tuesday, the absentee rate had dropped slightly to 38.4 per cent with 175 students missing, Toth reported. ‘‘We’ve got one
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