A highschool in Virginia needed to cancel its weekend actions after practically half its college students got here down with flu-like signs.
“There are roughly 1,000 college students absent with flu-like/gastrointestinal signs at Stafford Excessive College,” Sandra Ok. Osborn, chief communications officer with Stafford County Public Colleges, said in a statement. “Our Well being Providers staff is working with the native well being division to establish the foundation reason behind the sickness.”
Stafford Excessive College, situated in Fredericksburg, has roughly 2,100 college students. In a letter to parents, Principal Allen Hicks mentioned college officers “stay very involved” and canceled athletics and extracurricular actions by Sunday.
“We stay very involved and can proceed to observe the scenario alerting you to any modifications we might have to make to our operations,” the letter to oldsters mentioned. “Our custodial workers will conduct an intensive and thorough wipe down of the complete college this night. Excessive-touch level space cleansing, together with electrostatic cleansing, will proceed all through the day and night tomorrow.”
A number of lecturers have additionally missed lessons after coming down with flu-like signs. Whereas well being officers with the Rappahannock Space Well being District proceed to research the sudden outbreak, Stafford Excessive College will stay open.