A highschool in Virginia needed to cancel its weekend actions after just about part its scholars got here down with flu-like signs.
“There are roughly 1,000 scholars absent with flu-like/gastrointestinal signs at Stafford Prime Faculty,” Sandra Okay. Osborn, leader communications officer with Stafford County Public Faculties, mentioned in a commentary. “Our Well being Products and services crew is operating with the native well being division to spot the basis explanation for the sickness.”
Stafford Prime Faculty, positioned in Fredericksburg, has roughly 2,100 scholars. In a letter to oldsters, Essential Allen Hicks mentioned faculty officers “stay very involved” and canceled athletics and extracurricular actions thru Sunday.
“We stay very involved and can proceed to watch the location alerting you to any adjustments we would possibly want to make to our operations,” the letter to oldsters mentioned. “Our custodial workforce will behavior an intensive and thorough wipe down of all the faculty this night time. Prime-touch level house cleansing, along side electrostatic cleansing, will proceed all the way through the day and night time the next day to come.”
A number of academics have additionally ignored categories after coming down with flu-like signs. Whilst well being officers with the Rappahannock House Well being District proceed to research the unexpected outbreak, Stafford Prime Faculty will stay open.