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Lots of flu absences at Jefferson School, but number now dropping

By Harold Reutter
harold.reutter@theindependent.com
Published: Thursday, September 3, 2009 8:15 PM CDT
H1N1 flu has hit one Grand Island elementary school hard, with the new flu strain seemingly circulating in the Grand Island public schools' other 13 grade schools.

Robin Dexter, assistant superintendent for student services, said Jefferson Elementary, which has 325 students, had about 20 percent of its students absent last Friday. But that percentage had already started to subside by Monday.

"We had 66 students gone on Friday and 44 students on Monday," said Dexter, who said students were complaining of flu-like symptoms.

Because seasonal flu has not yet hit Central Nebraska, the assumption is that anybody complaining of the flu has the new H1N1 strain.  Full Story

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