Via the Rockford Register Star, an Associated Press report: Ashmore school closed after half its students call in sick. Ashmore is a village in east-central Illinois. Excerpt:
The elementary school in the central Illinois community of Ashmore was closed after half its 100 students failed to show up.
Community Unit School District No. 1 Superintendent Jim Littleford said Wednesday that in addition to 51 students, five of the school's staff also reported a flu-like illness.
Littleford said the Coles County Health Department suggested a thorough cleaning of the school Wednesday, which will allow it to reopen Thursday.
