Via the Washington Post: Nearly 300 Schools Shut Amid Swine Flu Scare. Excerpt:
Nearly 300 schools nationwide have shuttered as education and health officials take precautions to avoid the spread of swine flu, the U.S. Education Department reported today.
As of yesterday at noon, the department had counted about 100 school closures.
The department's new count of 298 school closures nationwide corrected an earlier, mistaken tabulation of more than 4,000 closures today, officials said. There have been reports of flu cases at several colleges, but no reported closures.
The Fort Worth, Tex., school system closed its 80,000-student district for 10 days after confirmation of one case of swine flu at one campus and the announcement that there are probable cases at three other schools.
In New York, where several schools have been hit by outbreaks, such decisions have been handled individually at the schools.
