Rising respiratory and flu cases this fall are keeping students home — and in some cases closing schools down. The increase in illness is once again leading school systems to take mitigation efforts from encouraging hand washing to disinfecting classroom surfaces.
An elementary school and a middle school in the Stanly County school system in North Carolina closed for a few days this week due to respiratory illnesses, according to the district’s Facebook page. The posting also said the schools and buses will undergo a thorough cleaning and disinfecting.
