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WASHINGTON - It could be the seasonal flu, the H1N1 flu or just cautious parents keeping their children home, but schools are seeing higher absentee rates.
Absentee rates are as high as 16 percent in some Montgomery County schools.
Montgomery County is holding a swine flu vaccine clinic from 9 a.m. to noon at the Piccard Drive Health Center in Rockville. People lined up hours ahead of time.
Prince William County schools have seen an overall absentee rate of 10 percent. The normal rate is usually about 3 percent.
In Fairfax County, absentee rates have jumped to more than 5 percent across the school district.
In D.C., flu clinics are set for Thursday at Eliot-Hine Middle School and Kelly Miller Middle School. Click here for the complete list of clinics in the District.
Kids are staying home with symptoms that include coughing, sneezing, fever and headache.
Absenteeism is striking elementary schools the hardest.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends students should be fever-free for a week before going back to school.
(Copyright 2009 by WTOP. All Rights Reserved.)
WASHINGTON - It could be the seasonal flu, the H1N1 flu or just cautious parents keeping their children home, but schools are seeing higher absentee rates.
Absentee rates are as high as 16 percent in some Montgomery County schools.
Montgomery County is holding a swine flu vaccine clinic from 9 a.m. to noon at the Piccard Drive Health Center in Rockville. People lined up hours ahead of time.
Prince William County schools have seen an overall absentee rate of 10 percent. The normal rate is usually about 3 percent.
In Fairfax County, absentee rates have jumped to more than 5 percent across the school district.
In D.C., flu clinics are set for Thursday at Eliot-Hine Middle School and Kelly Miller Middle School. Click here for the complete list of clinics in the District.
Kids are staying home with symptoms that include coughing, sneezing, fever and headache.
Absenteeism is striking elementary schools the hardest.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends students should be fever-free for a week before going back to school.
(Copyright 2009 by WTOP. All Rights Reserved.)
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