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Regional Schools Close Friday Due to Illness

By: WOUB News Team
Posted on: Friday, January 31, 2020

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ALBANY, Ohio — An uptick in the flu and flu-like symptoms led to more area schools closing on Friday.

Among the schools making the announcement were:

Adena Local Schools (Also closed on Monday, Feb. 3)
Alexander Local Schools
Caldwell EVSD
Chillicothe City Schools (Also closed on Monday, Feb. 3)
Gallia County Local Schools
Huntington Local Schools
Lakewood Local Schools
Logan-Hocking Schools
New Lexington City Schools
Northwest Local Schools (Scioto County)
Pickaway Ross Vocational Center
Pike Christian Academy
Southern Local Schools (Also closed on Monday, Feb. 3)
Valley Local Schools
Washington Court House City Schools
Waverly City Schools (Also closed Monday, Feb. 3)
Zane Trace Local Schools

In notices sent to parents and posted on social media, many of the schools indicated that custodial teams would disinfect the facilities during the closure.

“Our custodial staff members have worked tirelessly to implement a number of strategies the past two weeks in an effort to disinfect our facilities,” wrote Southern Local Schools District Superintendent Scott Christman Thursday. “Those strategies have included nightly disinfections on all surfaces in the building including desks, tables, and lockers. We have also added disinfections on the weekends that have included the surfaces on all of our school buses.”

Attendance typically drops for schools during flu season, but educators have been more cautious this year due to fears surrounding the corona virus.