Classrooms scrubbed, Person County students return to class
Students and teachers in Person County schools returned to class Tuesday after facilities were thoroughly scrubbed and disinfected.
Posted — Updated"The Health Department is continuing to contact sick individuals in an attempt to collect samples for testing," officials said in a statement.
Almost 1,000 students stayed home from school in Person County Friday, two days after the outbreak was reported.
School officials said 988 students – or about 21 percent of the total student enrollment – did not report to class Friday. The figure does not necessarily mean that many were sick, and the advent of the Labor Day weekend may have inflated absences.
A total of 86 students from Person High School and 67 students from the other nine schools in the district experienced "virus-type symptoms" on Wednesday, Superintendent Danny Holloman said.
He described the symptoms as low-grade fever, diarrhea and vomiting, and urged students and teachers to wash their hands frequently using soap and water. The district used a bleach solution to clean each school Thursday, but many parents kept their students home as a precaution. There were 668 absences Thursday.
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