HASKELL COUNTY, Okla. (KOTV) – The superintendents of two southeast Oklahoma school districts have closed their classrooms for the rest of the week because a number of students are down with the flu.
McCurtain Public Schools superintendent Bart Drummond says seven students plus some parents have the flu. In addition, he says three students have pneumonia.
Keota Public School superintendent Kelly Husted says 13 students and staff in their district are also out because of the flu.
McCurtain schools have a student enrollment of 270 while Keota schools enrollment is 429.
After talking with each other, both Haskell County superintendents said they decided to close Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and sanitize every classroom in their respective districts. Both districts plan to reopen on Monday, January 26, 2015.
A nurse with the Haskell County Health Department say they are aware of the high number of flu cases in both school districts and are monitoring the situation.
Last week, the Oklahoma Department of Health announced a jump in the number of flu-related cases across the state with flu deaths so far this season at 31.
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