Ringgold enacts swine flu plan because of high number of absences

Ringgold does not have a confirmed case of the swine flu but is enacting its H1N1 plan because of a high number of absences in sixth grade, Superintendent Gary Hamilton said Tuesday.

Schools gear up for swine flu

Schools are finding a variety of ways to prepare for the possibility of swine flu.
An Associated Press review of swine flu planning suggests there are nearly 3 million students in districts where officials want to offer the vaccine once federal health officials begin shipping it in mid-October.
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South Fayette student has swine flu

MCDONALD (AP) – Allegheny County Health Department officials say a Pittsburgh-area high school student has been diagnosed with the swine flu. Health officials say the student at South Fayette High School was not hospitalized and there are no other known swine flu cases in the district, about 10 miles south of Pittsburgh. South Fayette Superintendent Linda Hippert says the student is recovering at home. Cleaning staff will disinfect those areas of the school where students have a greater risk of exposure to the virus.