Will Schools Lose Money over Swine Flu?

With the new school year and Fall here I can’t help but wonder if schools will actually close because of the swine flu or the common flu. How many of you are curious if thse “flu symptoms” will be ignored and no notices will be sent home in the fear parents will take their children out of school?

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Keep in mind that schools actually get paid per student that is actually in school for that day.  It was already stated that schools were not to close due to the swine flu, however it is already looking like schools are doing what they must to keep the children safe.

If you take a peek at google news you may have noticed that there were over 5 schools that were closed just today and will be closed tomorrow. Some of those schools were in New York, Arizona, Texas and many others. One school decided that they would have no school after 100 students out of 500 were absent in one day. An Aubrey school is currently closed until next week after two people died from the swine flu, one of which was an 11-year-old boy.

My question to you, as a parent, if your child tells you a HIGH number of students have H1N1 or that they have it will you keep your child home?