Swine Flu in School | Swine Flu in Texas, NY, and Chicago Schools
The Department of Education of the United States issued temporary closure orders because of the increasing number of cases of swine flu in schools. As of October 28, 2009, the US Department of Education had reported to have closed about 351 schools for that week only climbing its number of closed schools due to the pandemic flu to almost 600 schools. The increasing number of swine flu in schools had affected 126,000 students. It is further projected the number of schools to close this year will go beyond the 700 schools who closed last year.
It can also be noted that swine flu in Texas schools has also spread thereby closing some of the State’s schools.
Swine flu in New York schools has caused temporary closure to about more than 50 schools. The schools administrators worry on whether they will be penalized for the lost days of school.
Swine Flu Prevention in Schools
Because of the temporary closure caused by swine flu in schools, faculty and administrators are finding ways on how to keep their students attend its class lessons despite of being absent. The Department of Education had suggested to administrators that remote learning activities should be done in order to keep the student updated of its class lessons. Some means of remote learning are home schooling or home assignments. Lately, online classes/tutorial has also been recommended. Other schools in the US are already doing the online classes by posting its home assignments in the website and the student will answer them and send the said answers back to the school. Some schools likewise ask the student to read certain lessons or lessons for the day at least 20 minutes per day. On the other hand, some US schools say that giving assignments to a student who is sick is not effective and efforts will just be put to naught.
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