Attendance in the Lee County School District dropped to 81% just nine days after the first day of school.

Less than two weeks into the school year, a Kentucky school district has canceled in-person classes for the rest of the week after nearly a fifth of its students came down with Covid, strep throat, the flu and other illnesses.

The Lee County School District, which has just under 900 students, began classes Aug. 9 but noticed attendance drop to about 82% on Friday, Superintendent Earl Ray Schuler said.

By Monday, the rate dipped to 81%, and 14 staff members called in sick, Schuler said.

  • @givesomefucks
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    1561 year ago

    If only there was a cheap easy to use way to stop germs from spreading through the mouth and nose of people…

      • BOMBS
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        211 year ago

        stop joking. this is serious. we need more assault rifles.

      • @Beetschnapps
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        81 year ago

        The only way to stop a bad germ… is a good germ with a gun willing to blast any living cell in its way…

        • @madcaesar
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          21 year ago

          You have been made a moderator of /r/conservatives