Large number of students miss school due to illness

More than one-third of Woodland Hills Elementary students, 205 out of 581, were absent Thursday, April 27, either due to illness or as a precaution against becoming ill.

Five staff members were also absent. Neither the exact source or the diagnosis of the illness has been determined, but the school is treating it as virus- or bacteria-borne and not food related.

This follows an unusually large amount of students who were either already sick and stayed home, or became sick on Wednesday, leading to the school taking extraordinary measures to sanitize the school. School officials reported that on that day, 78 students were out sick and several more, showing symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea, were sent home. The younger grades appeared to be the most affected. Read the full article at OurTribune.com