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Absence rate reaches 11.4 percent

WCHS student Hannah Corley, 16, has her temperature taken by Shelia Lane, the PRN at the high school. “We’ve been very busy,” says Lane. “This Monday, 59 students came to the nurse’s office, and by 2 p.m. Tuesday, we had already seen 50.” - photo by Atlanta Northcutt

School Illness.jpg — WCHS student Hannah Corley, 16, has her temperature taken by Shelia Lane, the PRN at the high school. “We’ve been very busy,” says Lane. “This Monday, 59 students came to the nurse’s office, and by 2 p.m. Tuesday, we had already seen 50.” - photo by Atlanta Northcutt

Warren County schools are closing for the second time in two weeks due to an influx of students, staff and bus drivers being absent following an epidemic of illnesses.

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