First school in Metro St. Louis area closes due to flu: Jefferson R-7

October 13, 7:04 AMSt. Louis Motherhood ExaminerDenise Bertacchi

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Jefferson R-7

Jefferson R-7 is the first school district in the St. Louis area to close its doors due to flu. Jefferson-R7 is a small district located in the Festus area in Jefferson County.

The district is asking students to stay home until after Tuesday, Oct. 20. Monday was a scheduled day off for a teacher work day.

It should be noted that the district is unable to determine if the students who are ill have H1N1 (swine flu) or just the regular seasonal flu without testing each child.

Due to the spread of the flu in the Jefferson R-VII School District, we are canceling school for the remainder of the week (October 13 - 16).  Since next Monday is a work day for staff, students will resume school on Tuesday, October 20, 2009.  We ask that when school resumes that parents make sure that their children do not come to school sick with low grade fevers or while taking Tylenol or Ibuprofen.  Please keep children at home until they are fever free without medications for a full 24 hours. ~ Jefferson R-7 website
 

Jefferson R-7 has one high school, one middle school and two elementary schools, with a total of 751 students according to the Missouri Department of Secondary Education's latest numbers.

For More info: See Fox 2 News report on the school closing here.