Raleigh Schools' attendance policy amended due to flu season

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December 8, 2009

By Jackie Ayres The Register-Herald Tue Dec 08, 2009, 05:26 PM EST

Thanks to a worse than normal flu season with the introduction of the novel H1N1 flu, Raleigh County Schools has amended its attendance policy for the 2009-2010 school year.

Every Raleigh County Schools student will be given ten additional excused absences, or five additional excused absences per semester, in 2009-2010.

At the end of the fiscal year, the school district will revert back to its old policy, Raleigh County Schools Director of Secondary Education Nelson Spencer said.

Read more in tomorrow's edition of The Register-Herald.

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