Reported flu cases trigger notice to parents
Lake City Public Schools notified parents earlier this month about an outbreak of cases of flu-like illness in the district.
The Minnesota Department of Health requires districts to report to the department when absences due to reported flu-like illness hits certain thresholds.
On Jan. 21, Bluff View Elementary School had four children out of a 22-student second grade classroom out with flu-like illness and about 4.5 percent of the entire student body in grades kindergarten through six, according to Lake City School Nurse Johanna Majerus.
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