With the number of swine flu cases climbing statewide, Chicago Public Schools announced Friday that children who come to school starting Monday with a cough and a 100-degree fever or higher will be sent home -- and required to stay out of school at least seven days.More in swine flu news
Schools CEO Ron Huberman made the announcement as the number of probable and confirmed cases in Illinois grew to 54 Friday afternoon, but as health officials urged those with mild flu-like symptoms to avoid emergency rooms.
Schools will be given temperature-reading strips to test kids with flu-like symptoms.
"If the temperature is over 100 degrees, we're going to ask ... that that child is sent home ... with a parent or guardian," Huberman said Friday.
If a school does not have a nurse on staff, principals or teachers will be responsible for making sure the new policy is followed, CPS spokeswoman Monique Bond said.
Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Seven days out for CPS students with fever
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