Attendance in the Lee County School District dropped to 81% just nine days after the first day of school.

Less than two weeks into the school year, a Kentucky school district has canceled in-person classes for the rest of the week after nearly a fifth of its students came down with Covid, strep throat, the flu and other illnesses.

The Lee County School District, which has just under 900 students, began classes Aug. 9 but noticed attendance drop to about 82% on Friday, Superintendent Earl Ray Schuler said.

By Monday, the rate dipped to 81%, and 14 staff members called in sick, Schuler said.

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    1 year ago

    Many states have minimized or even completely eliminated their Covid reporting systems, so I don’t trust the numbers whatsoever. We know from wastewater treatment and other national measurements that the Eris variant is spreading massively, causing a new large wave of infections to form, since its primary mutation is one that helps it escape immune detection.

    I really hope that new booster vaccine aimed at Eris comes out sooner rather than later.