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Flu outbreak forces closure of North Jersey school district

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By Fausto Giovanny Pinto | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on February 11, 2017 at 1:22 PM, updated February 11, 2017 at 1:23 PM

LITTLE FERRY —  An outbreak of the flu among students throughout the district prompted the closure of schools Friday, officials said.

“Due to the amount of flu and flu like symptoms that have gripped the district in the last two weeks, I am closing school on Friday, February 10, 2017,” Superintendent Frank R. Scarafile told parents.

Custodial staff spent Friday disinfecting both Memorial Middle School and Washington/Memorial Elementary School to “eradicate the facility of any lingering germs,” Scarafile said. As a result, all afterschool and weekend activities were also canceled.

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