June 1, 2009 – Health Commissioner Thomas R. Frieden and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein today announced that the City Health Department has recommended closing one more school - P.S. 209 in the Bronx - after documenting an unusually high amount of influenza-like illness over a number of days. The school will be closed as of Tuesday, June 2. The school will reopen on Monday, June 8.
The details for the school are:
- P.S. 209 (241 students) in the Bronx. A total of 14 students were documented with influenza-like illness last Friday and today.
For information on the complete list of school closings, see the link below:
http://schools.nyc.gov/Home/Spotlight/closures.htm
Information on closed schools with District 75 programs is available on the link below:
http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/District75/OurSchools/offsitesqueens.htm
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