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Classes go on despite high absentee rate in Miami County
MIAMI COUNTY, Ohio -- Absences are well above normal this week in several Miami County school districts.
Miami County health commissioner Jim Luken says schools around the county have been reporting the unusually high absences.
Bradford schools and Tippecanoe High School each had close to 30 percent of students miss classes.
Tipp City schools even went so far as to cancel extracurriculars because of the numbers, including tonight's high school football game.
Even with the absences, classes go on.
Officials say it makes more sense to keep the sick kids out. If they stay home, that makes school the safest place to be.
The districts say they don't know how many of the absences are due to the flu.
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