Sunday, May 17, 2009  UFT watching 18 schools for swine flu
From the NY Post:  Eighteen schools must be monitored by city
officials to see whether they should be closed due to the new
swine-flu outbreak, teachers-union officials said yesterday.
All the schools had unusually high rates of absenteeism last
week that might be linked to the illness, said Ron Davis, a
spokesman for the United Federation of Teachers.  But Davis
refused to name the schools, saying it would create a panic.
When asked if not listing the schools would set off even bigger
alarm bells by keeping parents in the dark, Davis responded, "We
don't view it that way."  Closing schools "is not our call," he
added. "That's up to the Department of Education and the
Department of Health to make that call."  Health officials said
they would check on all of the schools. As of yesterday, there
were no additional closures.   ew-3 said...  And the UFT is
making this announcement and not the DOE or DOH?  Anonymous
said...  PS 79 in Whitestone.. only 17