Monday, April 21, 2008

I'm a paranoid parent but not the only one, obviously

The official word is that 70% of students at the other big high school were absent today. 66% of students at Beth's school were absent. Our county absenteeism rate was 20% - an unheard of high.

We are all scared. We have good reason to be scared. But we can't keep the kids out forever. Beth and her friends are planning to return tomorrow. I haven't heard of anything happening today. Of course, with a majority of the kids absent, there weren't many people to do anything. Or many people to do anything to.

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