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J. Ripkowski picks up her great-grandchild Sasha Gonzales, 12, as he leaves Travis Elementary for the day due to high fever on Friday.
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EmailThe number of Travis Elementary School students diagnosed with swine flu has jumped to 12, likely the largest cluster of the new influenza virus in Texas, health officials said today. The school will be closed until May 26, HISD officials said.
Nearly 400 of the Heights-area school's 712 students stayed home sick today, and a steady stream of parents were removing their children from school throughout the day.
"We felt, it's the end of the week, the end of the term. It wouldn't be bad to take them home," said father John Faraguna, who took his three Travis students home before lunch.
All three children said they felt fine.
"I'm not feeling bad at all," 11-year-old Joe said before the confirmations were released. "But there's rumors of swine flu."
It's not known how many children are sick and how many are being kept at home as a precaution. Some youngsters have had symptoms including fevers, headaches and stomachaches.
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