Remuera Intermediate School asks parents to keep children home as teachers fall sick
An Auckland school has asked parents to keep their children at home due to staff illness coinciding with winter illness outbreaks.
Remuera Intermediate School has requested that parents keep their children at home because too many teachers are sick to maintain adequate cover. The move comes as winter illnesses, including flu, spread across the country and multiple schools face staffing challenges.
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NZ Herald
Remuera Intermediate School asks parents to keep children home as teachers fall sick
The move comes amid a large flu outbreak across the country.
Newstalk ZB
Remuera Intermediate School asks parents to keep children home as teachers fall sick
An Auckland school has told parents to keep their kids at home today because too many teachers are sick.
RNZ
Remuera Intermediate teachers fall sick, parents asked to keep students home
Another school is asking parents to keep their children home because too many teachers are sick.
RNZ
More schools ask parents to keep children home as winter illnesses bite
Too many sick teachers have left schools struggling for adequate cover.