Knoxville, TN, USA: 3 school districts close due to various illnesses

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Posted: 11:18 PM Feb 16, 2012
Schools hope time off will help sick students recover
Three school districts will be closed Friday because of illness.
Reporter: Conroy Delouche

Three school districts will be closed Friday because of illness.

Scott County, Oneida, and Union County all shut their doors to start sanitizing.

All the sick days were piling up, and not just for students, but teachers and bus drivers.

Normally this time of year, school days in Scott County are canceled because of snow and ice, not sickness.

"We've seen flu, strep throat, and stomach virus," said Bill Hall, Director of Scott County Schools....