Gastrointestinal Outbreak Shuts Down Alabama Schools — Over 1,200 Kids Affected!
Fairhope, Alabama – More than 1,200 students were absent on Wednesday after a highly contagious gastrointestinal illness spread through schools in Baldwin County. The outbreak affected multiple schools in the district, resulting in over half of the infected students coming from a single school. As a precautionary measure, school officials decided to shut down the affected school for the remainder of the week to allow the state Department of Public Health to investigate the situation. …