Little Compton's school hard hit by suspected flu cases
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
By Paul Davis LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. -- Suspected swine flu spread through the rural Wilbur & McMahon School last week, sending 80 elementary students -- about a quarter of the school -- home Friday with fevers, aches and coughs. "All of it was flu related," said Principal James M. Gibney, who attributed the surge in illness to the school's small size and the town's tight-knit...