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January 8, 2007

In W. Warwick schools, 'sense of calm' returns

West Warwick Supt. David Raiche said a "sense of calm" is returning to town schools as they re-opened today, after state health officials deemed a case of meningitis in Coventry was not related to earlier cases in Warwick and West Warwick.

Schools had been closed since Thursday while officials waited for the results.

Though final attendance numbers will come in at the end of the day, Raiche said that at two town elementary schools -- Greenbush and Maisie Quinn -- the attendance rate was slightly below normal.

"They're both in the low 90 percent range, which is 2 to 3 percent lower than normal," he said.

Some parents are still keeping their students home at Quinn, Raiche said, though very few.

"I'm not getting calls into my office saying 'I'm going to keep my kid home until you do something else'," Raiche said. "My hope is that is diminishing, too, and that parents, if they are keeping their kids home, will feel comfortable enough to send them back pretty soon."

-- Journal staff writer Talia Buford

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