10.09.2008 12:17 pm
Attendance down in some schools near search
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
This morning’s manhunt in O’Fallon, Mo. not only kept students home from four Fort Zumwalt schools and six parish schools, it also caused a dip in attendance at others nearby.
Fort Zumwalt officials said attendance was down in elementary schools such as Ostmann, Twin Chimneys and Pheasant Point. These schools were not closed but are near the area of the six-hour search for a murder suspect. Several parents told administrators they would bring their child to school after police found the suspect.
The district expects to have final attendance numbers available later this afternoon.
