More than 300 schools closed

By Thomas H. Maugh II May 1, 2009

As new swine flu cases continued to be reported across the country Thursday -- most of them scattered outbreaks in new states -- school systems in Seattle and Huntsville, Ala., were closed after health officials discovered suspected cases in each.

A late afternoon tally by the U.S. Department of Education found that 298 schools around the country had shut down for a few days, triple the number that had been closed on Wednesday. The closings affected about 172,000 students, leaving parents scrambling to find alternative day care arrangements.

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