Detroit elementary school temporarily closed as illness sickens 2 dozen, kills 1
The Marcus Garvey Academy will remain closed until Monday after nearly two dozen students were sickened and one student died. A Detroit school will remain closed until Monday after dozens of students began experiencing flu-like symptoms and a kindergartner died of flu-like symptoms, the Detroit Public Schools Community District told ABC News. An elementary student at Marcus Garvey Academy who was sent home last week after experiencing flu-like symptoms later died on April 25, Chrystal Wilson, the assistant superintendent of communications at the Detroit Public Schools Community District, told ABC News. The following Monday, a number of students at the school began showing flu-like symptoms, including fever and vomiting, and the school advised that those students be sent home. The Marcus Garvey Academy is shown in Detroit, Mich. Google Maps Street View School and district officials then alerted the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Detroit Health Department that s...