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The illness ending a large number of students home sick. Right now, the cause of the illness is yet to be determined. Roughly 120 students were out at South Lamar today. The school system contacted the state health department.
An environmental health specialist will be at the school Thursday to investigate what caused the students to get sick. On Wednesday afternoon, crews were at the school cleaning the building and school buses thoroughly.
Several parents posted about the mysterious illness on Facebook. Some say they noticed their children getting sick Tuesday night, and that several households got hit at once. Many agree, they have never seen anything like this.
Some question whether there was food contamination. Superintedent Garth Moss tells ABC 33/40, some students got sick who ate in the cafeteria. Other students got sick who didn't set foot in the cafeteria.
ABC 33/40 also spoke by phone with Jenny Long, a registered nurse with the Tuscaloosa County Health Department. Long says right now, they don't know what they're dealing with. And, that it's too early to tell whether other areas around Lamar County could be impacted.
Moss sent a statement to parents, saying if they are not comfortable with sending their child to school tomorrow, the absence will be excused.
It is a story we will continue to follow.
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