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GREELEY — Norovirus, influenza, whooping cough and the common cold have forced more than 500 Johnstown/Milliken Re-5J students to miss school the past two days.

A rash of sickness isn’t uncommon in schools, where kids come into contact with other kids quite frequently. Usually, it comes later.

“It’s a little unusual to have it happen right before the Christmas holiday,” Superintendent Martin Foster said. “Usually it happens after.”

Foster said about 12 percent to 15 percent of the 3,400-student district (400-500 students) have been absent the past two days, although Tuesday was better than Monday.

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