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sickout

[sik-out] / ˈsɪkˌaʊt /
NOUN
blue flu
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On Nov. 10, the team executed a one-day sickout.

From Washington Post Nov. 22, 2022

Last-minute closures in Seattle Public Schools this week have prompted students to organize a sickout, threaten a strike, demand improved safety protocols and call for more transparency from the state’s largest school district.

From Seattle Times Jan. 13, 2022

The move by students within the district comes after teachers staged a "sickout" on Jan. 7.

From Fox News Jan. 13, 2022

In Oakland, where Bacigalupi lives, schools did not reopen until August 2021, and a teacher sickout protesting conditions closed them for one day last week.

From Washington Times Jan. 12, 2022

When the district learned of a possible sickout, administrators began asking families to keep students home Friday, Sasaki said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2022




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