Measles continues to be an unwelcome visitor to schools in Norfolk County, causing kids to miss class as the school year enters the home stretch.

Staff and students at Houghton Public School — a rural elementary school in southwestern Norfolk — were potentially exposed to measles on two separate occasions in May, with each exposure lasting several days.

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The school of just over 300 students has made numerous appearances on Grand Erie Public Health’s measles exposure list since Norfolk’s measles outbreak was declared in January.

“The students getting measles are those who are unvaccinated or whose immunization status is incomplete,” Houghton principal Robert Weber told The Spectator.

The health unit has legal authority to order unvaccinated students into a 21-day qua

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