A Springfield elementary school reopened this morning.

School leaders closed Delaware last week because of flu concerns.   

One parent we talked to says she's happy with how the district handled the situation.

And today students got to fill the hallways of this building after high absenteeism forced students to stay home.

More than 200 students were told to stay home last week.

On Tuesday the Springfield schools announced that more than 30% of students at Delaware had flu systems.

The Health Department warns schools to carefully monitor the situation when absenteeism rises above 20%.

The R-12 District made the call to close these doors for the rest of the week.

The school was sanitized before students were let back in this morning.

Today parents dropped off their kids after five days off.

"I think the school did a good thing by shutting it down, cleaning it.  I just hope this is the end of it," said grandparent Jerry Lee.

Mother of a student Noel Perkan added, "you know, it's just life and it happens, so you just do the best and take care of your children"

Both Lee and Perkan had either a child or grandchild that came down with the flu. They were both able to able to stay home to care for them.

And we were happy to find out those kids are feeling better now.

When the school originally closed they said it was because of flu symptoms although they didn't specify the type.

Also Pipkin Middle School students are back today after a mercury leak.  The school was sanitized and deemed safe over the weekend.