On Dec. 3, 1918, Minneapolis officials closed more schools due to a second spike in influenza cases among children. Officials ultimately voted to close all public schools until January 1, 1919. Pushback from this led to reopening schools on December 30.

All students would be required to undergo a thorough examination to ensure that he or she was free of illness before being allowed to return to the classroom. No student who had been ill in the past ten days, or who came from houses where a family member was ill, would be allowed to return to school. To make up for the seven weeks in total lost during the entire epidemic, all non-essential studies were dropped from the curriculum.