Twin Rivers R-X closing at noon due to flu outbreak

The Twin Rivers R-X school district decided to close school campuses as of noon Monday and will reopen Thursday morning due to an outbreak of the flu.

According to Superintendent Jeremy Siebert, 120 students and at least 10 staff members from the district were out sick Monday morning. Less than 70 percent of the student body was in attendance.

“Thursday and Friday we had low attendance,” Siebert said. “We were hoping the weekend would cure it, but it was much worse (Monday).”

Staff will use this time to disinfect the buildings as well as school buses.

Officials are urging parents to take this time to wash children’s coats, mittens, backpacks and lunch boxes.

Students are also encouraged to use this extra time off to read and study.