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Oct 26, 2009 12:29 pm US/Central

Sick Students Shut Down Evanston Parochial School

St. Athanasius School Was Closed Friday, Monday

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A rash of students out sick with flulike symptoms has shut down a Roman Catholic elementary school in Evanston.

St. Athanasius School, at 2510 Ashland Ave. in Evanston, was closed on Friday and remained closed on Monday due to an increasing rate of student absences, many with flulike symptoms.

It was not immediately known whether the students were suffering from the H1N1 flu.

The school is scheduled to reopen on Tuesday after getting a thorough cleaning on Monday.

The school has more than 300 students from kindergarten through eighth grade. It is believed that this is the first archdiocese school to close due to sickness 2009-10 school year.

Meanwhile Monday, St. Charles East High School reopened after being shut down for three days due to sick students.

More than 900 students at the school called in sick on Tuesday of last week. The school enrolls about 2,100 kids, meaning about 40 percent of the student body stayed home from class that day. It was not known whether the H1N1 flu was the cause there.