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St. Barnabas Closed Tuesday Due To Illnesses

Nearly 150 students were sent home from school on Monday as Tuesday is dubbed an "e-Learning day."

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St. Barnabas canceled school Tuesday due to a high number of students becoming ill on Monday.
St. Barnabas canceled school Tuesday due to a high number of students becoming ill on Monday. (Tim Moran / Beverly-Mt. Greenwood Patch)

CHICAGO (BEVERLY) — St. Barnabas Catholic School at 101st and Longwood in Beverly is closed Tuesday, one day after reports state more than a quarter of the school's students were sent home sick. School officials said in an email to parents that nearly 150 students were sent home with influenza A/B, strep and stomach flu, according to a Chicago Sun-Times report.

Instead, the day has been dubbed an "E-learning" day. Because of the "E-learning day," the day will not have to be made up at the end of the year.

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