Gladstone School Will Open Monday

CRANSTON, RI — The Gladstone Elementary school will reopen on Monday, Dec. 5, the school department said.

Principal Susan Buonanno sent parents a message to let them know tomorrow is business as usual.

"After thorough cleaning and sanitizing of Gladstone Street School we will be opened tomorrow and it will be business as usual," she wrote. "I want to thank everyone who helped out. We look forward to seeing the students tomorrow."

The school closed Friday after a bout of illnesses and an investigation by the state Health Department. Schools Supt. Jeannine Nota-Masse has decided to close the school on Friday for a thorough cleaning after the health department indicated the norovirus or similar bug might have caused the sickness.

"We are also disinfecting/cleaning buses that were used to transport Gladstone children after school," she wrote. "Our food service vendor will be addressing their particular working areas tomorrow and thoroughly cleaning as well."

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