January 11, 2018
Parents and guardians,
The Catholic School of St. Eugene is currently experiencing much higher than normal rates of Influenza and flu-like symptoms among our student body. This week several students have been absent one or more days for illness, and both yesterday and now today we have over 25% of the students absent, with several confirmed flu and strep cases among these. In an effort to mitigate the spread and transfer of illness any further CSSE will be instituting a school closed illness day on Friday, January 12, 2018.
The closure applies to all students and instructional staff, and will count as a "snow day" for our calendar count. This will give us time to have the facility thoroughly disinfected and allow the flu virus to be erradicated on all school desks and other surfaces. It is difficult to provide appropriate lessons to the small group remaining without sacrificing instructional quality for those absent, and this brief closure should assist with this problem too. I deeply regret any inconveniences this may cause you in arranging childcare.
My goal is to get this information to families as soon as possible so that arrangements can be made for your children to have supervision tomorrow. School will resume as normal on Monday, January 15th, 2018 with a "Catholic Day of Service" for our students. Since students will be doing various service projects, regular school uniforms should be worn (not Mass uniforms).
Please stay safe, warm, and healthy,
Jeremy Eaton
Principal