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Alliance School Closes Early Due To Illness In Students

St. Agnes Academy in western Nebraska’s Alliance has closed for the Christmas holiday early due to illness.

Scottsbluff radio station KNEB-AM reports that the school closed Thursday on the recommendation of a local doctor because of the spread of influenza in town.

The radio station says 12 of the elementary school’s 137 students were sick Thursday. KNEB says several of the school’s staff members, including the principal, have been sick.

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