ELIZABETHTOWN, Il (WSIL) -- Hardin County Schools will be closed the rest of the week due to a high percentage of students being absent.
Hardin County CUSD #1 superintendent Andy Edmondson posted on the school's website:
"Good afternoon Hardin County Family,
I want聽聽to let you know that today at school we had over 25% of the students absent. Due to this high percentage of students out we are making the decision to close the school the rest of the week.
With over 25% of the students absent we need to assess the situation to best determine how to move forward. For this reason, we will be closing school the rest of the week. We will be using school emergency days (This means there will be no school work assigned and no meals delivered for these three days and we will make these days up at the end of the year). This decision is never easy to make, but right now we need to focus on getting our students healthy.
I want to apologize for the short notice and the inconvenience this will bring, but the health of our students is our top priority.
Thank you,
Andy"
According to the Southern Seven Health Department's latest update from Tuesday, August 24, there are 36 active cases of COVID-19 in Hardin County.
Since August 16, the Southern Seven Health Department reports more than half of the COVID-19 cases in the county were in people under the age of 40.
