Rio Vista Independent School District will be closed until Monday, Feb. 5, to prevent the flu from spreading even further among students.
The school posted the following message on its website on Monday:
"RVISD will be closed Tues Jan 30 thru Fri Feb 2 due to health concerns. Classes will resume Monday Feb 5. Varsity games play as scheduled."
All three schools in the Rio Vista ISD share the same campus, and were closed last Friday because so many students were sick with the flu.
The schools were disinfected over the weekend, but 92 of the district's 750 students were out sick Monday, prompting Superintendent Tim Wright to cancel classes through the end of the week.
School administrators, teachers and staff are also being told to stay home until next Monday.
The nearest hospital is 11 miles away in Cleburne, where doctors at Texas Health Harris Methodist Cleburne saw 30 children with the flu in just four hours Tuesday.
"Every kid that I see, I say, 'Any of your friends sick?' They say everyone is sick, all their friends are sick, so they just have multiple contacts, family members come from out of town to visit and then they get sick as well. So it's just spreading like crazy," said Dr. David Lunow, emergency department medical director at Texas Health Harrris Methodist Cleburne.
Lunow supports the decision to close Rio Vista schools.
"I think it's a great idea," he said. "Give the school a chance to get all the kids home and away from each other, clean the place, and see if we can get over this."
All three schools will be cleaned for a second time this weekend.
