Sacred Heart of Jesus School closed Monday after more than 40% of staff, students report being sick

BATON ROUGE — Sacred Heart of Jesus School was closed Monday after more than 40% of students and 41% of staff members reported that they were sick or caring for someone who is sick, a letter sent to teachers over the weekend said.

The data on sick staff members and students came from a Google Form sent out to parents assessing the health of the student body.

“With these numbers, it is clear that we need to pause and allow our community time to recover,” the email sent out Sunday afternoon read…

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