Three Long Beach Elementary Schools Closed After Student Diagnosed With E. Coli

Three elementary schools in Long Beach will be closed on Monday, June 24 after a student was diagnosed with a suspected E. coli infection.

Joe Lombardi

06/24/2019 7:11 a.m.

The City of Long Beach has been under a “boil water” alert since Friday afternoon, June 21 for possible E.coli contamination.

The district said the closures of the East, West and Lindell schools on Monday were made out of "an abundance of caution."

"Although we can provide adequate bottled water for students and staff to drink, we cannot guarantee proper handwashing among students," the school district said in a statement. "Even though this is really precautionary, and we have been assured by the city that they hope that the alert will be lifted soon, we do not want to take any chances with the health and safety of our students and staff.

"Since Lido, Pre-K, Long Beach Middle School, and Long Beach High School are not affected by this alert (their water is from a completely different source), those schools will be in regular session."

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