Perth Amboy school remains closed because of illness

PERTH AMBOY, N.J. (AP) — Perth Amboy's William McGinnis Middle School remains closed while it undergoes an extensive cleaning after an adult who works there was diagnosed with a germ that causes infectious diarrhea.

The school was closed as a precaution on Friday after the woman was sent home on Thursday. The district says she has an intestinal bacillus known as clostridium difficile.

William C. McGinnis Middle School in Perth Amboy (Perth Amboy Schools)

The district did not release her name or say what her job is.

The district says it has hired a company to completely disinfect the school and classes are scheduled to resume on Thursday.