Custodial staff cleaning school after norovirus outbreak

Cafeteria will be serving meals again Monday

WESTON, Fla. – The custodial staff will be back at Manatee Bay Elementary to clean up the school after dozens of students were sickened with the norovirus.

The Florida Department of Health said a thorough cleaning of the school eliminated the virus, but cleaning will continue this weekend as a precaution.

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Parents blamed the cafeteria as the source of the outbreak, where students said they have been pouring water from a jug instead of drinking bottled water.

The cafeteria will be serving food again on Monday.