The district announced today it was shutting down Starbuck and Mitchell middle schools, and Mitchell Elementary school so staff can sanitize all surfaces.
The district described the closings as a "precautionary measure" after several students became ill.
The Racine Health Department is investigating the incident, which may be related to food served at the schools.
WISN Channel 12 reported 50 students at Starbuck Middle School and 25 students at Mitchell Middle School got sick Wednesday.
The Journal Times reported 90 students at the three schools were affected by the illness.
The Associated Press interviewed Michele Breheim, an epidemiologist with the city health department, who gave two telling quotes:
"All we know is that the children were vomiting. We don't know what's caused it yet."
And:
"This is very unusual because the onset was around the same time," Breheim said. "It would make us think there is a common factor. We just need to figure out what it is."
The Milwaukee J-S interviewed Janelle Grammer, the city of Racine's public health administrator. She said officials are studying the food students ate in the last three days, but some students who became ill did not each lunch at the school on Wednesday.
She also told the Milwaukee paper that adequate temperatures were maintained for the foood during storage and preparation.
The middle school lunch menu on Wednesday was tacos, chilled fruit, corn and Spanish rice.
Unified's Halloween-themed menu for elementary schools was (seriously) "scary salisbury steak" with "ghostly gravy," "pumpkin boo-day cake," "Dracula's dinner roll," "frightly fresh apple half" and "witches whipped potatoes."
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