Officials at the Irving School in Highland Park say the Board of Health advised them to close. Just over 300 students in pre-k through first grade attend the school.

Irving School in Highland Park is closed Friday due to a gastrointestinal outbreak, superintendent Kristina Susca said in a message on the school’s website.

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — North Shore District school board members met Thursday night to review security details for the new academic year in the wake of recent mass shootings. On the advice of ...