All 21 Bedford County schools will be closed on Wednesday for a one-day cleanup in response to the death of a high school student who had an antibiotic-resistant staph infection.

School officials announced the cleanup today at a press conference called following the death Monday of Ashton Bonds, 17, a senior at Staunton River High School. School officials don’t know if Ashton was infected at the school, but don’t want to take any chances.

Bedford County, which enrolls approximately 11,000 students, has reported at least five cases of infections with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in its school system this fall, three at Staunton River and two at Jefferson Forest.

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