Posted: Apr 26, 2021 7:43 PM MT | Last Updated: April 27
École Secondaire Beaumont Composite High School in the Black Gold School Division. (Scott Neufeld/CBC)
The Black Gold School Division's request to the province to move to Grades 7-12 to online learning for two weeks has been denied, except for one school.
Grades 7-12 students at Thorsby Junior-Senior High were the only group permitted to move online immediately. It is expected that the students will return to the classroom on May 10.
The central Alberta school division had asked the province to move all of its 5,000 junior and senior high students to online learning, due to a shortage of substitute teachers and a rising number of students in isolation.