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Students in grades 7 to 12 at Calgary public and Catholic schools will temporarily shift to at-home learning for at least two weeks, the province announced Wednesday, as it reported more than 1,400 new COVID-19 cases across Alberta.
Alberta Education said it approved requests from both the Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary Catholic School District to shift to virtual classrooms starting Monday, due to a chronic substitute teacher shortage and a “significant number of students and staff” in quarantine or isolation. It also cited recent requests for short-term shifts for a number of schools and “substantial COVID-19 cases in the community.”
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Students in grades 7 to 12 at Calgary public and Catholic schools will temporarily shift to at-home learning for at least two weeks, the province announced Wednesday, as it reported more than 1,400 new COVID-19 cases across Alberta.
Alberta Education said it approved requests from both the Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary Catholic School District to shift to virtual classrooms starting Monday, due to a chronic substitute teacher shortage and a “significant number of students and staff” in quarantine or isolation. It also cited recent requests for short-term shifts for a number of schools and “substantial COVID-19 cases in the community.”
A empty classroom is pictured at Eric Hamber Secondary school in Vancouver, B.C. Monday, March 23, 2020. The Alberta government says schools in Calgary will move to at-home learning starting Monday for students in grades 7 to 12.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
CALGARY – Schools in Calgary are to move to at-home learning starting Monday for students in grades 7 to 12.
Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says the change, due to COVID-19, is to last for two weeks and came at the urging of public and Catholic school boards in the city.
“While the preference is to learn in school, we recognize some school boards are dealing with operational pressures due to rising COVID-19 cases within their community,” LaGrange said Wednesday.
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