Most Alberta students head back to class after two weeks of online learning
EDMONTON – Most of Alberta’s students will return to in-person learning today.
Students have been attending classes online since May 7 when the government ordered all kindergarten to Grade 12 students be sent home for two weeks as the province dealt with surging COVID-19 case rates that threatened to overwhelm Alberta’s hospitals.
Thousands of students in higher grades in Edmonton and Calgary had already been working from home.
Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said in a news release last week that the two-week plan has been successful in nearly all areas of the province, and she’s confident all students will finish the remainder of the school year in the classroom.