Two Edmonton high schools move online after high COVID 19 caseloads confirmed
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Students at two Edmonton high schools learned Sunday night they would not be going to school in person for the next two weeks, transitioning to online learning as part of a ‘circuit breaker’ to deal with rising case numbers. In just one week M.E. LaZerte saw 20 new COVID-19 cases, and J. Percy Page confirmed 13 cases.
Posted January 25, 2021 12:23 pm.
Last Updated January 25, 2021 6:14 pm.
EDMONTON _ Two Edmonton high schools have moved classes online after both reported large numbers of COVID-19 infections in the past week.
There have been 20 confirmed cases at M.E. LaZerte School, where nearly 1,300 students had been attending classes in person.
At that school, 300 students and 43 staff have been asked to quarantine.
Meanwhile, at J. Percy Page High School, 715 in-person students are now learning at home.
Thirteen cases were confirmed at that school, resulting in 366 students and 17 staff members being asked to quarantine.
In-person classes are to resume in two weeks.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 25, 2021.
