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Classes set to resume at Alberta's K-12 schools as Omicron cases climb

Classes set to resume at Alberta's K-12 schools as Omicron cases climb

CBC
Wednesday, December 29, 2021 2:16 PM GMT

Alberta's government is weighing whether schools should reopen in person next week as Omicron case counts surge in the province.

"It's clearly our strong preference to maintain as much as possible in classroom instruction," Premier Jason Kenney said at a news conference on Tuesday. "We think it's very important for the mental and emotional well-being of children."

But with more than an estimated 7,000 new COVID-19 cases confirmed during the past five days, and many more times that number likely unaccounted for, Kenney said the government must consider whether schools will have enough healthy, non-isolating staff to operate.

He said the government is looking at what other provinces are doing, and will make a decision near the end of the week.

Most schools in Calgary and Edmonton are slated to resume either Monday or Tuesday following a two-week holiday break.

Several Alberta post-secondary institutions have already announced classes will move online for most of January.

Although the government maintains schools are not a major driver of infections in communities, outbreaks paralyzed some schools in the fall. Edmonton's Westglen elementary school recorded at least 64 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in September and October, according to Edmonton Public Schools.

Jane Purvis's younger son, Archie, is in Grade 5 at Westglen, and his older brother, William, in Grade 8 at Westminster Junior High.

As she looks at the limited information the province is releasing on COVID-19 during the holidays, Purvis isn't sure what to do.

"In a best-case scenario, I want them at school with their friends," she said in a Tuesday interview. "If there's ways that we can make the schools safer, that is always my first option."

Steps that would reassure her could include improving the ventilation systems, or paying for air filters in classrooms where ventilation systems can't be easily upgraded.

She'd like to see the government fund higher quality masks for students and staff, as top health officials recommend better masks to guard against the more infectious Omicron variant.

And with the chief medical officer of health now recommending lab tests only for symptomatic people who work in high-risk environments such as health care, Purvis said she lacks confidence that the government has a clear picture of the pandemic's effects.

She said the situation is evolving so quickly, the family won't likely decide until Sunday whether the kids will pack their backpacks for Monday morning.

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