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09.02.2022 / 08:39

COVID-19: Edmonton, Calgary school boards weigh in on Kenney dropping mask mandate for kids

COVID-19: Kenney announces Alberta vaccine passport program ending at midnight In a letter to school authorities, Education Minister Adriana LaGrange outlined the impact that relaxing COVID-19 restrictions will have on schools and students.“I have been encouraged to see a downward trend in the number of Alberta schools shifted to at-home learning over the last few weeks,” she said.“At the peak of the fifth wave, there were 29 schools that were shifted to at-home learning, and today, only seven of the over 2,500-plus schools in our province remain learning at home.”Please see my letter to school authorities below: pic.twitter.com/Z3sph78dDv— Adriana LaGrange (@AdrianaLaGrange) February 9, 2022LaGrange said the masking requirement that will be removed effective Feb. 14 will apply to any students in schools or on school buses.

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Cautious optimism as fewer COVID-19 cases in Alberta schools: teachers’ association

Alberta Teachers’ Association says he is cautiously optimistic after seeing COVID-19 cases go down in classrooms a little over a week after the province lifted a mask mandate in schools.But Jason Schilling says a major lesson he learned about the pandemic is that some waves have worsened after a brief downward trend so the association will continue paying close attention to case numbers. Reality check on Alberta politicians’ statements on schools, COVID-19 transmission and vaccines Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said on Twitter that none of the more than 2,500 schools in Alberta are currently shifted to temporary at-home learning to address operational challenges brought on by the virus.I am pleased to confirm what the Chief Officer of Health reported yesterday.

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Alberta education minister announces phased approach to reintroduction of COVID-19 notification at schools

Alberta’s Education Minister Adriana LaGrange explains the phased approach being put in place for the reintroduction of COVID-19 notifications at the province’s schools.

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Alberta doctors invite premier, health minister to visit ICU: ‘We need you to see’

Alberta to reinstate COVID-19 contact tracing in schools In a letter sent Monday, Oct. 4, the section of emergency medicine of the Alberta Medical Association asked Jason Kenney and Jason Copping to “visit an Edmonton-area ICU as soon as possible to see it for yourselves.”The letter is signed by Dr.

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COVID-19: Edmonton Public Schools calls on province to implement ‘firebreak,’ temporarily shift to online learning

COVID-19. The board is asking for the shutdown of in-person learning for at least two weeks, until community transmission “has substantially reduced.” Alberta doctors plead with new health minister for ‘fire break’ lockdown amid 4th COVID-19 wave The school division does not have the jurisdiction to shift schools to online learning, that move must be approved by the province.

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Edmonton Public asks province to keep last year’s COVID-19 protocols in place in schools

COVID-19 measures will be in place when kids return to class, the Edmonton Public School Board has written a letter to Education Minister Adriana LaGrange asking her to bring back the same health protocols that were in place last year.“A lot of parents are waiting,” EPSB chair Trisha Estabrooks told reporters on a video conference call Wednesday afternoon.She said she has received an overwhelming amount of emails from parents wanting to know what COVID-19 measures will be in place in schools before deciding to enrol their children in online classes or allowing them to go to classes in person.“We’re waiting for direction, and the wait is frustrating,” Estabrooks said.

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Alberta premier, education minister to announce supports for students affected by COVID-19

Jason Kenney and Education Minister Adriana LaGrange are scheduled to announce supports for students amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday morning.The two are scheduled to speak at 11 a.m. and their news conference will be streamed live in this story post.

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COVID-19: Alberta education minister announces return to in-person learning for most of province

Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange announces that all K-12 students will be returning to in-person learning on May 25, with the exception of those in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

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COVID-19: Concerns over Alberta’s at-home learning exemptions

Schools go online as Alberta adds more COVID-19 restrictions for 3 weeks In a statement, Nicole Sparrow, press secretary for Minister of Education Adriana LaGrange, says due to the lack of technology and equipment required to support online learning, Hutterite colony and Mennonite schools will be allowed to continue in-person learning.The statement adds staff and students will be expected to follow COVID protocols when working in schools.

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Alberta school boards advised to focus on fundamentals for grades K to 6

Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange announces that school boards in the province have been advised to focus on the fundamentals for students in kindergarten to Grade 6 after COVID-19 forced them to learn from home.

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Jason Kenney to field questions on new COVID-19 rules on Wednesday morning

COVID-19 health restrictions.Kenney introduced tougher rules during a province-wide address on Tuesday night but didn’t take questions from reporters.The changes include closing schools to in-person learning on Friday and ordering barbershops, hair salons and restaurant patios to shut down as of Sunday. Schools go online as Alberta adds more COVID-19 restrictions for 3 weeks Kenney is set to hold a news conference with Health Minister Tyler Shandro, Education Minister Adriana LaGrange and Justice Minister Kaycee Madu at 10 a.m.

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Edmonton schools temporarily move grades 7 to 12 online amid 3rd wave of COVID-19

Robertson said a letter was sent to parents earlier in the day informing them of the shift to online learning and that the EPSB also communicated the decision via a website parents use.

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As Alberta’s number of COVID-19 cases increases, so does concern for schools

Alberta doctors say new restrictions ‘not enough’ to reduce spread of COVID-19 “The variants are already showing a pretty good effect in a school sports setting,” Talbot said. “There are already several quite large outbreaks in schools and athletic kind of events.

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COVID-19: Alberta expands rapid testing to schools, oil and gas, meat-packing plants

COVID-19 rapid testing program to target asymptomatic people in various sectors across the province, including oil and gas, schools and banks.Students at two Calgary schools — one in the Calgary Board Education and one in the Calgary Catholic School District — will be involved in a pilot rapid testing program, which will begin as early as next week.Officials are hoping to learn if rapid tests will be an effective way of managing outbreaks, Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said Thursday. How rapid tests are being used to test for COVID-19 across Canada She said the tests will be done on staff and students who don’t have symptoms of the novel coronavirus.

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Alberta government staff member under fire for Hawaii trip during pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic.After more than 24 hours, Global News has still not received a response from the UCP government on the issue.Images of Michael Forian, who is press secretary for Adriana LaGrange, were shared online Tuesday. Ontario finance minister resigns after highly criticized Caribbean vacation A travel advisory from both federal and provincial governments advises all Canadians to avoid non-essential travel outside the country.So…About those restrictions and non-essential travel…Looks like @UCPCaucus press Secretary @MichaelForian super took those to heart…Your tax dollars pay for this persons Comms strategies Alberta.

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Full interview with Education Minister Adriana LaGrange

Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange sat down for a 42-minute interview with our Julia Wong to talk about kids returning to class amid the COVID-19 pandemic and defended the decisions made as part of the back-to-school plan.

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Education Minister Adriana LaGrange defends back-to-school plan

Education Minister Adriana LaGrange sat down for a lengthy interview with our Julia Wong, who joined the noon news to share what the minister said about fulfilling her promise to educators ensuring have the resources they need.

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EPSB letter details how school division will allocate COVID-19 funding from feds

Last month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his government would be giving Canada’s province’s and territories up to $2 billion in additional funding to help them ensure students can safely return to school.Earlier this month, Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange announced that she had directed her department to transfer the funds to school authorities as soon as the province receives it.She said Ottawa would be transferring some of the approximately $262 million promised to Alberta in September, while the rest will be sent “later in the school year.”In his letter Monday, Robertson said classrooms are the EPSB’s top priority.“About $20 million will flow directly to schools,” he wrote.

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Alberta school authorities will see some federal COVID-19 funding in September: LaGrange

COVID-19 school reopening funding promised by the federal government should see some of the money soon.

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Alberta education minister on mixed messages about school funding

Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said school funding cut in the spring was restored in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and expanded upon the $125 million in additional operating funds given to school boards.

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$262M will be dispersed to school boards in 2 phases

Education Minister Adriana LaGrange announces how Alberta will disperse the $262 million in federal funding in two phases – September and later in the school year. She said $250 million will go to school boards based on a per-student model, to be used for staffing, modifying classrooms, PPE, cleaning, special needs supports, online learning and teacher supports.

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Coronavirus: Alberta to explain Wednesday where federal school reopening money is going

$2 billion the federal government announced last week to help school boards across the country deal with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.While at an announcement on Tuesday, Premier Jason Kenney said Adriana LaGrange was finishing up her consultation with school boards and superintendents that day and would be making the announcement on where Alberta’s $262 million will be directed sometime on Wednesday.“We appreciate the cooperation of school boards and superintendents in developing the Alberta principles for the safe re-entry of schools,” Kenney said. Coronavirus: Ottawa giving provinces $2B for back-to-school safety Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the funding on Aug.

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COVID-19: Face masks for Alberta students, school staff to be delivered by Friday

COVID-19 school re-entry plan.“By the end of the day today, every school division should have received their shipments of personal protective equipment (PPE) in advance of the 2020-21 school year,” a statement from Education Minister Adriana LaGrange and Municipal Affairs Minister Tracy Allard said.“Alberta remains the only province in Canada to directly provide school authorities with PPE for their students, teachers and school staff.” COVID-19: How Alberta’s 4 biggest school boards are planning for substitute teachers The government announced earlier this month it would be providing two reusable, non-medical masks for every student and staff member in the province’s schools.

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Alberta Teachers’ Association requests school year delay at meeting with education minister

The Alberta Teachers’ Association asked Education Minister Adriana LaGrange to delay the school year’s start at an in-person meeting Wednesday. Tom Vernon has the details.

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Alberta will provide update Tuesday on back-to-school plan

Education minister Adriana LaGrange and Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak about the return to in-classroom learning at a news conference on Tuesday. Matthew Conrod has details.

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Alberta to provide update on back-to-school plan Tuesday morning

students head back to school in September.Adriana LaGrange and Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak about the return to in-classroom learning at a 9 a.m.

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Alberta parents call province’s back-to-school plan unsafe, push for changes

Coronavirus: Should masks be mandatory Alberta schools? Gray said his late wife was a teacher for 30 years at a junior high school.“Every year, she would come home with a new cold, flu and pneumonia,” he explained. “There’s no way they’re going to keep kids safe inside of schools.”Co-organizer Daphne Simkin has two children in high school, both with health issues.“I 100 per cent back the idea of children going back to school, but only in a safe environment,” she said.

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Alberta minister details safety measures in schools when they reopen in fall

Adriana LaGrange, Alberta’s education minister, feels the province has a “very strong plan” to keep students safe when they return to the classroom during the pandemic this upcoming school year.

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Alberta will not have limit on class sizes, leaving physical distancing decisions to school divisions

Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says Alberta will not have class size limits when students return to school in September.

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Alberta K-12 students to head back to classroom in fall 2020

re-entry tool kit to prepare students and parents for what they can expect in the new school year.“I’m proud of our comprehensive plan that supports the safe return to daily in-school learning,” Premier Jason Kenney said.“The return of more than 750,000 students to near-normal learning in the new school year is indicative of Alberta’s continued recovery as we work to relaunch our economy and return to our regular everyday lives.”Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said the province will do everything it can to safely return students, teachers and staff to school.The 2020-21 school re-entry plan outlines that schools will implement a number of public health measures, which include frequent cleaning of surfaces, placing hand sanitizers at

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Alberta to unveil back-to-school plan for fall 2020

Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange is expected to provide an update on Alberta’s education re-entry plan for the upcoming school year on Tuesday afternoon. Tom Vernon explains on the noon news what we know so far about the possible scenarios.

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Alberta to provide COVID-19, education re-entry update Tuesday afternoon

novel coronavirus continue to climb in Alberta, the province’s chief medical officer of health will provide an update on Alberta’s number of confirmed cases Tuesday afternoon.At 3:00 p.m., Dr. Deena Hinshaw will be joined by Premier Jason Kenney and Education Minister Adriana LaGrange, who will also provide an update on Alberta’s education re-entry plan for the upcoming school year.The news conference will be streamed live in this article.

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Alberta education minister outline plans for students returning to school in September

Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange lays out details of plans to have students return to school in September, including three possible scenarios.

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Alberta education minister asks for MLAs to be invited to grad ceremonies during COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic, many students are adjusting to a new reality of online learning and non-traditional graduation ceremonies.Drive-thru events and virtual celebrations are just a couple of the ways that students are commemorating their graduation amid the pandemic.

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Alberta non-profits receive $3M to continue nutrition program amid COVID-19 school closures

As schools across Alberta are forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the provincial government is expanding the reach of a program aimed at offering food assistance to vulnerable students.

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Alberta families concerned with UCP cuts to education during pandemic

Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says cuts to services not being used while classrooms are closed will allow $128-million to be redirected to the COVID-19 response. Tom Vernon has more from families that fear losing educational assistants will hurt their children’s education.

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Alberta Opposition tells education minister to fight for school funding or quit

The Alberta Opposition says Education Minister Adriana LaGrange needs to start fighting for students or quit and make way for someone who will.

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Alberta government redirects school funding into COVID-19 response following class cancellations

The UCP has announced it will be redirecting $128 million dollars of funding initially slotted for K-12 schools in the province into Alberta’s COVID-19 response, following the cancellation of all classes on March 15.

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