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Alberta school boards already have ‘flexibility’ on fall restart date: education minister
province’s school re-entry plan, as it’s currently written, “provides school boards with the ability to delay or stagger school start dates should they decide that is in their local best interest.” Alberta Teachers’ Association requests school year delay at meeting with education minister On Wednesday, LaGrange met with The Alberta Teachers’ Association, which asked her to delay the school year’s start.ATA president Jason Schilling said the association wants the start of the school year to be pushed until after Labour Day, to allow staff more time to adjust to the new normal and enact recommendations put forward by the chief medical officer of health.In her statement, LaGrange said she agreed to “further engage with education partners”