CALGARY With more than 8,800 active cases of COVID-19 in the city of Calgary, Mayor Nenshi is concerned about the rapid rise of cases and is concerned that vaccination rates won t be able to keep up with transmission of the illness. In a statement released Thursday, he said that the peak of the second wave has already been exceeded and new infections just aren t slowing down. He s also anxious that the current vaccination program just won t be able to cope. While vaccinations are promising, we must remember that we cannot vaccinate ourselves out of this current trend of transmission, he said.
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Parents say older students continue to fall victim to a lack of government supports as they face another two weeks of online learning amid high cases of COVID variants.
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And as Premier Jason Kenney added further restrictions provincewide Thursday, he confirmed most other grade 7 to 12 students in urban areas will also move to online learning, including all Calgary schools beyond those two districts.
“The restrictions currently in place will not bend the curve fast enough to get this under control by summer,” Kenney said, promising to work with restaurants to ensure protocols are followed during outdoor dining.
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Opposition to K-6 curriculum draft grows as 11,723 parents sign petition Albertans have spoken up loud and clear about this curriculum and they are giving it a failing grade, said NDP Education critic Sarah Hoffman
Author of the article: Eva Ferguson
Publishing date: Apr 28, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 3 minute read • NDP Education Critic Sarah Hoffman, left, and concerned parent Taylor Schroeter with a petition calling on the UCP to scuttle its K-6 curriculum draft. The two appeared at a press conference in Edmonton on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Photo by Greg Southam/Postmedia
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Up to 41 school districts, representing nearly three-quarters of Alberta students, have now confirmed they will not pilot the UCP government’s K-6 draft curriculum, according to the Opposition NDP.
The Calgary Board of Education has announced that Alberta Education has approved its request to extend the at-home learning format for students in Grades 7 to 12 until at least May 17 and government officials say the same extension has been granted to the Calgary Catholic School District.