Edmonton Catholic Schools Require Students Choose In-Person or Online Learning

With Alberta schools closed Jillian Reid, 9, and her siblings have started home schooling in Cremona, Alta., Monday, March 23, 2020, amid a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

Parents with children in the Edmonton Catholic School Division will have to choose between in-person or online classes for their children for the rest of the year by Oct. 15.

Alberta’s education minister, Adriana LaGrange, mandated all schools in the province return to in-class learning this fall.  Edmonton Catholic Schools offered the additional choice of online learning. They also divided the school year into quarters and allowed parents and students to choose each quarter whether they would attend a classroom or online.