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Calgary’s Central Memorial High School will begin online classes Monday due to COVID-19 outbreak

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WATCH: After seeing a significant amount of confirmed COVID-19 cases in a short time period, Central Memorial High School in Calgary has made the decision to temporarily move all grades to online learning. Matthew Conrod spoke with parents and students for their reaction – Mar 22, 2021

All students at Central Memorial High School in Calgary are going back to online learning starting Monday.

The school has been placed on outbreak status (10+ cases) due to a significant number of COVID-19 cases in a short time frame.

Online learning will continue until this Friday.

In a letter sent to parents and guardians on Sunday, principal Gord Baldwin wrote: “All students will return to in-person classes after spring break on April 6.”

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“The school has completed the process of contacting each family affected by the positive cases, and Alberta Health Services will be following up only with those individuals,” Baldwin said.

Grade 11 student Marina Kadri said she was disappointed but not surprised they were sent home.

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“It wasn’t as bad since we’ve gone through the drill before but it’s still not pleasant. It’s hard for everyone,” Kadri said.

“The teachers still try to make it work but it just doesn’t happen all the time. It’s a lot harder to learn when you’re not physically in a class and able to ask questions with the technical difficulties.”

– With a file from Matthew Conrod

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