The Edmonton Public School board is condemning a "white alliance" student group connected to Strathcona High School that appeared on social media over the weekend.

Two recent attempts to lure young girls away before the start of classes at a school in south Edmonton are being investigated by police.

Students from both M.E. LaZerte and J. Percy Page schools will move to online learning for two weeks after a number of confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported in the last week.

The chair of the Edmonton Public School Board says she and school trustees want more data from the province about the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on education.

The prime minister took an hour of his day to have a thorough conversation virtually with an Edmonton Grade 6 class on Tuesday.

The Edmonton Public School Board has moved to advocate for the provincial government to cancel diploma exams for Grade 12 students and Provincial Achievement Tests this school year.

"During the ceremony, members of the construction crew swore, made racist remarks, and ran their equipment so that it was difficult for the participants to hear the ceremony," said the principal of Edith Rogers School in a letter to parents.

High school and junior highs seem to have the highest rates of in-person attendance, with an average of 76.8 per cent and 76.9 per cent respectively. 

On Thursday, Hinshaw announced the province was moving away from the asymptomatic testing model that offered tests to all Albertans.

The EPSB sent a letter to parents of students on Monday that outlines how it plans to spend money that the federal government has made available to support the safe reopening of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.