Alberta students will head back to the classroom for in-school learning in the fall, the provincial government announced on Tuesday.

Premier Jason Kenney said in-school classes would resume in September with near-normal daily operations, but with added health measures.

“The return of more than 750,000 students to near-normal learning in the new school year is indicative of Alberta’s continued recovery as we work to relaunch our economy and return to our regular everyday lives,” he said.

Health measures would include frequent cleaning of surfaces, placing hand sanitizers at school entrances and classrooms, grouping students in cohorts and planning the school day to allow for physical distancing, which could include staggering start times for classes, recesses and lunch.
Students, staff, parents and school visitors will also be expected to fill out a self-screening questionnaire daily to determine whether they can enter the school.

On Monday, Alberta confirmed 368 new cases had been identified since Friday, with Saturday showing the highest jump in cases over a one-day period since early May.

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