Education minister Adriana LaGrange and chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw will provide an update on the return to in-class learning for Alberta students on Wednesday.

Students are scheduled to return to in-class learning on Tuesday, May 25.

On Tuesday the ministry of education told Global News: “We are confident students will return back to their classrooms to finish the school year.”

When asked about it on Tuesday, Dr. Hinshaw said schools have never been a significant driver of higher COVID-19 rates; rather a reflection of community transmission.

She said the move to at-home learning was an “operational decision” and one made to staffing and isolation challenges. The return to in-class learning – and which grades make the move – would be decided by the ministry of education and those same operational factors.

“I don’t believe there to be a public health risk in bringing children back to school,” she said, adding she’s “absolutely” comfortable sending her own children back to school on May 25.

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