Two Edmonton high schools moving classes online amid spiking COVID-19 cases

EDMONTON – Two Edmonton high schools have moved classes online after both reported large numbers of COVID-19 infections in the past week.

There have been 20 confirmed cases at M.E. LaZerte School, where nearly 1,300 students had been attending classes in person.

At that school, 300 students and 43 staff have been asked to quarantine.

Meanwhile, at J. Percy Page High School, 715 in-person students are now learning at home.