Support Our Students Alberta

Since Sept 1, SOS's Alberta K-12 School COVID-19 Tracker has become Albertans' go-to source for up-to-date, transparent information about cases in schools. At its core, it is a community project. To submit school cases, please email letters in confidence to [email protected]. We rely on parents and school community members to provide direct information to help us maintain our records. ... Everything we do is to advocate for equitable, barrier-free and safe public education that is accessible to all students.

Wednesday 9pm #ABEd COVID-19 Tracker Update: From AHS: 1207 active school cases 194 reports of in-school transmission... Upgraded to WATCH (5+ cases): Bert Church (Airdrie) Nose Creek School YYC L.Y. Cairns YEG (re-instated) Mary Hanley YEG St. Edmund YEG St. John Paul II (Grande Prairie) Bellerose Composite High (St. Albert) Gilbert Paterson Middle School (Lethbridge) Outbreaks declared: Jan Reimer School YEG John Barnett School YEG Connections for Learning (Stony Plain) Mary Butterworth Jr High YEG https://www.alberta.ca/scho/covid-19-school-status-map.htm New schools: #859 Nelson Heights Middle School (Cold Lake AB) #860 Jasper Elementary School (Jasper AB) #861 Two Hills Mennonite School (Two Hills AB) #862 Don Campbell Elementary School (Red Deer) #863 Roberta MacAdams YEG Tracker Tally: 863 AB schools have reported cases 126 at "outbreak" status (2-4 cases) 72 at "watch" status (5+ cases) View full list of 863 schools, including the rest of today's case additions at www.supportourstudents.ca NOTE: Our volunteers are currently working diligently adding a high volume of cases to our tracker. We thank our champions for continued submissions. We will have each case uploaded onto the site - thank you for your continued support! For brevity and streamlining, our FB updates highlight: - school closures/ scenario transitions - new schools added to our tracking list - status upgrades

And we know these kids are just victims of bad planning, of failed leadership and no data, she said, adding that contact tracing has become fragmented in schools and in the community. Yet here we are. Casinos continue to remain open, but kids in grades 7 through 12 can’t go to school. https://calgaryherald.com//older-students-victims-of-bad-p

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Wednesday 4pm #ABEd COVID-19 Tracker Update: New schools with cases: #854 Evergreen Elementary (Drayton Valley AB) #855 St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School (Spruce Grove AB)... #856 St. Vincent de Paul School YYC #857 Westmount School (Okotoks AB) #858 Highwood High (High River AB) Tracker Tally: 858 AB schools have reported cases 136 at "outbreak" status (2-4 cases) 66 at "watch" status (5+ cases) View full list of 858 schools, including the rest of today's case additions at www.supportourstudents.ca NOTE: Our volunteers are currently working diligently adding a high volume of cases to our tracker. We thank our champions for continued submissions. We will have each case uploaded onto the site - thank you for your continued support! For brevity and streamlining, our FB updates highlight: - school closures/ scenario transitions - new schools added to our tracking list - status upgrades

Wednesday 10am #ABEd COVID-19 Tracker Update: Scenario transition: Lester B. Pearson YYC All Gr 10 and Gr 11 online starting Nov 25 due to cases and staffing capacity... New schools with cases: #850 Queen Elizabeth School (Wetaskiwin) #851 West Dalhousie School YYC #852 New Sarepta Community High School (New Sarepta AB) #853 East Elementary School (Leduc AB) Tracker Tally: 853 AB schools have reported cases 136 at "outbreak" status (2-4 cases) 66 at "watch" status (5+ cases) View full list of 853 schools, including the rest of today's case additions at www.supportourstudents.ca NOTE: Our volunteers are currently working diligently adding a high volume of cases to our tracker. We thank our champions for continued submissions. We will have each case uploaded onto the site - thank you for your continued support! For brevity and streamlining, our FB updates highlight: - school closures/ scenario transitions - new schools added to our tracking list - status upgrades

The entire back-to-school plan had hinged on the success of being able to test, trace and isolate. But that is broken now and it’s resulted in an absolute unthinkable number of schools impacted and people in isolation, Moussa said. According to the Support Our Students COVID-tracker, which has become an indispensable information tool for many families, 842 Alberta schools have reported cases since the start of school, 133 are now in outbreak status with two to four cases, while 65 are on watch with five or more cases. https://calgaryherald.com//in-person-classes-ending-nov-30