COVID-19 in schools inevitable, cost to reduce class sizes unrealistic; Kenney

Premier Jason Kenney says he’s accepted all along that COVID-19 infections in schools are inevitable and that’s no reason to keep classrooms shuttered.

His remarks come after a school in Okotoks delayed its planned reopening because a staff member was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.

At another school in Calgary, the principal, assistant principal, and administrative secretary were forced into a 14-day quarantine after someone at the school tested positive.

Kenney says the province’s chief medical health officer, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, did not come up with school safety guidelines arbitrarily but based decisions on the most up-to-date research.