More Than 20 000 Edmonton Students Missed School Due To Illness On Wednesday
According to figures posted online, more than 75 percent of the division’s 213 schools had more than 10 percent of their students out of class due to illness on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. On Wednesday, more than 20,000 Edmonton students were absent. The school board called an emergency meeting for Tuesday to ask provincial health officials for more clarity on how many children need to be sick before the province takes additional health measures....