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Ecole Connaught School going online next week

Jan 21, 2022 | 10:55 PM

MEDICINE HAT, AB – A Medicine Hat school will move to online learning for two days next week.

In a Facebook post, Ecole Connaught School says that about 45 per cent of the school population was absent Friday.

The school says an AHS investigation revealed there is a highly contagious gastrointestinal illness spreading in the school. The gastrointestinal illness is not related to COVID-19, but the school says there are also rising levels absence of due to COVID-19.

Medicine Hat Public School Division Supt. Mark Davidson directed Ecole Connaught School to shift to online learning on Monday, Jan. 24 and Tuesday, Jan. 25. The school aims to return to in-person learning on Jan. 26.