The Alberta NDP unveiled Thursday what it calls an alternative to the government's school relaunch plan, which the opposition party says isn't sufficiently funded to ensure student and staff safety. Earlier this week, Education Minister Adriana LaGrange announced that the province's 750,000 students will go back to "near-normal learning" in the new school year. But the opposition NDP says they have heard from thousands of Albertans who say they're worried about how they can return to school safely. Among the measures the NDP is proposing are:Have a provincewide cap of 15 students per classroom (and hiring the staff necessary to accomplish that). While these recommendations come with a cost, the consequences of pretending things can operate normally without consequence will be far more costly," said NDP education critic Sarah Hoffman.

Source: CBC News July 23, 2020 19:30 UTC