Flood forces early end to school year
Posted Jun 24, 2013 8:13 am.
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Students in the Catholic and public school systems will not have to go back to class for the rest of the year.
Janet Corsten with the Catholic School District tells 660News all grades, K-12, are impacted.
“They will not have school Monday through Wednesday,” she says. “On Thursday, we will re-open those schools in non-evacuated schools for the morning, so students can come together one last time before the end of the school year, get their report cards, gather any belongings they might have at the school, and then that will be kind of a finish to the end of the school year.”
She says it will be important for students to get together during this time of tragedy.
High schools will remain open for students who choose to still write their diploma exams.
Classes at SAIT, Alberta College of Art and Design, Mount Royal and the University of Calgary are cancelled Monday and Tuesday.
Apprentice exams at SAIT are still planned for this week.
The Foothills School Division is cancelling class for all of its students for the remainder of the year.
The school division’s communication and technology services have been destroyed, making operations and communication almost impossible; its website is down and phone lines are busy.
Students still have an opportunity to write diploma exams at writing centres at Foothills Composite High School and Oilfields High School.
Catholic schools in Okotoks, Brooks, Strathmore and Oyen are all open, but remain closed in several other communities in Southern Alberta.
However, because of the effect of the floods, all students within the Catholic board are exempt from final exams.
Catholic Schools in High River and Canmore are now closed for the rest of the year.
The two Catholic schools in Drumheller are closed for Monday only.
