More than 12,000 students absent from Edmonton schools due to illness

The number of Edmonton public students absent from school because of illness is at a level not seen since the Omicron COVID-19 wave in January. On Tuesday, 8,237 students throughout the city were absent due to illness, representing about 7.54 per cent of Edmonton Public Schools' total student body. The number went up by about 500 on Wednesday. The absentee rate for the Edmonton Catholic Schools District was even higher, at 9.6 per cent. On its website, the public division categorizes student abs