Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools (CTR) seems to have found a nice groove when it comes to contact tracing.

Their notification efforts started off by posting case counts for each of their schools to their website based on cases reported from local parents.

A similar system was employed by the Foothills School Division and an independent group called "Support our Students Alberta."

With AHS now confirming cases and reporting them to schools, associate superintendent Mariette Moss says CTR has found a good rhythm.

CTR is still posting case counts for each of their schools (now with confirmed cases from AHS rather than reported cases from parents,) and they've got two staff members who work with each school to carry out contact tracing duties.

The province plans to take over contact tracing operations later this month, and though CTR seems to have a good grip on it, Moss says they're open to change.

"We'll help out in whatever way we can. The process right now is working fairly smoothly. We've had positive feedback from our principals and teachers. We haven't heard much from parents, so I think it is working. We'll continue to post the number of cases at each school on our website. Parents can currently go there and we'll continue with that process regardless, but it has been pretty efficient, and if AHS contacts us and they want to change the system, we're happy to work with them."

She says it hasn't been too much of a strain, especially compared to the year prior.

"It has not been that labour intensive to be honest, because the process is quite different from last year when students had to be notified because they had to quarantine. This process right now is a notification letter that can go out to the whole class. It's fairly manageable for sure."

It's also been made easier by a decrease in cases in the last week, says Moss.

The province has yet to provide details on what their contact tracing efforts in schools will look like.