Teachers, students and parents are preparing for a return to classrooms this week after provincial orders are mandating teachers back to work.

Classes in schools around Alberta are expected to resume on Wednesday after the province passed the Back to School Act to end a teachers’ strike that began in early October. The legislation forces teachers back to work by imposing a collective agreement and invoking the notwithstanding clause to shield it from court challenges for the duration of the four-year deal.

More than 51,000 teachers represented by the Alberta Teachers' Association walked off the job on Oct. 6, cancelling classes for around 750,000 students at public, Catholic and francophone schools.

Both the Calgary Board of Education (CBE) and Calgary Catholic School District (CC

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