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Collingwood/Clearview Trustee Caroline Smith blamed the province for failing to adequately fund the new program, which forced school boards to charge non-competitive fees.
“The Ministry of Education and Premier Dalton McGuinty sat down and created a plan for early learning, but they didn’t make a plan on how to pay for it. They downloaded it to the school boards, and we don’t have the money,” she said.
It’s not surprising that the SCDSB has decided to cut all but one of the EDP programs for 2010-11. Families don’t see the value in paying $25 a day to have before and after day-care when they had similar care the year prior for approx. $15/day.
The curriculum for the new Full-Day Learning Kindergarten Program has been released. The Full- Day Early Learning – Kindergarten Program (draft) linked from Ministry of Education site. PDF Format (427 KB) Other material tied to ELP including previous posts on the subject can be found here.
Starting in September 2010 the new Early Learning Kindergarten Program ( ELP ) and its extended before and after care components, will be introduced to 16 schools within the SCDSB. The program will roll out over the next four years under the Ministry of Education’s direction. The before and after care component includes care from [...]
The Ministry of Education today released the list of phase 1 schools included in Full-day Learning Program. In the Collingwood/Clearview area the schools included in phase 1 ( Sept. 2010 start ) will be: SCDSB Admiral Collingwood Elementary School Clearview Meadows Elementary School ( Stayner) SMCDSB St. Mary’s Catholic School in Collingwood For a full [...]
