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$ 10 million in child care funding for English school boards
ALEXIA MARSILLO alexia.marsillo@eap.on.ca
TheMinistry of Education has announced funding for additional child care spaces. The Upper Canada District School Board and the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario received, in total, almost $ 10 million. The provincial government of Ontario announced that nearly 200 schools across the province would benefit from this funding aimed at child care projects.The announce- ment was made with the purpose of helping more families access quality and affordable child care. The Ministry of Education also stated that this additional funding would allow more women to go back to work to pursue their careers – a factor which is criti- cal to closing the gender wage gap. Upper Canada District School Board The Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) will be receiving $ 7 .7 million in capital funding from the Ministry of Edu- cation for early years capital construction projects. This funding will allow the school board to create and sustain additional child care spaces in several schools. This money will allow for 39 child care spaces to be added to Rockland Pub- lic School – 15 toddler spaces and 24 for preschool. Russell Public School will also be receiving 15 additional spaces, all for toddler-aged children. Nationview Public
Le ministère de l’Éducation a annoncé le financement de places supplémentaires pour les garderies. L’ Upper Canada District School Board a reçu 7,7 M$ et le Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario a reçu environ 1,3 M$. —photo fournie
School’s funding will create 34 new spaces, 10 for infants and 24 for preschool children. Kemptville Public School will create 49 new spaces (10 for infants, 15 for toddlers and 24 for preschool children) and will also receive additional funding to construct an exten- sion to the school to support these extra spaces. Over $350,000 will be allocated for the construction of the new South Brockville
public school, which will sustain 64 child- care spaces – 10 infant, 30 toddler and 24 preschool spots. Catholic District School Board The Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) received a little over $1.3million for child care funding from theMinistry.This money will go towards two specific projects: one for Saint Joseph Catho- lic School in Gananoque and the other for Saint Finnan’s Catholic School in Alexandria.
The majority of the funding will go to- wards an addition to Saint Joseph, which will in turn create 15 toddler spots and 24 preschool spots. In order to create 15 tod- dler spaces, $262,000 of the funding will be aimed at renovating Saint Finnan’s. “We were very pleased with the result because we submitted these two projects,” said Bonnie Norton, CDSBEO’s Associate Director. “We were very fortunate that we got both of them accepted.”
4 M$ pour de nouvelles places en garderie
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The Government of Ontario has recently announced that it will dedicate $4 million to creating places in daycare centres. For the French-language catholic school board, that will translate into 186 extra places. —photo Frédéric Hountondji
FRÉDÉRIC HOUNTONDJI frederic.hountondji@eap.on.ca
celui de la langue et de la religion. « L’ajout de places en garderie est primordial pour la construction identitaire francophone et catholique des enfants de notre région », lit-on dans le communiqué du CSDCEO. L’organisation compte plus de 10 000 élèves qui reçoivent l’éducation dans plusieurs garderies, 25 écoles élémentaires, sept écoles secondaires et le Centre d’éducation et de formation de l’Est ontarien (CÉFEO). Près de 200 écoles touchées en Ontario La récente annonce de la première ministre visait à créer de nouvelles places en garderie dans quelque 200 écoles situées sur le territoire ontarien. Plus de 8400 enfants et leur famille devront avoir droit à des services de grade d’enfants agréées, grâce à cet investissement.
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Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry, Prescott et Russell auront de nouvelles places dans les garderies grâce à un investissement du gouvernement ontarien de près de 4 M$. Ce sont en tout 186 nouvelles places qui seront ainsi créées dans ces cinq comtés couverts par le Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien. Le CSDCEO salue cette annonce faite par la première ministreKathleenWynne. Cet investissement démontre celui-clui que l’apprentissage est important depuis la petite enfance jusqu’à la 12 e année dans ses établissements. Le conseil estime par ailleurs que les fonds l’aideront dans l’atteinte de ses objectifs, notamment dans deux domaines :
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