Take over daycares, Ontario schools told
Ontario parents of 4- and 5-year-olds should be able to leave their children at school from 7:30 in the morning to 6 p.m. as part of sweeping changes bringing daycare and kindergarten under one roof, the Star has learned.
A long-awaited report by Charles Pascal on full-day learning, to be released tomorrow, calls for a massive shakeup in children’s services that would see the Ministry of Education take full responsibility for learning from birth to young adulthood, sources say.
For families, it would mark the beginning of the so-called “seamless day,” where parents drop off and pick up their children in one location; kids then spend the day in one building, their school, instead of being ferried back and forth between class and child care. Research has shown that especially for younger children, the fewer transitions, the better.
Canada has long been criticized by international organizations for its lack of coordination in early childhood care and ranks last among developed nations in spending in that area. Child development guru Dr. Fraser Mustard has described the uncoordinated patchwork of programs that exists across the country as a “chaotic mess.”
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Soccermom Says:
Nanny state, just what the lefties love.
Posted on June 14th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Philanthropist Says:
Union expansion vastly increasing the costs of the ‘education system’ will ensure this report gets lots of attention by corrupt Liberals, hold on to your wallets.
Posted on June 14th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Mac Says:
Time for another common sense revolution…
Posted on June 14th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
fernstalbert Says:
Ontario got rid of grade 13 – looks like it deja vu all over again. Since the daycare workers will be government employees what will the wage and benefit scale be? Where will they find space for these daycares? Schools have enough issues with available classroom space, image the added pressure on infrastructure. What if you choose to not send your 4 - 5 year old to daycare, will you be charged with contributing to truancy? Better yet, give birth and hand those babies over to the government right at the hospital door. Social worker heaven.
Posted on June 14th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Sara Landriault Says:
Has anyone asked the kids if they want to be left there from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm, that adds up to a 10.5 hr days and 52.5 hour weeks.
Forgive me if I”m wrong but isn’t overtime paid to workers for more than 44 hours a week…. oh boy I’m on to something, going to get on my blog.
Posted on June 14th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
UV Says:
This will probably a vote getter for young families who cant find (affordable) day care as both parents have to work to surive these days with the high cost of housing, food, auto purchase/maintenance and ever rising retail gasoline/diesel prices which affects almost everything they buy.
Lots of empty classrooms out there in my neighborhood because of declining student population, forcing many schools to be closed with resulting teacher layoffs.
Posted on June 14th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
fernstalbert Says:
UV, you made the comment about teacher layoffs. There will be no teachers involved in this daycare initiative. These are daycare workers, not teachers. Do your really think a grade 9 science teacher is going to herd 4 and 5 year olds in a daycare. I think not.
Posted on June 15th, 2009 at 11:39 am