HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-01-28, Page 15THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2010. PAGE 15.For months, curriculum co-ordinator Dawne Boersen has beentelling trustees of the Huron-PerthCatholic District School Board that,
with every release of details about the
provincial government’s full-day,
every-day kindergarten pro-
gramming, additional questions arise.
And, at a regular meeting Monday,
Jan. 25, it was clear that remains the
case.
Earlier in the month, there was
official notification of Ministry of
Education funding for four Huron-
Perth Catholic classrooms in the
2010-11, phase-one version of full-
day, every-day kindergarten. Two
will be at St. Ambrose elementary
school in Stratford, and two will be at
St. Joseph’s elementary school in
Clinton.
The amount of time devoted to
kindergarten-style curriculum is not
expected to change. However, the
classrooms within the program will
be staffed by both a kindergarten
teacher and an early childhood
education (ECE) specialist, who will
provide daycare-style programming
that will feature some links to thekindergarten curriculum. Optional daycare-styleprogramming will also be availableon an extended daily schedule: from7-9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.Due to the significant media
attention given to the official
announcement – which also included
10 phase one classrooms in the co-
terminous Avon Maitland District
School Board – trustees have been
hearing numerous concerns about
how the program will roll out in
Huron and Perth.
At the Jan. 24 meeting, Boersen
acknowledged these concerns.
“The program, especially the
extended-day component, is causing
a lot of questions and a lot of
concerns across the province because
(school boards) are now entering into
a realm that we haven’t been
involved in before,” she told trustees.
At the most recent opportunity for
school board representatives to meet
with Ministry officials, Jan. 18, ECE
specialists were also invited to
attend. At that time, Ministry officials
revealed the extended-schedule
classroom – outside regular school
hours – will be staffed by one ECE
specialist and one other person,probably with a level of trainingequal to that of an educationalassistant.Fees for the extended-scheduleprogramming, which will be financedoutside regular education grants, will
be set by the two coterminous school
boards, with approval from the
Ministry. Subsidies will be available
on a basis similar to that now used by
municipally-administered daycare
services.
Boersen noted that, at this point,
already-existing before and after-
school programming, offered to
children older than kindergarten age
by outside service providers, will not
be affected. But school boards will
take over responsibility for all
programs for kindergarten-aged kids,
even if they’re now being offered
within school facilities by other
providers.
In keeping, however, with
Boersen’s repeated comments about
the emergence of further questions
about the program, trustees were
quick to press her for additional
clarification.
Goderich/Northwest Huron
representative Jim McDade
wondered what type of jointcommittee will have to be put inplace by the coterminous boards.Stratford’s Ron Marcy asked aboutthe administration of subsidies forextended-care programming. And business superintendent Gerry
Thuss admitted that, at a recent
meeting of his counterparts from
across Ontario, questions about how
to access funding for such things as
daycare-style snacks, over-and-above
school custodial costs, and the hiring
of ECE specialists were all “fairly
hot items.”
In all instances, Boersen explained
the questions have been forwarded to
Ministry officials, but no clarification
has yet been provided.
Perth South/St. Marys trustee
Bernard Murray, meanwhile,
expressed a concern that reaches
beyond details into the philosophical
basis of the programming. He
highlighted what many rural
residents see as a “catch-22”: if they
send their three-year-old child off on
a bus every day, it’s possible they’ll
miss out on the comforts of home;
but if they opt not to place their kids
in the program, they may miss out on
learning opportunities being
provided to other neighbourhoodchildren.“It’s a question especially in ruralareas,” Murray said, “where theyhave to get on the bus every day. Fivedays a week? I don’t know. Maybeevery other day they can handle it.
(Parents) don’t want to disadvantage
their child by not putting them in the
program, but maybe the reality is that
little Johnny can’t really handle it
every day.”
Boersen couldn’t offer much
comfort, but she did say that the
Ministry intends to treat 2010-11 as a
developmental step in the program.
The small number of sites where it
will be available will be closely
monitored, she explained, in hopes
that any necessary changes will
become clear before the program is
implemented elsewhere.
Questions continue for all-day kindergarten
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