Pay-to-play recess programs on the rise at Ottawa schools

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When Dayna Scott’s six-year-old son came home from Hopewell Avenue Public School with a pamphlet about a new phys-ed program at recess, it sounded like a good idea. Rohan is a little fireball, and loves sports of all kinds. The “Active Start recess program,” the pamphlet promised, helps children six to nine develop the general skills they need to move into any sport. But when Scott had a closer look, she was shocked. “Register for as low as $41.66 for 6 weeks,” it said, “or $124.98 for three sessions.” She couldn’t believe a program at school during recess came with a fee attached. “I was appalled.

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