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School boards release all-day list
Recommend total of 33 facilities offer full kindergarten in September
By Joanne Laucius, The Ottawa CitizenDecember 1, 2009
Ottawa's public and Catholic school boards have released their lists of candidate schools for all-day kindergarten next September.
There are 22 elementary schools on the public board's list, and 11 on the Catholic board's "recommended" list, with an an additional nine Catholic schools on a list of "potential" full-day kindergartens.
Candidate lists from boards across Ontario were due to be forwarded to the Ministry of Education Monday. The ministry is to confirm the site choices by Jan. 15.
The schools identified as candidates for the first year of all-day kindergarten must be able to offer the program without the cost of additions or renovations.
Boards have also been requested to identify sites for 2011-12 that need minimal capital funding. The program is to be fully phased in by 2015-16.
Administrators were asked to take a number of factors into consideration, including the availability of reasonably priced day-care spaces for before- and after-school care.
Another priority is to place a portion of the full-day kindergartens in low-income neighbourhoods.
In a report to public board trustees, superintendents Diane Jeudy-Hugo and Michael Carson said finding schools that met all the criteria in the first round wasn't easy.
In a few cases, there was space available, but the school was not in a high-needs community.
Meanwhile, funding for the first year of the program -- $4.97 million for the public board and $2.2 million for the Catholic board -- has already been announced.
The money has been earmarked to allow about 15 per cent of the projected kindergarten enrolment at each board to have access to full-day kindergarten in the first year. The core program in each classroom will be offered by a teacher and a registered early childhood education worker.
But the report noted that the potential costs that come with the full-day program are "formidable" and exceed the funding: "While the criteria for the first list of schools indicates that no capital expenditure will be incurred, there will undoubtedly be startup costs beyond the funding available."
The full cost won't be tallied until budget time in the spring, but it is estimated at about $101,000 for each class, including teacher and early childhood educator salaries and prep time. Using those figures, the cost of 50 new kindergarten classrooms will be $5.08 million -- $110,000 less than the province is funding, said the report.
There are numerous issues that will need to be resolved over the next few months, including developing new curriculum, managing the French as a Second Language component, adding the early childhood educators to the organization, managing new before- and after-school programs and working with area child-care providers.
The program will have a significant impact on both private and licensed child-care centres that have purchased or leased space in schools, said the report.
Eleanor Heap, executive director at Ottawa Day Nursery Inc., which has child-care centres in 14 public schools, was worried about the fate of those centres about a month ago. Now two of the schools with child-care centres, York Street and W.E. Gowling, are on the candidate list.
"The school board was very open in consulting with us about the impact it could have on us," said Heap. "We'll just be doing things differently. There will still be before- and after-school care, and during March break and in the summer. The school board has reached out their hand and is partners with us."
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Candidate Elementary Schools for All-Day Kindergarten
Recommended sites at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board:
- Arch Street
- Bayshore
- Blossom Park
- Cambridge Street Community
- Carson Grove ES
- Century
- Convent Glen ES
- Featherston Dr.
- General Vanier
- Glen Cairn
- Grant Alternative School
- Greely ES
- Jockvale ES
- Manordale
- Metcalfe
- North Gower/************************ugh
- Pinecrest
- Queen Elizabeth
- Robert E. Wilson
- W.E. Gowling
- W. Erskine Johnston
- York Street
Recommended sites at the Ottawa Catholic School Board:
- Bayshore
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- St. Bernard
- St. Elizabeth
- St. Brigid
- Brother André
- St. Patrick Barrhaven
- St. Martin de Porres
- Our Lady of Wisdom
- St. Daniel
- St. Michael Corkery
Potential additional sites:
- John Paul II
- Prince of Peace
- Our Lady of Peace
- Blessed Kateri
- Our Lady of Fatima
- St. Francis of Assisi
- St. Rita
- Pope John XXIII
- Holy Family
© Copyright (c) The Ottawa Citizen
School boards release all-day list
Recommend total of 33 facilities offer full kindergarten in September
By Joanne Laucius, The Ottawa CitizenDecember 1, 2009
Ottawa's public and Catholic school boards have released their lists of candidate schools for all-day kindergarten next September.
There are 22 elementary schools on the public board's list, and 11 on the Catholic board's "recommended" list, with an an additional nine Catholic schools on a list of "potential" full-day kindergartens.
Candidate lists from boards across Ontario were due to be forwarded to the Ministry of Education Monday. The ministry is to confirm the site choices by Jan. 15.
The schools identified as candidates for the first year of all-day kindergarten must be able to offer the program without the cost of additions or renovations.
Boards have also been requested to identify sites for 2011-12 that need minimal capital funding. The program is to be fully phased in by 2015-16.
Administrators were asked to take a number of factors into consideration, including the availability of reasonably priced day-care spaces for before- and after-school care.
Another priority is to place a portion of the full-day kindergartens in low-income neighbourhoods.
In a report to public board trustees, superintendents Diane Jeudy-Hugo and Michael Carson said finding schools that met all the criteria in the first round wasn't easy.
In a few cases, there was space available, but the school was not in a high-needs community.
Meanwhile, funding for the first year of the program -- $4.97 million for the public board and $2.2 million for the Catholic board -- has already been announced.
The money has been earmarked to allow about 15 per cent of the projected kindergarten enrolment at each board to have access to full-day kindergarten in the first year. The core program in each classroom will be offered by a teacher and a registered early childhood education worker.
But the report noted that the potential costs that come with the full-day program are "formidable" and exceed the funding: "While the criteria for the first list of schools indicates that no capital expenditure will be incurred, there will undoubtedly be startup costs beyond the funding available."
The full cost won't be tallied until budget time in the spring, but it is estimated at about $101,000 for each class, including teacher and early childhood educator salaries and prep time. Using those figures, the cost of 50 new kindergarten classrooms will be $5.08 million -- $110,000 less than the province is funding, said the report.
There are numerous issues that will need to be resolved over the next few months, including developing new curriculum, managing the French as a Second Language component, adding the early childhood educators to the organization, managing new before- and after-school programs and working with area child-care providers.
The program will have a significant impact on both private and licensed child-care centres that have purchased or leased space in schools, said the report.
Eleanor Heap, executive director at Ottawa Day Nursery Inc., which has child-care centres in 14 public schools, was worried about the fate of those centres about a month ago. Now two of the schools with child-care centres, York Street and W.E. Gowling, are on the candidate list.
"The school board was very open in consulting with us about the impact it could have on us," said Heap. "We'll just be doing things differently. There will still be before- and after-school care, and during March break and in the summer. The school board has reached out their hand and is partners with us."
- - -
Candidate Elementary Schools for All-Day Kindergarten
Recommended sites at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board:
- Arch Street
- Bayshore
- Blossom Park
- Cambridge Street Community
- Carson Grove ES
- Century
- Convent Glen ES
- Featherston Dr.
- General Vanier
- Glen Cairn
- Grant Alternative School
- Greely ES
- Jockvale ES
- Manordale
- Metcalfe
- North Gower/************************ugh
- Pinecrest
- Queen Elizabeth
- Robert E. Wilson
- W.E. Gowling
- W. Erskine Johnston
- York Street
Recommended sites at the Ottawa Catholic School Board:
- Bayshore
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- St. Bernard
- St. Elizabeth
- St. Brigid
- Brother André
- St. Patrick Barrhaven
- St. Martin de Porres
- Our Lady of Wisdom
- St. Daniel
- St. Michael Corkery
Potential additional sites:
- John Paul II
- Prince of Peace
- Our Lady of Peace
- Blessed Kateri
- Our Lady of Fatima
- St. Francis of Assisi
- St. Rita
- Pope John XXIII
- Holy Family
© Copyright (c) The Ottawa Citizen
