Education Minister embraces daycare; dismisses underfunding
With a provincial election roughly four weeks out, Education Minister Don Morgan came to the small community of St. Louis to help celebrate the local school division’s 10th anniversary.
After cutting cake and posing for photos, Morgan reminded attendees of his government’s promise to kids.
“We made a commitment when we formed government to add 500 daycare spaces a year. We’ve met that as we’ve gone through. But as we go forward and add more new schools, or we build and expand schools, we know that we would not want to do a new school that does not have a daycare as part of it,” Morgan said, adding there was a “synergy” locating daycares in schools as not only was it a common drop off point for parents, but younger siblings had the support of the older ones.
Morgan said existing daycares operated with a variety of different models. The province has provided the space and the capital, and daycares have been run through the school division or with a division partner like a community based organization.