Trustees to push child care
The Daily Courier -- Kelowna
April 18, 2007
By: J.P. Squire
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Cuts in child-care funding will impact children entering elementary classes, Central Okanagan school trustees will argue at the annual general meeting of the B.C. School Trustees' Association in Victoria.

All trustees except the Westside's Cheryl Wiebe will attend Thursday to Sunday to support their resolution on child care, said chairwoman Moyra Baxter.

"The resolution on child care is the biggest one of the year for us: cuts to child care and what that means to some of the students coming into our system, whether they are ready to learn or not," she said.

Trustees are also hoping Minister of Education Shirley Bond will explain what the name change from school boards to boards of education means, she added....