Kindergarten debate on hold
Vancouver Island News Group - Saanich News
09 Jan 2009
By: Roszan Holmen

Parents anxious for answers

The report was due in December, but mum's the word on kindergarten for three- to-five year olds.

"It's being finalized," said Scott Sutherland, spokesman for the B.C. Education Ministry….

In July, she appointed the Early Childhood Learning Agency to study the proposal and prepare a report by the end of the year.

The report, said Sutherland, is being reviewed, but nothing's being said about when it will be released to the public.

The wait has some parents and childcare advocates nervous….

She also fears the extra load on the school system could further burden already stretched budgets for Grades 1 to 12.