The Halton District School Board is pleased to confirm capital funding received from the Ministry of Education for the relocation of two existing child care programs.
Pearson Co-operative Nursery School will move from Lester B. Pearson High School to Brant Hills Public School in Burlington. The Lord Elgin YMCA Child Care Centre will move from Robert Bateman High School to Frontenac Public School in Burlington.
The provincial government will provide funding for these two projects. Brant Hills Public School will receive $771,381 to upgrade facilities, and Frontenac Public School will receive $1,028,508. For both these relocated child care programs, the capital funding will be used to retrofit underutilized spaces.
“We look forward to working with Pearson Co-Operative Nursery School and the YMCA of Hamilton, Burlington and Brantford on these two relocation projects," says Scott Podrebarac, Superintendent of Education with responsibility for Early Years/Child Care Liaison in the Halton District School Board. “This opportunity allows us to work with two long-standing, established child care programs to increase the number of child care spaces in our community and serve more families."
The design phases for the Pearson Co-operative Nursery School are complete and the new space will open at Brant Hills Public School in September 2018. Renovations to Frontenac Public School are in the preliminary design stages and the opening date for the Lord Elgin YMCA Child Care Centre will be announced at a later date.
For additional information, contact:
Scott Podrebarac, Superintendent of Education
Halton District School Board
905-335-3663; Toll free: 1-877-618-3456