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Halton public school board asking Ontario to drop ‘hybrid’ model due to lack of child care
COVID-19 pandemic.In a letter to Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce, the HDSB said the option would not work for students from kindergarten to Grade 6 since it requires child care for up to 36,000 students, which does not currently exist in the region.The board goes on to sat that daytime child care within Halton primarily focuses on preschool-aged children. Hamilton school board reveals 3 reopening plans, hopes for full return in fall 2020 “Therefore, temporary, casual, and unlicensed care may make up the majority of a potential new child-care market.,” HDSB chair Andrea Grebenc said in her letter to Lecce.