Pre-primary
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‘You’re being shunned:’ N.S. family worries about students who cannot attend school as strike continuesThe presidents of both CUPE Local 5047, which represents striking workers, and the Nova Scotia Teachers Union took to the picket line together for the first time on Friday.EducationMay 26, 2023
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Fall River families left in lurch after province delays licensing for child care centreParents say they're frustrated with the government's failure to provide a license to this daycare and that while they support universal childcare, they need childcare now.EducationNov 8, 2021
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3 Halifax area schools seek community space for final phase of pre-primary expansionThe remaining 48 school communities will receive pre-primary programming come September 2020, but there are still many questions that remain unanswered with locations being a main concern.EducationFeb 21, 2020
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Lockview family of schools being reorganized to make way for pre-primaryThe changes will go into effect starting in September 2020.EducationFeb 18, 2020
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More questions as final Nova Scotia pre-primary programming rolls outMore questions have been raised since Premier Stephen McNeil and the Liberal government announced details of the final pre-primary program rollout on Tuesday.EducationFeb 12, 2020
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‘It’s been a game-changer’: Pre-primary education program expanding throughout Nova ScotiaAn annual investment of $17.5 million will help expand Nova Scotia’s pre-primary program and offer it to every four-year-old student in the province.EducationFeb 11, 2020
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Parents frustrated over wait-lists for care at new elementary school in HalifaxA lot of parents say they're scrambling to arrange childcare for their children due to lengthy wait-lists for the EXCEL before and after school care program.CanadaAug 21, 2019
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Nova Scotia expanding Before and After Program to improve access to pre-primary servicesThe province will expand the Nova Scotia Before and After Program to 40 sites this fall with continued expansion in 2020, where necessary.EducationAug 20, 2019
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Pre-primary delays carry expensive consequences for parents in HalifaxParents say they've been waiting for clarity on answers regarding the pre-primary program at their elementary schools.CanadaAug 15, 2019
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New school to be built in Bedford, N.S., to ease enrolment pressuresThe new school will be completed in two years from when construction begins, with the land to be cleared this summer.EducationJun 19, 2019
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