B.C. expands access to in-school child-care program

With licensed practical nurse Tracy Maplesden-McClymont and her wife both working at a clinic in B.C.’s South Okanagan, access to quality child care is a necessity.

Two years ago, they discovered a preschool offering affordable before- and after-school child care on campus.

It was a lifesaver. 

“One of us would have to quit work if we didn’t have this — it would mean one less nurse in our clinic,” she said.

Their first son, Jacob, who is now in first grade, benefited from the Seamless Day Kindergarten pilot at Oliver Elementary, the school chosen as one of four sites for the program launched by the B.C. government in 2019.

Program minimizes transitions for kids

Dubbed “seamless,” the program

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