Disappointed and scrambling: Families on waitlists for before- and after-school spaces at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board.

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Hundreds of families with young children have been left scrambling to find alternatives after learning there aren’t enough extended day child-care spaces at Ottawa’s largest school board . Article content

In an email to parents on the waitlist, the early learning department of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board said a Canada-wide shortage of early childhood educators was at fault and advised families to make alternative arrangements — at least for September. Article content Article content

“We anticipate that many families will want an approximate timeline of when a space will become available. As this is based on staffing r

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