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A Toronto mom said she and a handful of other parents who were forced to pull their kids from a Toronto daycare after it withdrew from the national $10-a-day program are now pushing to re-enroll their children after learning that the centre will now be staying in the program.
In November, Sunnyside Daycare told parents that the centre was dropping out of the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) program, a move that would send parent fees at the centre soaring.
One parent at the centre, Melissa Bruno, told CP24 that she decided to stop sending her son in the New Year as her fees were set to jump from about $900 to $2,090 a month on January 1.
But in a letter to parents dated Jan. 23, the centre confirmed that it would be re-joining the national program.
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Bruno said when she discovered that the centre was not in fact dropping out of the program, she and other parents who had pulled their kids from the centre asked for their spots back.
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While she was waiting for a response, she said she heard from another mom who had been offered a spot off the waitlist.
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