With the introduction of junior kindergarten at East Three School next fall, the Children First Centre is preparing for ways it might have to adapt its programming.

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An estimated 60 students will be entering the junior kindergarten system next year.

The school is planning to run two half-day classes, with about 15 students in each, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Davison said the Children First board has been discussing strategies about what the centre should do depending on how junior kindergarten rolls out.

The centre already has half-time programs for three- and four-year-olds, so itSA国际影视传媒檚 prepared to handle the split schedule with East Three School, should parents have their children involved in both institutions.

Asked if junior kindergarten means competition for the Children First Centre, Davison said she sees the school as a partner.

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The Children First Centre offers a wide range of programs for children from newborn to 12 years of age.

East Three School Principal Deborah Reid said the school has received funding for resources for junior kindergarten, some of which will be going to the installation of a bathroom in one of the classrooms.

Two principals out, one in

Both Reid and East Three Secondary School Vice-Principal Lorne Guy will be leaving Inuvik at the end of the school year.

Guy is headed to a position in Nova Scotia, after 15 years in town, and Reid will be moving to a position in Hay River.

At the Inuvik District Education Authority meeting last week, it was announced that former teacher Gene Jenks will be back in a principal role on the secondary side of the school next fall.

Genks, in an e-mail to the Inuvik Drum, said heSA国际影视传媒檚 excited to head back to the school but would like the actions of the school to do the talking.

East Three will have a principal for each side of the school, secondary and elementary, next year, instead of the current system, which has Reid oversee the entire school with separate vice-principals.

Also at the DEA meeting, Reid said the school has had ongoing challenges in getting enough substitute teachers, and chair Lesa Semmler said the board has had little information on junior kindergarten.

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