A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy was
feft behind at Tsawwassen's
Splashdown Park during a
North Vancouver daycare field
trip on July 15.

By Anna Marie D'Angelo

News Reporter

According to North Shore
Health’s childcare licensing officer
June Maynard, the child was found
by waterslide staff within five to 10
minutes of being left unsupervised.

Novaco Daycare director
Denise Krauss said the child was
unsupervised for 15 minutes.

North Vancouver resident
Marilyn Gordo, a parent of a for-
mer Novaco child, said this recent
incident supports her contention
that supervision is a problem at the
daycare.

“I don’t think they are looking
after the needs of the children.”
said Gordo. “Luckily they got the
kid back... What if someone
snatched him?"

Corde nd (00 other sels ol pat
cris pulled Chet hads oat of
Nowaco within an approsvinuite
twoomonth period Last spring.

The non-profit dayeare is rin by
a pivent-community board and is
located in the Norgite areit.

The parents claimed to have
supervision concerns and alleged
that Novaco staff handled situa-
tions poorly involving what they
claimed was inappropriate sexual
behavior among their children and
other kids at the daycare.

Incidents of concern to the par-
ents included allegations that:

B sexual play of an inappropriate
degree involving fondling “of pri-
vate parts” between two kids was
witnessed by a paren’,

@ staff were not supervising the
children appropriately so as to pre-
vent accidents and ensure that the
kids were eating reasonable lunch-
cs.

But Krauss said the daycare had
more than the required number of
staff to look after the 57 children
enrolled.

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Boy Jefl behind during NV daycare field trip: sexual play investigated following complaint

Stic swcrd the sexual phase tne
deatomvedved ao tug belween to
hids whieh was taterpreted bya
pareot as an adull-type hug.

Krauss said she didn't feel con
fortuble discussing details af soate
of the allegations because of conti.
dentiality reasons, but “there was
more to it” than what the parents
were saying,

Said Krauss of the com-
plainants, “The one parent (in the
group of three that withdrew their
kids) was very influential on the
other two,” said Krauss.

“fim unclear on their motives,”
she added.

The Ministry of Social Services
was informed about the sexual-
behavior allegations, Krauss said

the man
Peso e
mierdents,

Meanwhile Maynard released
reconnnendations on July 21 te che
parents regarding their Novaco
complaints, received by North
Shore Health on April 20,

The recommendations included:
@ initiating efforts to make all lev-
els of administration responsive to
the soviety membership;
BM developing and distributing to
the membership a clear policy and
procedure on conflict resolution
and withdrawal of services:
Housing the Ministry of Social
Services as a resource for issues of
child protection and questionable
child sexual play as determined by

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still,

“Points of clarification” in
Maynard's report included:

@ families must hive reasonable
expectation of the (daycare) ser-
vice; and

a Novaco Daycare Centre has
recery implemented some strate-
gies to facilitate communication.

Iry Rezaci, one of the parents
who complained to North Shore
Health and received the agency's
follow-up report, called it vague
and unsatisfactory as far as specifi-

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