Staff-Child Ratios in Ontario
(According to Day Nurseries Act)
For Centre Based Care
Age of Children in Group Ratio of Staff to Children Maximum Children in Group
under 18 months of age
3 staff to 10 children
10

18 months to 30 months
1 staff to 5 children
15

Over 30 months to 5 years
1 staff to 8 children
16

Over 5 years but less than 6 years
1 staff to 12 children
24

6 years to 9 years
1 staff to 15 children
30

For Home Based (Licensed and Unlicensed) Child Care (from the Day Nurseries Ac… Continue

3 - It is recommended that adult onboard monitors be used on all school buses that transport junior and senior kindergarten children and that some form of monitoring and supervision be available for all school buses transporting elementary school aged children.

The use of adult monitors on buses carrying elementary school-aged children is not widespread in North America. A limited number of American and Canadian school districts use, but do not require, adult monitors for school-aged children.… Continue

Toronto Star - Feb. 23, 2004. 01:00 AM
Bring back some rules
Chaotic environment threat to students' safety


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Police dig for clues in bus trip tragedy

Feb. 18.

When I read about the 4-year-old girl who was found dead on her school bus in Thunder Bay, I was shocked, saddened, sickened, and angry.

My children travel to school by bus. I hear their stories, and I witness the behaviour of the children on those buses w… Continue

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Williamsburg County school bus drivers reinstated

GREELEYVILLE -- Eighteen suspended bus drivers will soon be on the roads again for the Williamsburg County School District.

At a meeting Monday, the district's board of trustees accepted an administrative recommendation to lift the suspensions of those drivers who failed to transport children in a "timely manner"… Continue

Imagine being at work and calling home at 5 p.m. to find out that your 10-year-old never arrived home after school. That's exactly what happened to one Wilmington Island mother several weeks ago.

"I called First Student and they said the bus is already back in the yard, I said well my son's not home, they said well let me double check, they came back on the phone and said yes ma'am the bus is back in the yard, all of the kids have been dropped off. I immediately freaked out thinking something h… Continue

Approximately 20 students ranging from kindergarten to fourth grade were riding on Bus 4 about 4:10 pm., Nov. 6, when their bus was involved in an accident with a black Ford Explorer. According to accounts of the accident, paramedics were not called to the scene and the children were removed from the school bus prior to the arrival of the police. In addition, drug and alcohol testing wa… Continue

I want to know why there are no seatbelts on school buses ...

Good question Carol, I just hope you are not too upset when you get the answer to your question.

Transportation Safety Officials say that our children are like eggs in an egg carton.

The only problem is, we all know what happens to eggs in an egg carton when it crashes at 60 miles per hour?

I could not… Continue

If you guessed ten... guess again.

Seventeen elementary school students escaped injury after the school bus they were on lost control and crashed into more than a dozen cars in a St. Albert parking lot Monday afternoon.

I'm guessing mechanical brake failure, or, the bus driver forgot to step on the brake pedal???

Police say the bus carrying 18 students was passing a farm tractor today in the Stewiacke area. Police say the bus went too far to the left and caught the edge of a soft shoulder, causing the vehicle to roll over onto its side around 7:30 a.m.

Without seatbelts and childseats on school buses, children are left only to be protected by what is called "compartmentalisation", boun… Continue