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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2023
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KINDERGARTENS AXED BY KNOX CL ‘OTHERS BETTER EQUIPPED’ ■ Knox City Council will stop running standalone kindergarten services and will make its buildings available to other sessional kindergarten providers from January 2025. The Council will work in partnership with the Department of Education on an expression of interest process to seek alternate providers. Knox Mayor, Cr Marcia-Timmers Leitch said there are kindergarten providers already operating in Knox and surrounding areas who are better equipped to grow and adapt their services than Council. ● More on Page 3
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