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Parents of children at the Civic Child Care Centre which
was suddenly closed on Thursday were seeking a legal course for its reopening
yesterday. The parents had signed a contract with the city council
only this week, agreeing to a two weeks notice provision regarding the
withdrawal of children. There was an obligation for the council to provide
similar notice of closure, parents spokesperson Penny Mahy said. Instead parents had been telephoned on Thursday evening
and told not to take their children to the This was not good enough, with many parents having
insufficient time to make alternative arrangements before work again
yesterday, Ms Mahy said. The parents were given no reason for the sudden
closure except that the Ministry of Education had revoked the centre's
licence after receiving advice from the police. She had been delighted with
the standard of care and was fearful of the difficulty in finding alternative
care for her 1-year-old daughter. A police spokesperson, Detective Inspector Brian Pearce,
said yesterday the advice given to the ministry related to ongoing
investigations at the centre since early this year. Mr Pearce declined to comment on whether the
investigations related to the earlier arrest of a male worker at the centre
on child abuse charges. Parents who wanted to know more should contact the
police on Monday, Mr Pearce said. |
