The Greater Essex County District School Board has signed on with its first official partner in a new K to grade 12 school in Kingsville.
The Division Road Preschool will be the childcare located in the new school.
It currently has 77 children from 3 months to 6 years, but under the agreement and its relocation to the new school, it will provide child care for up to 12 years with before and after school services.
School Board Director Erin Kelly says this will make it an easier transition for children and their parents.
"It helps with the extended day for parents who are working and it makes it convenient in terms of being able to drop of their children and an easy transition to school," says Kelly
A location for the new school is still in the works.
It is scheduled to be opened in September 2019.