The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board is one step closer to having all elementary schools offer full-day kindergarten.
Superintendent of Education Caryl Hron says they are in their fourth year of the program, and so far it's been a huge success.
Hron says their goal is to have every student reading by the time they finish kindergarten.
She adds 92-percent of students can, and the other 8-percent were identified as needing additional assistance.
She says next year they will have full implementation in the 16 elementary schools across the board.