DAYCARE NEWS AND EVENTS

Starting Points Child Care is under new ownership. Ms. Janice founded Starting Points over 25 years ago. She created a fantastic child care center that has served hundreds of families since 1997. The center consistently received Three Stars, the highest rating, ever since the state began assessing the quality of care provided by child care centers. Ms. Janice was ready for full retirement though and sold the center to Thea Raymond. She has owned a family child care center in Berkeley California for the last twelve years. The change in ownership has been a long process as our Childcare license was not transferable. We are now operating under a new license. Unfortunately that means we have lost our “Stars” and will be unable to earn a new Quality rating until October 2023 – this is because the Stars assessment system has changed and centers are assessed four times over the next year. We want to assure you that the quality of care we currently provide is the same level of care we have provided for the last quarter of a century. We have simply lost our Stars due to State government regulations regarding a change in ownership. We encourage prospective parents to tour our center and see what makes our center different from other child care centers. We provide quality care in a home-like environment with an emphasis on nature-based, play based learning.