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Picking the best day care a parental priority
Streamlined process in the works for evaluating top child care sites in Ga.
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Kids play Friday at First Presbyterian Church Child Development Center in Gainesville. Playground equipment costs big money, and meeting rating criteria can take time. First Presbyterian spent two years qualifying for its one-star rating from the voluntary Quality Rated organization. - photo by NAT GURLEY
After two years of paperwork, a star has landed in Gainesville. First Presbyterian Church Child Development Center, a participant in the state’s Quality Rated child care program, was awarded in June a single star in the three-star system. The voluntary program from the state Department of Early Care and Learning rates child care and early learning programs on a number of criteria and assigns a rating.