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It looked ordinary enough but for the significance of the news it carried to the Child Care and Learning Center, the envelope should have been bright red and studded with stars. It was the announcement that the center had passed all its tests and evaluations and is now accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs.
“Everybody wanted to bounce up and down and celebrate,” said Deborah Flinchum, the center’s program director who worked steadily on the application from last November, when classroom observations began, through mid-May, when the required 77-page application was submitted to the Academy.
The Child Care and Learning Center is only the 40th Virginia facility offering day care, preschool, and before- and after-school programs to win NAECP accreditation. The majority are concentrated in Northern Virginia and Tidewater, and the nearest to CCLC in distance are in Manassas and Charlottesville. None are found in rural communities comparable in size and development to Rappahannock County and Washington, Va.
“We’re excited and gratified,” said CCLC director Irene Clouse. “But being familiar with licensing and accreditation standards, I’m not suprised that the center received the accreditation. I would have been suprised if we didn’t get it!”
The Academy is sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the nation’s oldest and largest association of early childhood professionals, and its standards were developed over a three-year period with input from approximately 200 educators and administrators from around the country.
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