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Early Learning & Development Center Greenwood

eldc.org

At a glance

  • Medium Creative Curriculum center, licensed for 58 children.
  • Hours 7 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., 5 days a week, year round.

What to know

License: 12 months to 6 years (state). They serve: 12 months to 5 years (their website).

The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since December 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Oct 15, 2026Nothing cited
  • Mar 20, 20262 citations
    • Center capacity, ratio, and group sizeSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Center was over capacity of what is currently listed on license. They are currently trying to get a capacity increase. Children were in a classroom that was given a waiver during the Covid pandemic to operate.”

        WAC 110-300-0356(3)

    • First-aid—CPR certification and suppliesShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.

      • “First aid kit was missing hand sanitizer.”

        WAC 110-300-0230(2)

  • May 21, 20252 citations
    • Preservice requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “During the onsite visit, 3 new staff that have PBC's in process were observed in classrooms with children.”

        WAC 110-300-0105(2)

    • Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning spaceSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “During the onsite visit, the bark ground cover under the climbing structure measured at 6 inches.”

        WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b)

  • Dec 18, 20231 citation
    • Food allergies and special dietary needsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “need to fill out on allergy form the training for staff working with child.”

        WAC 110-300-0186(2)

The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 4 inspections. Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (272 centers).

How all 272 Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times compare

Of the 272 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None7%
  • 1 of 415%
  • 2 of 417%
  • 3 of 433%This center
  • All 429%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
October 15, 2026
On file
4 visits since December 2023 — 1 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — Center was over capacity of what is currently listed on license. They are currently trying to get a capacity increase. Children were in a classroom that was given a waiver during the Covid pandemic to operate. · March 20, 2026

Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.

Oct 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Mar 2026 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · March 20, 2026

First-aid—CPR certification and supplies

WAC 110-300-0230(2) · Short Term

First aid kit was missing hand sanitizer.

Center capacity, ratio, and group size

WAC 110-300-0356(3) · Serious

Center was over capacity of what is currently listed on license. They are currently trying to get a capacity increase. Children were in a classroom that was given a waiver during the Covid pandemic to operate.

Report (PDF)

May 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · May 21, 2025

Preservice requirements

WAC 110-300-0105(2) · Serious

During the onsite visit, 3 new staff that have PBC's in process were observed in classrooms with children.

Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space

WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) · Serious

During the onsite visit, the bark ground cover under the climbing structure measured at 6 inches.

Report (PDF)

Dec 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · December 18, 2023

Food allergies and special dietary needs

WAC 110-300-0186(2) · Serious

need to fill out on allergy form the training for staff working with child.

Report (PDF)

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What it costs

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A day here

7 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., 5 days a week, year round

Meals, outdoors, sleep and four more
Meals
On-site cook provides hot, vegetarian, family-style breakfast, lunch and snack, made mostly from scratch
Outdoors
Children go outside every day weather permitting, including light rain; large motor activity indoors in inclement weather; walk if too wet for the playground
Sleep
Nap not required; children rest quietly on mats after lunch, then may do quiet individual activities if not sleeping
Diapers
Center provides cloth diapers (Diaper Stork); families who use disposables must supply them
Updates for parents
Brightwheel app daily feed, messaging, monthly newsletter, portfolios, progress reports three times a year, twice-yearly parent-teacher conferences, weekly lesson plan email
Schedule
Full-time care, 1 to 5 days a week
Closed
11 holidays and breaks a year
DatesClosed 11 days a year: New Year's Day, MLK Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and the day after Christmas

How they teach

Creative Curriculum and emergent curriculum

“We use learning goals from The Creative Curriculum, anecdotal notes, Brightwheel, and a portfolio system to track the children’s development”

Who cares for your child

Ian Hyde (ELDC President) since 1981, Ian (ELDC President) since 1981, Ngaire Strickland (ELDC Executive Director) since 1994, Ngaire (ELDC Executive Director) since 1994, Patrick (Center Director, Greenwood) since 2007 and Talia (Center Assistant Director, Greenwood) since 2015.

45 years · Seattle-area median 13, among 77 that publish

Policies

When a child is sick
Exclusion for fever of 100.4 or higher with other symptoms, vomiting 2+ times in 24 hours, diarrhea 3+ times in 24 hours or bloody stool, draining rash or sore, pink eye until diagnosed or 24 hours on antibiotics, head lice (no-nit policy)
Special needs
Individual assessment of reasonable accommodation for children with disabilities (policy revisions, adaptive equipment, added staff training); non-expulsion policy
Enrollment
60 days' notice required to withdraw; otherwise family is responsible for tuition

Details

Phone
(206) 789-0067
Address
225 N 70th St, Seattle, 98103
License
PL-7122
Quality program
Early Achievers Level 4
Established
1981
Siblings
50% discount on registration fee for siblings enrolled in the Center

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How they teach

Who cares for your child

What it costs

State record

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked November 3, 2026.

Washington’s four risk levels, highest first: Immediate, Serious, Short Term, Long Term. Deadlines from DCYF procedure PRO 10.1.21.

Ages

Age groups as Washington defines them: WAC 110-300-0005 (infant to 11 months, toddler 12 to 29 months, preschool 30 months to 6 years, school age 5 to 12 years).

A day here

Policies

Details

Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 115 children. Small is 6 to 40; large is 116 to 323.

The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.

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