Seattle · Licensed center
Sand Point Child Dev Ctr
At a glance
- Small emergent curriculum center, licensed for 23 children.
- Hours 7:45 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week.
- Tuition Toddler $2,550, preschool $2,020 a month, full time. See costs
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
What to know
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 April 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Mar 16, 2026Nothing cited
May 23, 20253 citations
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“T. does not have documentation of BBP”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“T. has expired 1st Aid/CPR (2024)”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“T. has expired FHP (2024), I. and A. do not have documentation of FHP”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
Apr 9, 20241 citation
Training requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“1 staff needs to get 30 hrs initial childcare training or educational exemption.”
WAC 110-300-0106(3)
Apr 21, 20231 citation
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“One staff is missing 30hrs. initial training but is currently enrolled in the training. One staff needs to complete the child abuse/neglect training.”
WAC 110-300-0106(4)
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
- March 16, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since April 2023 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
T. does not have documentation of BBP
· May 23, 2025
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
May 2025 Licensing visit 3 findings
Licensing visit · May 23, 2025
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
T. has expired FHP (2024), I. and A. do not have documentation of FHP
Apr 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · April 9, 2024
WAC 110-300-0106(3) · Short Term
1 staff needs to get 30 hrs initial childcare training or educational exemption.
Apr 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · April 21, 2023
WAC 110-300-0106(4) · Serious · No longer on the state’s site as of August 5, 2026
One staff is missing 30hrs. initial training but is currently enrolled in the training. One staff needs to complete the child abuse/neglect training.
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What it costs
Sand Point Child Dev CtrMost Seattle-area prices (middle 80%)
Monthly, full time. The band is the middle 80% of Seattle-area full-time prices for that age; 82 toddler and 113 preschool programs publish one.
- Part time
- $1,050 to $1,870 a month
- Application fee
- $95
A day here
7:45 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week
Schedule
- Schedule
- Full-week, part-week
How they teach
Emergent curriculum
“Integrated, Emergent Curriculum (more details at Curriculum )”
Who cares for your child
Kechelle Jackson (Center Director) since 2013.
13 years · Seattle-area median 13, among 77 that publish
Details
- Phone
- (206) 522-2827
- Address
- 5837 56th Ave NE, Seattle, 98105
- License
- PL-21463
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Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
How they teach
- Approach — Checked October 2026 spcdc.org
Who cares for your child
- Staff spcdc.org
What it costs
- Toddler, Preschool, Second price, Application fee — Checked September 2026 spcdc.org
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
A day here
- Hours, Schedule — Checked September 2026 spcdc.org
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Website — Checked July 2026 spcdc.org
- Address, License — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 data.seattle.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 6 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 115; 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.