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Taking care of families, staff
Little Peaches Learning Center will open late January at 1208 N Milam St. The daycare facility is in the same building the Little Grasshopper Academy previously operated. - Standard-Radio Post/Madeline Duncan
A: Main, Business, Education, Gillespie Life, News
By Madeline Duncan Standard-Radio Post reporter on December 20, 2023
Taking care of families, staff

New childcare facility to open on North Milam Street

When Marla Compton decided to open her own childcare facility, she knew it was time to move back home.

Hailing from Kerrville, Compton moved back from Dallas to open the Little Peaches Learning Center in Fredericksburg by the end of January.

“I’ve been in childcare for 22 years, and always wanted to get back home to work,” Compton said. “I knew if I was going to open my own center, I wanted it to be back home.”

The preschool will offer c...

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