Reagan Building’s day care center offers range of services to feds

Alex Parker
	USAID employee Daniel Stoll enjoys a quiet moment with his 4-year-old son, Ethan, at Triangle Tots.

Triangle Tots, run by the for-profit organization Bright Horizons, is a day care facility in Washington's Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Dan Stoll, a human resources official at the U.S. Agency for International Development, has two children enrolled in the center, and calls the program's dedication to the well-being of its young charges one of its strongest selling points. The center includes rooms for infants, toddlers and kindergarten-aged children; round-the-clock security provided by the Federal Protective Service; a nursing room for mothers; and classes based on the Creative Curriculum program, which emphasizes concrete learning experiences.

The General Services Administration oversees roughly half of all government-maintained centers, including Triangle Tots. Here's a rundown of the center:

• $13,208: Average annual cost per child for federal employees
• $13,884: Average annual cost per child for nonfederal employees
• 1998: Year the facility opened
• 114: Number of children currently enrolled
• 3.4: Number of nonfederal employee children enrolled
• 95: Number of families enrolled
• 937: Number of families on the waiting list
• 2: Number of outdoor playgrounds
• 6 weeks to 6 years: Ages of children enrolled