Daycare and Preschool Moving in the Sacramento Valley

Drop-off and pickup fill a center's lot with parents and car seats, so we stay clear of both even when loading starts before the closure. Staff room, spare storage and outdoor bins can go on an evening after the last pickup, with classrooms following once children are gone for the week. We check each room's route, since infant-room half-doors and gated hallways narrow the path for a crib frame or a cubby unit.

Centers in strip centers and office parks share parking with other tenants, and the landlord may want our insurance certificate before move day. A center on a church or school campus answers to that owner's calendar as well. Summer moves start early: a blacktop play yard and a closed truck both heat up by late morning in the Valley.

Cribs move in the state staff or the installer leave them. If a crib comes apart, every bolt, spring and bracket goes in a bag taped to its headboard, and the crib keeps its room label so it is rebuilt from its own parts. Staff or the installer handle reassembly and check each crib before any child sleeps in it; our crew carries and places.

Cot stacks are strapped and moved on their carriers, apart from bedding, which staff pack and launder. Cubbies, low shelves and child-size tables get corner pads, since painted edges chip easily. Diaper supplies, sanitizer, cleaning products and anything from a locked cabinet are packed by staff. Children's files, medications and emergency cards travel with the director, never on the truck.