Child sized chairs stacked at a table in a bright classroom with tall windows.

Since 1977 · Debbie and Charles Wadsworth Jr.

One family, one road, forty-nine years.

Debbie Wadsworth is President and Charles Wadsworth Jr. is Vice President. The BBB has recorded the business since 1977.

Low open shelves holding sorting toys, puzzles and stacking rings by a window.
Coloured pencils, paint tubes and jars on a well used wooden craft table.

Forty-nine years on Colquitt Road.

Five dates, each traced to a record you can check yourself.

1977

The business starts. The BBB profile records the date as 1 January 1977.

Source: BBB business profile, date started

2004

Incorporated on 22 January as Debbie’s Wee Care, Inc., with Debbie Wadsworth as President and Charles Wadsworth Jr. as Vice President.

Source: BBB business profile, incorporation and principals

2005

BBB accredited on 11 March. The profile has carried an A+ rating since.

Source: BBB business profile, accreditation date and rating

2025

Quality Start rates the center 4 stars, and the state rates the site High Proficient at 5.72 out of 7.00.

Source: Louisiana Department of Education site record and 2024 to 2025 performance profile

2026

Still open on the same road, as a Type III Licensed Center under Louisiana license 11177.

Source: Louisiana Department of Education site record, license number and type
An outdoor playground slide and climbing structure over safety surfacing.

How the state graded the rooms.

Louisiana observes classrooms and publishes the scores. This is the 2024 to 2025 profile for our site.

  • Overall

    High Proficient, 5.72 out of 7.00

  • Infant rooms

    Responsive caregiving: Excellent

  • Toddler rooms

    Emotional and behavioural support: Excellent

  • Pre-K rooms

    Emotional support: Excellent. Classroom organisation: Excellent.

  • Quality Start

    4 stars, 2025

Read the state profile in full

Where every fact on this site came from.

If a number is not on this list, it is not on this site.

Louisiana Department of Education

Licence number and type, ages served, hours, transportation, CCAP, star rating, and the classroom scores.

The site record

Better Business Bureau

Legal name, address, phone, date started, incorporation date, accreditation date, rating, and the two officers.

The business profile

What we deliberately left off.

Tuition, current openings, staff numbers, ratios, a curriculum name, and licensed capacity. Some appear on directory sites, but we could not confirm them against an official record, so they are not here. For the current licence record, including capacity, ask us and we will show you the paperwork.