A coed private school located in southwest Baltimore, it has a daycare program, nursery school and a kindergarten-to-eighth grade curriculum.
She also introduced a 5-dollar-a-day subsidized daycare program in 1997, which proved popular with working families.
At this time an extended daycare program was also added.
The need for the daycare program is partly the result of the success of housing programs in the area.
In addition to acting as a private elementary school, it also houses a 24-hour daycare program.
In March 2012 the Starfish Home had 33 resident children and a free daycare program for 37 additional children aged three to six.
The ship's daycare program finally got serious-none too soon.
There were also several local daycare programs available with before and after school child care, most of which offer transportation to and from school.
Wappel spoke against federal daycare programs during one all-candidates meeting, arguing that the Canadian government should promote stay-at-home parenting instead.
Zigler called for a federal daycare program that will cost "$75 to $100 billion a year."