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KC Distance Learning Names Keith Oelrich Chief Executive Officer; Executive Joins KinderCare Learning Centers Subsidiary

Business Wire - November 13, 2002

Business Editors

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2002

KinderCare Learning Centers, Inc. has added a new member to its executive team. Keith Oelrich has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of KC Distance Learning, Inc., a subsidiary of KinderCare Learning Centers, Inc.

Oelrich replaces Dr. Gerald Burns.

Prior to his association with KC Distance Learning, Oelrich served as President and C.E.O. of Apex Learning, founded by Paul Allen and a leader in the K-12 virtual school market. He has held other high technology sector executive positions at the Speedyclick Division of Shopnow.com, Mirror Software Corporation, and McCaw Cellular. Oelrich holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Washington and an M.B.A from Cornell University.

About KC Distance Learning

Based in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, KC Distance Learning has two business units: Keystone National High School, which offers a complete accredited high school program available in both correspondence and online formats; and the Learning and Evaluation Center, which provides subject extension credit make-up courses. In 2002 KC Distance Learning served more than 19,000 students through Keystone and the Learning and Evaluation Center.

About KinderCare

KinderCare Learning Centers, Inc. (www.kindercare.com), based in Portland, Oregon, is the leading provider of early childhood education and care to children between the ages of six weeks and 12 years in the United States. KinderCare and its subsidiaries operate a total of 1,269 early childhood education and care centers, serve approximately 127,000 children and their families, and employ more than 27,000 people. Of the 1,269 centers, 1,267 are located in 39 states in the United States, and two centers are located in the United Kingdom. In April 2001, KinderCare acquired Mulberry Child Care Centers, Inc., a company based in Dedham, Massachusetts that is comprised of 73 centers and 12 before-and-after school programs. Mulberry operates primarily in the northeastern region of the United States and California.

KinderCare's primary business is center-based early childhood educational services and care. However, KinderCare has acquired or invested in more broad-based education companies serving children, teenagers and young adults during the past three years. KC Distance Learning, Inc. was acquired in June 2000. In addition, KinderCare made minority investments in Chancellor Beacon Academies, Inc., a charter school management company, and Voyager Expanded Learning, Inc., the developer of Universal Literacy Systems(TM), a reading program for students in grades kindergarten through sixth, and the provider of summer school programs for elementary and middle schools.

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