The closure is “self-initiated,” she said. Officials at the center could not be reached for comment Thursday. The center closed a second site, on McPhee Road, in mid-April. The Department of Early Learning is investigating a complaint in January that the center failed to report an abuse allegation at that site. In February, the department put the site on its do-not-refer list, and its license is inactive.
In early July, a judge in Olympia sentenced a former assistant teacher at the McPhee Road site to 18 years to life in prison for raping a 5-year-old at the pupil’s home and molesting a 4-year-old pupil at work.
Elisha Tabor, 20, had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree child rape and two counts of first-degree child molestation. He had worked at the McPhee Road site from May 2008 to January 2011 when the allegations came to light.
