O2B opens preschools before school year | News [Video]

ROCHESTER, Minn. – In Penny Lane O2B Kids opened their first location today. They will open their second location in Northwest Rochester off Villa Road on August 26. 

Director of Quality and Engagement Chelsea Lapham says they’ve been planning for a couple years to open a location in Rochester. 

“We came across Rochester as a growing community, not having many schools and we decided this would be a great community to build and grow,” said Lapham. 

O2B Kids enrolls children from 0-5 years old. Lapham says that initial education for kids is monumental. 

“90% of your brain is developed by the age of 5, which I don’t think people think about all the time,” said Lapham. “From learning from social skills to emotional skills the basic cognitive development …