Giving parents across the country new options in childcare, Tutor Time(R) Learning Systems, Inc. projects to open 18 centers in the United States and abroad in the first quarter of 2001. Five centers have already opened their doors, including four in the United States and one in Indonesia. Most of the new schools will be franchises, all offering the same top-quality childcare associated with Tutor Time. Every center includes care for infants to five-year-olds as well as after-school care for elementary-aged children and enrichment programs such as dance, tumbling and music. Through March, Tutor Time will open schools in the following locations in the United States: Sterling Heights, MI (open) Buena Park, CA (open) Highland Village, TX (open) College Point, NY (open) Torrance, CA Glendale Heights, IL Miller Place, NY East Patchogue, NY Wichita, KS Sierra Crossings, AZ Keller, TX Wayne, NJ Bayside, NY Grand Rapids, MI New Hyde Park, NY Laguna Niguel, CA Additionally, Tutor Time is opening centers in Indonesia and the Philippines in the first quarter of the year. By year's end, Tutor Time plans to open 60 new schools. "We are thrilled with our tremendous growth in the first months of 2001," noted Tutor Time Co-President Mark Schiller. "We've received terrific responses from each community we've entered, and we look forward to expanding into new cities and states." Tutor Time is one of the fastest-growing childcare companies in the world, with over 200 centers in 25 states, caring for more than 35,000 children, along with current locations in Canada and Indonesia. All centers have Tutor Time-certified early education teachers on staff who are trained in the aspects of the company's customized early education program, Tutor Time P.R.E.P. Program(TM). Other unique Tutor Time features include Tutor Towne(TM), an indoor village with a post office and fire station, and child- sized computer stations equipped with age-appropriate software. All of the centers are equipped with Safe 'N Sound(TM), the company's electronic security system.