Daycare Preschool Parking Lot Striping in Sisters, Oregon: 2026 Service Guide

A Sisters Daycare Lot Is a Safety Job First

Nothing on a daycare or preschool lot matters more than keeping small children safe between the car and the door. The drop-off and pick-up rushes pack the lot twice a day with hurried parents, and the striping is what choreographs that crush so a toddler is never in a blind spot or a moving lane. In Sisters, the daycares and preschools serving Deschutes County families along the Cascade Avenue and Highway 20 corridor handle that rush in a small town where everyone knows each other, and the lot has to do it safely through a real mountain winter.

Cojo Excavation & Asphalt stripes daycare and preschool lots for Sisters operators on trips east over the Cascades from our valley base. Child-care lots are the most safety-critical commercial striping we do, and Oregon's child-care licensing expects safe site access. At this elevation, the markings also have to survive snow, plowing, and freeze-thaw between repaints, while staying crisp enough that a parent reads them at a glance during the rush.

What a Daycare Lot Needs in Its Striping

The markings on a daycare or preschool lot are built entirely around child safety and a smooth drop-off.

Parent drop-off and pick-up queue choreography. A marked queue lane keeps the drop-off line orderly and moving, so cars wait in sequence instead of bunching. This is the core of a safe child-care lot.

ADA and stroller-loading stalls. Accessible spaces plus wider stalls for stroller and car-seat loading give parents room to get kids in and out safely. Oregon enforces specific rules on accessible spaces and routes.

Staff-only zone. Striping a staff parking area away from the drop-off keeps the high-turnover zone clear for parents during the rush.

Bus and van loading. A marked loading area for daycare vans or buses keeps that traffic separate from the parent queue and the walking paths.

Crossing-guard crosswalk paint. Bold, marked crosswalks at the walking routes give children and parents a clear, protected path across the lanes, and a spot for a staff member to manage crossings during the rush.

Child-care licensing site-safety striping. Clear lanes, crossings, and slow-speed markings support the safe site access Oregon licensing expects of a child-care facility.

What Daycare Lot Striping Costs in Sisters

Cost depends on lot size, surface condition, paint type, and how much queue, crosswalk, and ADA work the layout needs. The figures below are industry baseline ranges from national contractor data. Actual Sisters costs frequently run above baseline because of the heavy safety markings and the haul distance over the pass.

Industry baseline ranges. Actual costs vary with surface condition, layout complexity, ADA scope, and current market conditions.

Service	Industry Baseline Range
Per-space restripe (existing layout)	$3–$6 per space
100-space restripe	$550–$1,000
New layout / full redesign (100 spaces)	$900–$1,500
ADA-compliant space (complete)	$200–$350 each
Crosswalk striping	varies by length
Directional arrows	$25–$50 each
Stencils (DROP-OFF, SLOW, STAFF, etc.)	$30–$75 each
Curb painting (per linear foot)	$0.30–$0.65

A Sisters daycare lot is usually small, but the drop-off queue, crosswalks, stroller-loading stalls, and slow-zone marking push a redesign above a plain commercial refresh. For the wider picture, see our parking lot striping cost in Oregon guide.

High-Elevation Conditions That Affect the Job

Sisters' altitude drives the wear and the timing. Winter snow, plowing, and freeze-thaw lift paint faster than the valley, so surface prep and crack treatment matter more before striping. The dry high-desert summer gives a fast cure, but the working window is short and books up, which makes summer break a natural time to schedule.

Because every marking on a daycare lot is a safety marking, faded crosswalks or a blurred drop-off queue are a real risk, not a cosmetic one. A sealcoat under the striping protects the asphalt from freeze-thaw and gives the crosswalks, queue, and slow-zone paint the high contrast that keeps them readable to a hurried parent under snow glare and low winter light.

The Layout Keeps Children Safe Through the Rush

A well-striped daycare lot choreographs the drop-off, keeps children on protected paths, separates buses and staff, and supports licensing. For the operator, that means a safer site, fewer near-misses in the rush, and parents who trust the facility from the moment they pull in. The striping is a small cost against the safety a child-care lot is built to protect.

If you run a Sisters daycare or preschool lot along Cascade Avenue or near the Highway 20 corridor, start with a site walk. We measure the lot, check the surface, plan the drop-off queue and crosswalks, and quote against real conditions. We back the work with our professional striping services, and you can view our work first. Related local work is in our parking lot striping in Sisters overview.