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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2



                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



To Stockholders and the Board of Directors of
 LPA Holding Corp.
Overland Park, Kansas

We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration
Statement No. 333-56239 of La Petite Academy, Inc. of our report dated August
25, 2000, appearing in the Prospectus, which is a part of such Registration
Statement, and to the reference to us under the headings "Selected Consolidated
Financial and Other Data" and "Experts" in such Prospectus.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Kansas City, Missouri
November 2, 2000



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