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La Petite Academy-Manchester Lakes

Inspection · 2025-07-08

Date
2025-07-08
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Karen Dickens
(571) 423-6978
SHSIA monitoring inspection of an approved subsidy vendor to determine compliance with current subsidy requirements regarding the health and safety of children and to promote quality standards for the children in their care.
No

Areas Reviewed

8VAC20-780 Administration.
8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Training.
8VAC20-780 Physical Plant.
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Programs.
8VAC20-780 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies
8VAC20-780 Special Services.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS.
8VAC20-820 HEARINGS PROCEDURES.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site renewal inspection was initiated and completed on July 8, 2025, as a part of the licensure period. The on-site inspection began at 9:45am and ended at 11:45am. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 91 children present and 13 staff. The inspector reviewed five children?s records and five staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, and observations.

Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations are documented on the violation notice issued to the program.

Please complete the plan of correction (POC) and date to be corrected sections for each violation cited on the violation notice. Specify how the violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five business days from today, which will be the close of business on July 15, 2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

4
Standard 8VAC20-780-130-E
The center shall obtain documentation of additional immunizations once every six months for children under the age of two years.
Child #3, 19 months old, last documented immunization was over 12 months ago.
Plan of Correction: The parent was contacted to provide updated most recent immunization for child no later than 7/11/2025.
Standard 8VAC20-780-270-A
Repeat Violation

The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. A sofa located in Classroom #3 had a rip in the right arm of the sofa exposing a sharp tack that could snag skin or clothing.
Plan of Correction: The sofa was thrown away to ensure the safety of the children.
Standard 8VAC20-780-330-B
Where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing shall comply with minimum safety standards.

The resilient surfacing on playground #3 does not comply with minimum safety standards. The ground is exposed under the slide and around the areas of the fall zones. The mulch measures an inch.
Plan of Correction: A work order was placed to replace resilient surfacing on playground #3.
Standard 8VAC20-780-420-E-3
Staff shall request at least annually parent confirmation that the required information in the child's record is up to date. Up to date information is required to be requested from the parent for each child's record at least annually. The information in the records for Child #2, 3, and 4 had not been updated in over a year.
Plan of Correction: Contact parents to update and verify information in the files no later than 7/11/2025. Child #3's parent reviewed and updated information on 7/8/2025.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services