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The Gardner School of Manassas

Inspection · 2025-07-10

Date
2025-07-10
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Sharon Allen
(540) 272-2941
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
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect

During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above to include standards found out of compliance during the previous inspection. Unless otherwise noted as a violation within this inspection report, the provider was in compliance with the standards reviewed. If there were any serious injuries or fatalities related to a violation, the details will be included in the description of the violation.

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated and completed on 07/10/2025. The on-site inspection began at 11:45 a.m. and ended at 3:30 p.m. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 77 children present and 12 staff. The inspector reviewed eight children?s records and seven staff records on-site.

This inspection included:
? document review
? tour of the facility
? interviews
? 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 (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on 08/01/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

3
Standard 8VAC20-780-270-A
The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center shall be maintained in a safe condition.
1. There is peeling paint on the wall in the Pre-K classroom
2. On the back fence of the pre-school playground there is an open area between the bottom of the fence and the ground that is about 12 inches tall posing an entrapment hazard. There is also rusted metal protruding from the bottom of the fence.
Plan of Correction: Our handyman came to our school on 7/14/2025 to paint the wall that has patches of peeling paint. Have our lawn service to come out to get a quote to fix the grass/back fence area to be in compliance with entrapment hazard.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-D
REPEAT VIOLATION
The center is required to practice monthly evacuation drills.

The most recent evacuation drill was conducted 05/06/2025.
Plan of Correction: We will ensure that monthly fire drills/evacuation drills are practiced monthly and document them accordingly.
Standard 8VAC20-780-80-A
REPEAT VIOLATION
For each group of children, the center shall maintain a written record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs.

There were ten children present in the three year old room, but only seven were marked present on the attendance record. There were 13 children present in the second, three year old room, but only 10 were marked present on the attendance record.
Plan of Correction: We will conduct retraining on proper supervision policies and name to face during pick up/drop off and through each threshold to ensure we are maintaining how many kids we have in our care.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services