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The Merit School of Braemar (#22)

Inspection · 2025-05-21

Date
2025-05-21
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Cathy Aylor
(540) 222-6352
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 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Programs

Inspector Notes

An unannounced monitoring inspection was initiated on 5/21/25 and completed on July 14, 2025 with the local department of social services in response to a self-report received by the licensing office on 5/13/25 relating to staffing. The inspector reviewed 1 staff record 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 the violation is 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 8/11/25. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

1
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-F
Children under 10 years of age always shall be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff.
On 5/12/2025, staff A took five children ( toddler through 2 years of age) outside onto the Portico. At approximately 4: 45 pm, staff A was entering information into the center issued tablet when four of the five children exited the Portico through the half gate and walked approximately 20 feet toward the roundabout where a motorist saw the unaccompanied children near the road and pulled over and escorted the children to the front entrance of the center.
Plan of Correction: This incident was self-reported.Staff A was relieved of her duties on
5/12/2025, the same day the incident occurred.Families were notified.An additional lock was installed on the door in the porticto the next morning on 5/13/2025 before the center opened.