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Valley Montessori School

Inspection · 2025-03-04

Date
2025-03-04
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Kelly Lindsay
(540) 309-2494
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
8VAC20-770 Background Checks (8VAC20-770)
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide

During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed. 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 on March 4, 2025, and completed on March 4, 2025. The on-site inspection began at 10:55 a.m. and ended at 1:10 p.m. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 31 children present and three staff. The inspector reviewed five children?s records and three staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews and observation.

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 deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on March 14, 2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

3
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-F
Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff.
During the inspection, the licensing inspector noticed an unsupervised child (four years old) outside of the playground fence. Staff #2 said the child went inside unsupervised, walked through the building and came out on the opposite side of the building.
The licensing inspector observed another unsupervised child (five years old) walking through the building and took the child back to Staff #3 who was in the restroom in another classroom with a group of children. Staff #3 did not realize that the child had left the room and was unsupervised.
Plan of Correction: See Intensive Plan of Correction
Standard 8VAC20-780-350-O
The ratio for balanced-mixed-age groupings of children shall be one staff member for every 14 children provided the center has additional staff who are readily accessible in the event of an emergency to maintain a ratio of one staff member fore every 10 children when three-year-olds are included in the balanced-mixed-age groupings.
There were 31 children on the playground with three staff from 10:55 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. and no other staff were on site. There were three-year-old children in care, including one 2 year old who had been assigned to the different age group based on parent permission and a written developmental assessment.
Plan of Correction: When one of the four staff members are out that are present during that time, will ask fourth staff member that leaves at 11:00 to stay or children to moved days that are part time. Four staff are already on site during fully staffed days for 31 children. 5 staff before 11:00 to 31.
Standard 8VAC20-780-510-F
The medication authorization shall be available to staff during the entire time it is effective.
Child #2 had emergency medication on site and no parent authorization for the medication.
Plan of Correction: Will double check forms for signatured on each part.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services