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Albemarle Montessori Children's Community

Inspection · 2025-07-16

Date
2025-07-16
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.
20 Access to minor?s records
8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Training.
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education
8VAC20-780 Physical Plant.
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Programs.
8VAC20-780 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies
8VAC20-780 Special Services.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks

During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above. Unless otherwise noted as a violation within this inspection report, the provider was in compliance with the standards reviewed.

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site renewal inspection was initiated on 7/16/2025 and completed on 07/23/2025. The on-site inspection began at 10:00 AM and ended at 12:30 PM. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 54 children present and 8 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records, and 4 staff on-site. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility and interviews.

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.

Violations

2
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, two children aged 5-8 years old were unsupervised. The two children were outside sitting on the sidewalk while the teacher and the remaining 8 children were in the classroom.
Plan of Correction: The director spoke with the staff person during the inspection. In the future all children under the age of 10 will be in actual sight and sound supervision.
Standard 8VAC20-780-510-L
Medication, except for those prescriptions designated otherwise by written
physician's order, including refrigerated medication and staff's personal medication,
shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by
children.

The children were washing their hands in the storage closet and unlocked medication was sitting on an accessible shelf.
Plan of Correction: The staff will remove the medication to a locked area and will ensure that all medication is locked and not accessible.
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