Inspection · 2025-03-20
Date
2025-03-20
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
LaTasha Smith
(804) 588-2362
(804) 588-2362
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 Staff Qualifications and Training.
Inspector Notes
An unannounced monitoring inspection was initiated on 3/20/2025 and completed on 3/20/2025 with an outside agency in response to a self-report received by the licensing office on 3/13/2025 relating to supervision and care and protection of children. The inspector reviewed one child's record and two staff records electronically] on 3/24/2025. 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.
Violations
2Standard 8VAC20-780-340-A
When staff are supervising children, they shall always ensure their care, protection, and guidance.
On 03/13/2025 Staff #1 left a child unsupervised in the gym to use the restroom. No other staff was alerted to the teacher being indisposed. The child was able to exit the gym, leave through the front doors of the center, exited through an open gate in the parking lot, and into the road before staff were able to secure the child again. The opening in the parking lot gate is approximately 50 feet from the road where the child was found by a police officer.
On 03/13/2025 Staff #1 left a child unsupervised in the gym to use the restroom. No other staff was alerted to the teacher being indisposed. The child was able to exit the gym, leave through the front doors of the center, exited through an open gate in the parking lot, and into the road before staff were able to secure the child again. The opening in the parking lot gate is approximately 50 feet from the road where the child was found by a police officer.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-F
Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff.
On 03/13/2025, Child #1 (2 years old) was not within sight and sound supervision of staff. Staff #1 was left to care for Child #1 while Staff #2 took the remainder of class to the classroom. Staff #1 went to gym bathroom without communicating or transferring supervision to another staff member. Child #1 joined a line of students from another classroom leaving the gym and made it to the front doors of the center before exiting the building. Additional staff quickly followed after Child #1. Child #1 was out of sight for approximately one minute until being retrieved by a police officer passing by. Staff were able to catch up and retrieve the child from the police officer.
On 03/13/2025, Child #1 (2 years old) was not within sight and sound supervision of staff. Staff #1 was left to care for Child #1 while Staff #2 took the remainder of class to the classroom. Staff #1 went to gym bathroom without communicating or transferring supervision to another staff member. Child #1 joined a line of students from another classroom leaving the gym and made it to the front doors of the center before exiting the building. Additional staff quickly followed after Child #1. Child #1 was out of sight for approximately one minute until being retrieved by a police officer passing by. Staff were able to catch up and retrieve the child from the police officer.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.