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Lightbridge Academy Virginia Beach

Inspection · 2024-10-29

Date
2024-10-29
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Emily Walsh
(757) 404-2575
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 Staffing and Supervision.

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. 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 monitoring inspection was initiated and completed on 10/29/2024 in response to a self-report received by the licensing office on 10/24/2024 relating to supervision of children. 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.

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 November 4, 2024. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

2
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-A
When staff are supervising children, they shall always ensure their care and protection.

On 10/24/2024, two year old child 1 was left alone washing their hands in the classroom bathroom for approximately two to four minutes before staff discovered that child 1 was not with the remainder of the children who had walked outside to the playground.
Plan of Correction: The facility responded with the following:
Teachers have been re-trained on our headcount name-to-face procedures through video and policy acknowledgements. The miscommunication happened because they were moving the class in small groups and need extra care when class is divided and make sure last teachers sweeps classroom before leaving.
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-F
Children under 10 years of age always shall be within actual sight and sound of staff.

On 10/24/2024, two year old child 1 was not within sight and sound supervision of staff when left alone in the classroom bathroom for approximately two to four minutes while the remainder of the children and the staff had walked outside to the playground.
Plan of Correction: The facility responded with the following:
Teachers have been re-trained on our headcount name-to-face procedures through video and policy acknowledgements. The miscommunication happened because they were moving the class in small groups and need extra care when class is divided and make sure last teachers sweeps classroom before leaving
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services