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Lightbridge Academy Virginia Beach

Inspection · 2025-10-21

Date
2025-10-21
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

Areas of Standards 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
8VAC20-780 Special Services.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS.
8VAC20-820 HEARINGS PROCEDURES.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect

During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above to include standards found out of compliance during the previous inspection. 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 and completed on 10/21/2025, as a part of the licensure period. The on-site inspection began at 12:00 PM and ended at 4:15 PM. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 133 children present and 21staff. the inspector reviewed nine children's records and 10 staff records 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 violations are documented on the violation notice issued to the program.

Violations

3
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
Each staff member and individual from an independent contractor shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening.
The record provided for staff 9 included a tuberculosis test but no documentation that the test was read to be negative.
Plan of Correction: Facility response:
The staff person was contacted and is having the physician fax the results of the tuberculosis screening to us. In the future, we will carefully review the tuberculosis screenings to ensure the results are complete.
Standard 8VAC20-780-500-A
Staff shall wash their hands with soap and running water before and after a diaper change.
Staff 7 was observed removing her gloves and not washing her hands after changing a diaper.
Plan of Correction: Facility response:
All staff will be reminded that hand washing is required regardless of whether gloves are worn when changing diapers,
Standard 8VAC20-780-500-B
Disposable diapers shall eb disposed in a leakproof or plastic lined storage system that is either foot-operated or used in such a way that neither the staff member's hand nor the soiled diaper touches the exterior surface of the storage system during disposal.
Staff 7 was observed opening the lid of the diaper disposal system and stuffing the soiled diaper inside.
Plan of Correction: Facility response:
Diaper changing procedures will be reviewed with all staff. the disposal system will be checked to ensure that diapers can be easily disposed using the foot operated step down mechanism.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services