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Organic Beginnings Montessori School

Inspection · 2025-06-09

Date
2025-06-09
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

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 renewal inspection was initiated and completed on 06/09/2025, as a part of the licensure period. The on-site inspection began at 9:30 AM and ended at 12:23 PM. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 45 children present and 8 staff. The inspector reviewed 6 children?s records and 5 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

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Standard 22.1-289.035-B-3
Repeat Violation
The child day center shall obtain a copy of the results of a search of the central registry maintained pursuant to ? 63.2-1515 for any founded complaint of child abuse or neglect against him.
Results of central registry searches have not been obtained for staff 3, employed over one month, staff 4, employed over six weeks, and staff 5 employed over four months.
Plan of Correction: Facility response
Results of Central Registry Searches will be obtained for staff 3, 4 and 5.
Central registry search results will be requested prior to an applicant's employ and if not received within 30 days, follow-up with the Office of Background Investigations will be initiated and documented.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-4
Repeat Violation
Authorize the child day center, family day home, or family day system described in subsection A to obtain a copy of the results of a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. Staff 3 lived in a state other than Virginia in the past five years prior to employ and results of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent has not been obtained.
Plan of Correction: Facility Response
The out of state child abuse registry check will be obtained for staff 3. In the future, out of state background check results will be obtained prior to employment of any future applicants.
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
Repeat Violation
Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening at the time of employment and before coming into contact with children. The screening shall have been completed within the last 30 calendar days prior to employ. The TB screening for staff 4 was not obtained until 18 days after employment. The TB screening for staff 5 was not obtained until 6 days after employment.
Plan of Correction: Facility response
Tuberculosis screenings will be required prior to employment and will be obtained within 30 days prior to employ.
Standard 8VAC20-780-500-A
Children's hands shall be washed with soap and running water after contact with feces or urine. Diapers were observed being changed for two children. The children returned to the classroom without washing hands.
Plan of Correction: Facility response
Staff thought that it was fine to go from the changing area in the hallway into and across the classroom to a sink for hand washing after diapering.. In the future, staff and children will wash hands in the hallway bathroom immediately following diapering.
Standard 8VAC20-780-500-B
Staff shall wash their hands with soap and running water before and after diaper changes. Staff were observed changing two children's diapers. Staff returned to the classroom without washing hands after diapering.
Plan of Correction: Facility response
Staff thought that it was fine to go from the changing area in the hallway into and across the classroom to a sink for hand washing after diapering.. In the future, staff and children will wash hands in the hallway bathroom immediately following diapering.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-D
The center shall implement a monthly practice evacuation drill. There was no practice evacuation drill documented for January 2025.
Plan of Correction: Facility response
Evacuation drills will be conducted and documented each month.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-P
The center shall maintain a written record of children's serious and minor injuries in which entries are made the day of occurrence that includes the date, time and how the parent was notified of the child's injury. AN injury record for child 6, dated 3/4/2025 did not include the date, time and how the parent was notified of the child's injury.
Plan of Correction: Facility response
All staff will be reminded of the necessity to complete all information required on the child injury records. The administrator will review that information is complete before filing the injury record in the binder.
Standard 8VAC20-780-60-A
Repeat Violation
Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains the names, addresses and telephone numbers for two persons to be contacted in an emergency when a parent cannot be reached. The record for child 6 does not contain the address for one of the two listed persons to be contact in an emergency.
Plan of Correction: Facility response
All children's records will be checked to ensure that addresses for emergency contact persons are in the records.