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Pinnacle Education Services, Inc

Inspection · 2025-09-12

Date
2025-09-12
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Lauren Captain
(571) 835-0599
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 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.
8VAC20-770 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 9/12/2025, as a part of the licensure period . The on-site inspection began at 12:02pm and ended at 1:45pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 21 children present and 4 staff. The inspector reviewed 4 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

4
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-2
Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee's first day of employment.

Staff #5, who had been employed for 25 days, did not have a completed national criminal background check.
Plan of Correction: Director will have staff #5 complete background clearance.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-3
The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee's first day of employment.

Staff #5, who had been employed for two weeks, did not have a central registry search requested. Staff #5 was working alone with children.
Plan of Correction: Director will have staff #5 submit central registry today.
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment.

Staff #5 has been working with children for 25 days and has a TB screening that was dated six months prior to their first day of employment.
Plan of Correction: Director will have staff #5 complete TB screening.
Standard 8VAC20-780-240-B
Staff shall complete orientation training in subsection C of this section prior to the staff member working alone with children and no later than seven days of the date of assuming job responsibilities.

Staff #5 who has been employed for 25 days and was alone with a child had not completed orientation training.
Plan of Correction: The director will complete orientation with staff #5 within seven days.
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