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Golden Path Academy - Stephenson

Inspection · 2026-03-19

Date
2026-03-19
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Stephanie Reed
(540) 272-6558
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

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 March 19, 2026 in response to a self-report received by the licensing office on March 5, 20226 relating to supervision. This inspection included document review, interviews and observations.

Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and a violation was 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 violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five business days from today, which will be the close of business on 4/2/2026. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

1
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-F
Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff except that staff need to only be able to hear a child using the restroom provided the staff check on the child who has not returned from the restroom after five minutes.

On March 4, 2026, Child #1, age 2.5 years old entered the restroom at 11:18 a.m. Staff in the child?s assigned classroom were unaware that Child #1 entered the restroom and Staff #2 shut the door at 11:20 a.m. At 11:40 a.m., staff from the adjacent classroom located Child #1 in the restroom.
Plan of Correction: Teachers in the classroom were directed to conduct name-to-face attendance
checks every 15 minutes moving forward. All teachers involved were
retained, and all staff members received a full re-training on name-to-face
procedures through both email communication and in-person review.
Each individual signed to confirm their understanding of the procedure and its
critical importance. Additionally, all bathroom doors throughout the building
have been converted to half-doors to ensure clear visibility into the restroom
at all times.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services