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Chestnut Academy LLC

Inspection · 2025-10-07

Date
2025-10-07
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Krysten Hunt
(804) 335-6724
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.
20 Access to minor?s records
8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Training.
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education
8VAC20-780 Physical Plant.
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Programs.
8VAC20-780 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies
8VAC20-780 Special Services.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks

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.

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated on 10/07/2025 and 10/14/2025 and completed on 10/22/2025. The on-site inspection began at 10:00 AM and ended at 12:15 PM. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 20 children present and 4 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records, 6 staff on-site. 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 violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on 10/30/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

6
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening at the time of employment and prior to coming into contact with the children.

The screening for Staff #4 did not have documentation of a TB screening in their record. Staff # 4 was working on the day of the inspection.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-240-B
Staff shall complete orientation training in prior to the staff member working alone with children and no later than seven days of the date of
assuming job responsibilities.

Staff # 1, 3 and 4 did not have documentation of orientation. Staff # 1 have been employed for 3 weeks, staff # 3 employed for over one month, and staff # 4 for 3 weeks.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-330-B
Resilient surfacing where playground equipment is provided shall comply with the minimum safety standards when tested in accordance with the procedures described in the American Society for Testing and Materials.

Under the climbable equipment and the equipment with movable parts the amount of resilient surfacing required is 6 inches. The amount on the playground was an inch. Children are playing on the equipment
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-D
Each grouping of children shall have at least one staff regularly present who meets lead teacher qualifications.

Staff #4, who did not meet lead teacher qualifications, was alone with a group of children.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-350-C
When children are in ongoing mixed age groups, the staff-to children ratio applicable to the youngest child in the group.

The toddlers and 2-year-olds are on the playground together every day. There were 2 staff with 13 children aged 16 months -2 years. There should have been 3 staff present.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-450-A
Cribs when being used by infants shall have a bottom cover.

Child # 6 was asleep in a crib with no sheet. The child was laying on the plastic covering on the mattress.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services