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Appletree Montessori

Inspection · 2025-11-12

Date
2025-11-12
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Mark Davis
(804) 629-7103
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

Violations

5
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-1
The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee's first day of employment. The sworn statement for Staff #1, who is currently working, was not found during the inspection.
Plan of Correction: The center will have the staff complete the sworn disclosure statement
Standard 8VAC20-770-60-C-2
For staff hired before July 1, 2024, providers must obtain the results of a central registry search for an employee, within 30 days of service. Caregiver #1 did not have central registry search results during the inspection and has been employed for over five months.
Plan of Correction: The center will obtain the central registry search for the staff member.
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 #1 had no documentation and had been employed for five months.
Plan of Correction: The center will obtain a TB screening for the staff.
Standard 8VAC20-780-280-B
Hazardous substances must be in a locked place that prevents access by children. Bleach was found in an unlocked cabinet in the main classroom, out of reach of children.
Plan of Correction: The center will have child locks installed on the cabinet.
Standard 8VAC20-780-560-G
When food is brought from home the food container must be clearly dated. Several of the children's food containers in the center were not dated.
Plan of Correction: The center will implement a new system to ensure that food brought from home will be labeled with the date.