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Children's House Montessori School-Alexandria 2

Inspection · 2025-10-08

Date
2025-10-08
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Sarah Marbert
(703) 479-4678
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 Physical Plant.
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies
8VAC20-770 Background Checks
20 Access to minor?s records
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 10/08/2025, as a part of the conditional licensure period. The on-site inspection began at 11:30 AM and ended at 1:10 PM. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 24 children present and 2 staff. The inspector reviewed 3 children?s records and 2 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.
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 10/24/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

5
Standard 22.1-289.011-F
The license and any other documents required by the Superintendent shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.
The findings from the most recent inspection were not posted (Inspection date: 7/24/2025).
Plan of Correction: It is posted.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-4
The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.
Staff B, employed for more than 12 weeks, did not have documentation of a criminal history check for a residence outside of Virginia in the past 5 years.
Plan of Correction: The staff member obtained a successful background check in the state, but the date on the background check was from last year. The staff member will obtain a new background check.
Standard 8VAC20-780-350-C
When children are in ongoing mixed age groups, the staff-to-children ratio and group size applicable to the youngest child in the group shall apply to the entire group.
Prior to noon the room contained 28 children with 2 staff present.
At 12:30 PM there were 24 children with two staff present.
The applicable ratio for the room was 1:8 (staff/children) as the group contained 2 year old children.
Plan of Correction: Prior to 12:00pm the room contained 28 children with 4 staff present. A form will be sent and completed by families with children younger than 3 years old, to grant permission for those students to attend classes in a mixed age preschool classroom.
Standard 8VAC20-780-60-A
Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain the following information: emergency contact information, first date of attendance, a written plan for each child with a diagnosed food allergy and documentation of viewing proof of the child's age and identity.
Missing information includes:
Child #1: first date of attendance
Child #2: first date of attendance, information for 2 emergency contacts (name address, phone number), allergy action plan for a diagnosed food allergy.
Child #3: documentation of viewing proof of the child's age and identity. Documentation was overdue by 1 month.
Plan of Correction: CHMS will reach out to each family and have them update the information in their child's online portal account.
Standard 8VAC20-780-80-A
The center shall maintain a written record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs.
At 12:50 PM the attendance was not accurate. Four children's departure, at noon, was not documented.
Plan of Correction: CHMS will remind all staff members to consistently check out students on the school's online portal, when a child is dismissed at 12:00pm.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services