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St. John's Lutheran Early Childhood Education Center

Inspection · 2026-02-26

Date
2026-02-26
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Kara Vaughan
(703) 537-6241
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

3
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-1
Prior to hire staff shall provide a sworn statement or affirmation disclosing whether he has ever been convicted of or is the subject of pending charges for any offense within or outside the Commonwealth and whether he has been the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect within or outside the Commonwealth.

Staff 2's sworn disclosure statement was completed 51 days after hire.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-A
When staff are supervising children, they shall always ensure their care, protection, and guidance.

On February 23, 2026, Child 2 (age 2.5) eloped from an activity room without staff awareness and remained unsupervised for approximately two minutes. During this time, Child 2 was in a hallway and stairwell area not routinely used by the child day program and had access to unsupervised routes leading to the parking lot, restrooms, and offices that are not consistently staffed by childcare personnel.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-F
Children under 10 years of age always shall be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff.

On February 23, 2026, Staff 1 and Staff 2 were supervising a group of 8 children (aged 2-3 years old). Staff 1 left the group to take Child 1 to the restroom, leaving Staff 2 supervising the remaining 7 children. After the departure of Staff 1, video footage shows Child 2 leaving the room without the knowledge of Staff 2 and out of staff supervision.
Child 2 walked down the hallway unobserved and into the stairwell where Staff 3 came upon them approximately 2 minutes after elopement from the room.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.