La Petite Briar Forest

The director did not have a current driver transportation certificate available for licensing to review.

Observed 2 infants without an updated infant feeding instructions.

Observed the playground areas without the proper amount of loose-fill.

A child was left unsupervised on the playground for approximately 3 minutes.

Several tree branches are hanging over the playground equipment. The branches are low enough where they are in the children faces as they play on the play equipment.

The nap mats were not properly label in the classrooms.

There were brown spots on the ceilings in the infant room. I observed cracked tiles and dips in the floorings in the Prek room flooring.

A caregiver slammed a door closed that led to a child in care getting their finger caught between the door, resulting in the child's finger being broken. A caregiver submitted a falsified incident report about what actually happened regarding the child's broken finger.

The last fire inspection was conducted on 7/18/23.

During the course of the investigation, it was determined that children are being forced to sleep by holding their heads down to the mat.

During the course of the investigation, it was determined that the director is aware of the caregivers not complying with standards and not addressing the issue.

During the course of the investigation, it was determined that classrooms are going out of ratio.

Two out of four children files reviewed did not have a health statement.

The loose fill on the playground depth was not properly maintained.

Two emergency medications observed was not in the original packaging.

FA kit was still missing the following: FA guide, scissors, thermometer, tweezers, and adhesive tape.

2 baby bottles were not labeled during the follow up.

1 child record with known food allergy still did not have a food allergy emergency plan available to during follow up

5 baby bottles was not labeled with child's first name and last initial in the infant room.

1 out of 8 children did not have a current immunization record.

A 6 inch metal bar was protruding at the bottom of playground equipment. There is no protective barrier around the protruding bar.

1 child record with known food allergy did not have a food allergy emergency plan available to review.

There was dead roaches throughout the operation that have not been properly disposed of.

4 out of 8 children's record did not contain complete admission information. The following information was incomplete: the special needs statement, emergency contact information, release contact information, and the authorization for emergency medical treatment.

A caregiver was observed not washing their hands after diapering.

3 out of 8 caregivers records did not the following available to review: proof of education, affidavit and orientation.

FA kit was missing the following: FA guide, antiseptic wipes, scissors, thermometer, tweezers, and adhesive tape.

Director was not able to provide a monthly checklist with dates.

Fire drills was missing for months January 2023 and February 2023. Exit time for March 2023 fire drill exceeded the 3 minutes limit by 2 minutes.

Nap cots were not properly labeled in multiple classrooms.

1 out of 5 employees files evaluated did not have pre service training of understanding early childhood brain development.

A caregiver stated there were 19 children in care and when counting the number of children there were 20 children in care.

There was no written activity schedule posted for the school age children. The caregiver was not following the activity schedule.

Based on the information obtained, caregivers did not set appropriate behavior expectations for school-age children.

Based upon the information obtained, there is sufficient evidence to support the seat belts in the buses do not secure and are not in safe operating condition.

Based upon the information obtained, there is sufficient evidence to support that a child was not secured in a passenger safety seat system due to the daycare bus being overloaded.

Based on the information obtained a caregiver failed to practice good judgment by loading the daycare bus that is designed to seat 14 children with 15 children while transporting to the operation.

A caregiver did not know the number of children in their group during the inspection. The caregiver stated there were 19 children. After counting there were 15 children outside on the playground.

Two ant beds were observed on the playground which are accessible to the children play area

Caregiver did not know the children ages she was supervising.

Upon arrival to the operation, 9 school age children were observed lined up at the door unsupervised while the caregiver was inside the infant room.

Based on the information obtained the operation did not notify parents that a child enrolled at the facility had contracted COVID.

The dead insects have not been disposed of.

Based on the information obtained, the operation did not notify CCR when they became aware that a child enrolled at the facility contracted COVID.

A child was left alone inside a classroom while the caregiver was on the playground.

A child's parent was not told the truth about a situation that placed their child at risk.

The incident report was not shared or signed by the child's parent.

The operation failed to notify licensing after allowing a child to wander away from the caregiver unsupervised.

1 child who was enrolled 08/01/22 did not have an immunization record.

There was no documentation of the carbon monoxide, smoke detector or fire extinguisher checks for this year.

One child did not have a current Hep B immunization.

The infant feeding instructions for 1 infant has not been updated since 05/31/2022.

At a follow up inspection the operation still does not have a current fire inspection.

During an investigation it was determined that a child in care was injured and required medical attention, but the incident was never reported to Childcare Regulation.

The wall in the 2's classroom has chipped paint.

During an investigation inspection 2 children from the PreK class was observed in another classroom unsupervised. Note: I notified the assistant immediately and she walked one of the children back to the restroom with his class. The other child saw me and went back to the area with the classroom.

I observed the caregiver in the PreK class telling the kids that there was a cockroach in the room and to not step on it on the carpet. The caregiver killed the roach and disgarded it.

Documentation showing the operation has a current fire inspection was not available for review during this inspection. The last fire inspection was conducted on 03/31/2021.

A caregiver gave an infant another child's bottle.

During an investigation inspection an infant's bottles were not labeled. Note: The caregiver labeled the bottles during the inspection.

During an investigation it was determined that a child in care was injured and required medical attention, but the incident was never reported to Childcare Regulation.

During an investigation, it was determined that a caregiver used prohibited punishments.

A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23,2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required.

During the walkthrough of the investigation inspection 2 toddlers were observed in restrictive devices while other children were in regular chairs seated at the table. When asked why the 2 children were in restrictive devices, the caregiver stated the children bite and fight the other chldren. Prohibited punishment was discussed with the caregiver and acting director and the children were removed from the restrictive devices.