Description:
We offer care for children ages 6 weeks- 15 years of age.
We serve Huntingtown, Sunderland and Plum Point Elementary schools for our before/after care programs.
We are an MSDE certified preschool for ages 3/4 and 4/5. Our bachelor degreed teachers are commited to providing the best educational experience.
Teachers in every classroom are commited to providing the best developmentally appropriate curriculum in a nurturing, loving environment.
We are a secured entry facility. You will be given a door code to access our building when you join our family. In order to sign in or remove a child from our center you must login and logout on a biometric childcare management system.
MSDE-Approved Education Program.
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-04 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.03C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Complaint alleged there were 6 infants with 1 staff member at morning drop off on 5-3-22. LS interviewed the Infant Toddler staff from both IT classrooms, since all children start in the Starfish (front) room and then split to the Seahorses (back left) room. Based on these interviews and the staff sign in and out for the Starfish room, Aide, MM, was left alone with 6 infants-toddlers between 8:15am and 8:35am. IT teacher, MC, stated she arrived into the Starfish room at 8:30am, which would have left MM alone for 15 minutes instead of 20 minutes, but she was not signed in on the time in out sheet as being present in that room. Aide SH stated that day was 'a blur' and she had left the room to assist another staff member on the playground who was also out of ratio. Center is reminded staff child ratios are to be maintained at all times throughout the day for infants and toddlers. LS will return to center in the near future to conduct a follow up visit. | |||
| 2022-05-04 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.05B | Corrected |
| Findings: There are staffing patterns posted today that are not current. Center is reminded that current staffing patterns are required to be posted in a conspicuous location. Please post current staffing patterns in the center and send copies of updated staffing patterns to LS for the file. | |||
| 2022-05-04 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.05.08I | Corrected |
| Findings: On 5-4-22, there was no soap in the middle front bathroom and no paper towels in the blue door bathroom in the back by the kitchen. LS added paper towels to the blue door stall during inspection. Today, 5-11-22, there was still no soap in the middle front bathroom stall. Please add soap and send written correction to LS. | |||
| 2022-05-04 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.12A(3) | Open |
| Findings: The following Aides completed the required Basic Health and Safety training late: EB and TS. Training has been completed, so this is corrected. Aide, MM, has not completed BHS and should complete the training immediately. Director stated she is registered. Please submit copy of certificate once completed. | |||
| 2022-05-04 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) | Corrected |
| Findings: During inspection on 5-4-22, LS observed Aide, JM, leave the classroom several times to get cots, as well as children leaving the classroom to go to the bathrooms, which are located in another classroom. The two classrooms are adjacent and JM could see the children, but because those classrooms are two separate rooms, there should be a staff member present if children are in either room. LS assisted in supervision outside of the bathroom stalls and then in the classroom while JM assisted a child in one of the bathroom stalls. LS suggested, in lieu of switching the classrooms back to the way they were (3's in the middle room and not in the previous back infant toddler room), JM and other staff in the room take the children as a group to the bathrooms, so all children are being supervised. On 5-11-22, Director stated classrooms would be switched back in the near future. LS observed proper supervision in this room on 5-11-22. On 5-4-22, LS observed Seahorse staff go into kitchen area to use bottle warmer and into middle room to get high chairs. Again, these are separate classrooms. Bottle warmer was in room 5-11-22. Please send written plan of correction to LS. | |||
| 2022-05-04 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.08.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: On 5-4-22, there was no one signed in as a substitute for a lead teacher in the Sea Turtle room and there was no one signed in as a lead teacher in the Seahorses room when the lead IT teacher left the room to go on break. On 5-11-22, there was no one signed in as a substitute in the Jellyfish room when the lead teacher left the room at lunchtime to go on break. Center is reminded that if a lead teacher is not present in the room, there needs to be a designated staff member signed in as a substitute for that lead teacher. Center is also reminded that all Infant Toddler rooms and any classroom that has a toddler in it, must have a qualified lead Infant Toddler teacher or a recorded substitute present in the room at all times, including rest time. Please send a written plan of correction to LS. | |||
| 2022-05-04 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.08.03D(2)(b) | Corrected |
| Findings: On 5-4-22 and 5-11-22, the Blue Crabs room had 11 and 12 children respectively with one staff member. On 5-11-22, Director stated this room was an MSDE approved educational program. This room used to be approved as such, but the approved teacher is no longer employed at the center. The current staff member in the classroom does not meet the requirements for an MSDE approved education program teacher; therefore the ratio for this classroom is 1:10. Please send written plan of correction to LS. | |||
| 2022-05-04 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.10.04A | Corrected |
| Findings: LS observed a bucket of sunscreen on a lower shelf in the 2 year old room, which was accessible to the children in the room. Center is reminded that all potentially hazardous items, including sunscreen, is to be inaccessible to children. LS relocated the bucket to on top of the refrigerator during inspection on 5-4-22. This is corrected. | |||
| 2022-05-04 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.12.04A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: on 5-4-22, LS observed an open sleeve of saltine crackers and an open bag of cheese crackers in the 'snack bucket' in the Blue Crabs room. On 5-11-22, LS observed the cheese cracker bag to be closed, but there was still an open sleeve of saltine crackers in the bucket. These crackers were dated 3/28 and should most likely be discarded, as they are probably stale. Please send written correction to LS. | |||
| 2022-05-04 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.12.04F(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: LS observed catering company drop off a black, insulated bag containing the day's lunch meal at approximately 10:30-10:45am. The bag stayed in the front of the center until shortly before lunch was served. Lunch meal was chicken, rice and vegetable casserole. LS measured the temperature of the food when it was in the Sharks room and the temperature was reading 103 degrees F. LS suspects the temperature drop was due to sitting in the insulated bag for over an hour. When discussed with Director on 5-11-22, Director stated center would ask catering company to deliver the food to the kitchen area and any food items needing to stay hot would be put into a warm oven to maintain temperature until it was served. Please send written plan of correction to LS. | |||
| 2022-05-04 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.12.04I | Corrected |
| Findings: There are two containers of what appears to be pudding in the school age refrigerator dated 4-11-22, in which the pudding has separated, is most likely spoiled and needs to be discarded. Please send written plan of correction to LS. | |||
| 2021-07-14 | Full | 13A.16.03.06A(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: There were 2 employees who left employment who were not reported to OCC within 5 working days. *This has been corrected. | |||
| 2021-07-14 | Full | 13A.16.06.04A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Two staff members, BM and AW, did not have medical evaluations on file during inspection today. Center should obtain medical evaluations for these employees and add to personnel files at the center. Please send copies to LS. | |||
| 2021-07-14 | Full | 13A.16.06.09B | Corrected |
| Findings: One preschool teacher, TC, completed training for August 2019-2020 late. Training should have been completed 8-31-20 and 45 hour course was not completed until 9-1-20. This is corrected. Training for August 2020-2021 training cycle has been completed. | |||
| 2020-07-28 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.12A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: One Aide, TC, did not complete the 4 additional hours needed for the 2018-2019 training cycle. TC has completed 3 hours of training in 2020 that LS will apply to those 4 missing hours. TC should complete an additional 1 hour of continued training immediately. TC will need to complete 6 hours of continued training for the 2019-2020 training cycle by 8/31/2020. Please send course certificate once completed to LS. One Aide, HM, completed training late for the March 2019-2020 training cycle. This has been corrected. Aides HM and MC completed the 3 hour Aide orientation late. This has been corrected. | |||
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