Description: La Petite Academy’s curriculum is industry leading. Developed by our team of education experts, our curriculum is based on age-appropriate learning objectives. Teachers in all of our classrooms have hundreds of activities to choose from, each of which is tied to a specific learning objective. At our school, children will not only make the developmental progress necessary for success in school, they’ll love the activities that help prepare them!
Additional Information: 3 stars. Initial License Date: 8/7/1998. Open Jan - Dec.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.
| Violation Date | Rule Number | Rule Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-26 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-05-26 | Center failed to accurately document the days and hours staff worked, and in which classrooms, when multiple staff members were not signed out of classrooms on May 22, 2026. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)6. — Staff Record - Days & Hours Worked | ||
| 2026-05-26 | Center failed to maintain staff-to-child ratios with mixed-age groups on May 26, 2026. One staff member was present with 12 children, according to attendance records. Children ranged in age from 3 months to 9 years old, resulting in a prorate of 1.54, until a second provider arrived 6 minutes later. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(2)(c) — Mixed-Age Group - Staff-To-Child Ratio | ||
| 2026-05-26 | Center failed to maintain group sizes on May 26, 2026. Attendance records documented a group of twelve children with three being infants/toddlers (1yo, 3mo, and 6 mo). | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(2)(d) — Mixed Age Group With Children Under Age 2 - Group Size | ||
| 2026-04-30 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-04-30 | Staff, alone with a group of children, lacked documentation of meeting assistant child care teacher educational qualifications upon licensing review. Staff has been employed longer than 6 months. A Warning Letter was issued February 18, 2026. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(g)2. — Assistant Child Care Teacher - Qualifications | ||
| 2026-04-30 | A child was not within sight and sound supervision of a child care worker to guide behaviors, ensure safety, and prevent harm when the child was left outside on the play ground, alone, for three to four minutes. Staff became aware of child's location when child knocked on the door to a different classroom from the outside. A Warning Letter was issued February 18, 2026. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(1)(a) — Supervision Of Children | ||
| 2026-04-30 | The implemented tracking procedure failed when a child was left outside on the playground and not accounted for with his class. Child was located with a different group for almost 30 minutes and was still listed on the initial classroom tracking form. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(1)(f) — Child Tracking Procedure | ||
| 2026-03-19 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-03-19 | Minimum meal requirements were not met on several occurrences when children were not provided a beverage at meals and snacks. Daily meal documentation on the center app noted children being served foods without beverages, photos showed the same. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(5)(a)4. — Meals & Snacks - Minimum Meal Requirements | ||
| 2026-03-19 | Children in the infant room were observed sitting in highchairs without infant safety straps. The straps were located and reinstalled in the highchairs during visit. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(3)(a)11. — Infant & Toddler - Care During Feeding | ||
| 2026-01-29 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-01-29 | Center failed to accurately document that days and hours staff worked and in which classroom when used to meet applicable staff-to-child ratios. Staff failed to document hours on the name-to-face sheets when used to meet ratios, only one staff was noted as being used for ratio purposes when two staff were stated to be present in the room. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)6. — Staff Record - Days & Hours Worked | ||
| 2026-01-29 | Staff B lacked qualifications of an assistant child care teacher, staff has been employed longer than 6 months. The same staff member was noted in a June 2025 violation, the correction plan noted a completion date of July 2025 for the course. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(g)2. — Assistant Child Care Teacher - Qualifications | ||
| 2026-01-29 | Staff E, preparing meals and snacks at the time of licensing visit, lacked at least four hours of training in kitchen sanitation, food handling, and nutrition. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(gr)3.a. — Meal Prep Personnel - Training | ||
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