Description: Allie Alligator Learning Center, LLC exists to provide a safe and comfortable learning environment from six weeks to six years of age. Our focus is to provide a quality experience in a child’s social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development.
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| 2019-12-30 | Renewal | 3270.131(b)(2) - Toddler/preschool: updated health report every 12 months | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for child #5, a preschooler, lacked a current health assessment updated within the last 12 months. Correction Required: The operator shall require the parent to provide an updated health report at least every 12 months for an older toddler or preschool child. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) An updated health report will be obtained for child #5. In the future, all older toddler or preschool children will have an updated health report every 12 months. |
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| 2019-12-30 | Renewal | 3270.131(e)(1) - Exemption documentation from parent/guardian | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for child #1, a 5 year old, child #2, a 4 year old, child #3, a 5 year old, and child #5, a 3 year old, had an immunization record that lacked verification of the Influenza vaccination being administered within the last year in accordance with the schedule recommended by the ACIP. The file for child #4, a 17 month old, had an immunization record that lacked documentation of the 4th dose of the Pneumococcal vaccination by age 15 months in accordance with the schedule recommended by the ACIP. Correction Required: The facility shall require the parent to provide updated written verification from a physician, physician's assistant, CRNP, the Department of Health or a local health department of ongoing vaccines administered to an infant, toddler or preschool child in accordance with the schedule recommended by the ACIP. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Child #1 will not return to the facility without an exemption letter for the vaccination. All other children will obtain updated immunization records with the required vaccinations. Going forward all parents shall provide updated written verification from a physician of ongoing vaccines administered in accordance with the schedule recommended by the ACIP. |
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| 2019-12-30 | Renewal | 3270.151(a) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for staff person #3 and staff person #4 had a health assessment that exceeded 24 months between assessments. Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) All staff persons now have updated health assessments. Going forward staff members will receive a health assessment every 24 months. |
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| 2019-12-30 | Renewal | 3270.27(c) - Training regarding plan | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for staff person #5 had emergency plan training that exceeded a year between trainings. Correction Required: The operator shall assure that each facility person receives training regarding the emergency plan at the time of initial employment, on an annual basis and at the time of each plan update. The operator shall document the date of each training and the names of all facility persons who received the training and kept on file at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Staff person #5 now has updated emergency plan training. Going forward all staff members will complete their emergency plan training every year. |
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| 2019-12-30 | Renewal | 3270.31(e)(4)(ii) - Fire safety - 1 yr. | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for staff person #2 lacked current fire safety training completed within the last year. Correction Required: Staff persons shall participate, at least annually, in firesafety training conducted by a fire protection professional. Staff persons and volunteers shall receive training in maintenance of smoke detectors, the duties of facility persons during a fire drill and during a fire and the use of the facility's fire extinguishers, not including discharge of the fire suppressant agent. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Staff person #2 is no longer working at the facility. In the future, all staff persons will receive fire safety training annually. |
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| 2019-12-30 | Renewal | 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) - Comply with CPSL/CPSL information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for staff person #6 had state police clearances dated 8-8-12 and 11-6-17, child abuse clearances dated 9-4-12 and 11-9-17, and FBI clearances dated 8-10-12 and 12-9-17 that exceeded 60 months between updated clearances. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services).A facility person's record shall include a copy of requests for the criminal history record and child abuse registry clearance information, a copy of the disclosure statement and a copy of the completed clearance information required under the CPSL. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Staff person #6 now has updated clearances. Moving forward, all staff members shall obtain clearances and update them every 60 months. |
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| 2019-12-30 | Renewal | 3270.34(a)(6) - Staff evaluations | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for staff person #3 had a staff evaluation that exceeded a year between evaluations. Correction Required: A director is responsible for written evaluation of staff persons on a regular basis, a minimum of one evaluation every 12 months. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Staff person #3 now has an updated staff evaluation. In the future, every staff member will have an evaluation every year. |
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| 2019-12-30 | Renewal | 3270.35(b)(1)/3270.192(2)(iii) - Bachelor's/Exp, educ., training at facility | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for staff person #2, functioning as a group supervisor, lacked verification of education to qualify as a group supervisor. Correction Required: A group supervisor shall have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education or the human services field. A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training following the outset of service at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Staff person #2 is no longer working at the facility. Going forward, a staff member will be considered a group supervisor only if they have the qualifications mentioned above. |
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| 2019-12-30 | Renewal | 3270.36(b)(5)/3270.192(2)(ii) - HS/GED + 2 yrs/Exp, educ., training prior to facility | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for staff person #1, functioning as an assistant group supervisor, lacked verification of 2 years of experience working with children to qualify as an assistant group supervisor. Correction Required: An assistant group supervisor shall have a high school diploma or a general educational development certificate and 2 years experience with children. A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training prior to service at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Staff person #1 will be classified as an aide until the verification of experience is on file to qualify as an assistant group supervisor. In the future, a staff member will be considered an assistant group supervisor if they have the qualifications mentioned above. |
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| 2019-12-30 | Renewal | 3270.36(b)(5)/3270.192(2)(iii) - HS/GED + 2 yrs/Exp, educ., training at facility | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for staff person #5, functioning as an assistant group supervisor, lacked verification of 2 years of experience working with children to qualify as an assistant group supervisor. Correction Required: An assistant group supervisor shall have a high school diploma or a general educational development certificate and 2 years experience with children. A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training following the outset of service at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Staff person #5 now has the required experience on file to be an assistant group supervisor. Going forward, a staff member will be considered an assistant group supervisor f they have the qualifications mentioned above. |
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| 2019-12-30 | Renewal | 3270.77(a) - No peeling paint or plaster | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: In the Kindergarten Prep room, there was peeling paint in one area on the corner on the right wall near the cots. Correction Required: Peeled or damaged paint or damaged plaster is not permitted on indoor or outdoor surfaces in the child care facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) The area with peeling paint was repainted. Going forward all classrooms will be regularly checked and repaired for damages. |
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| 2019-12-30 | Renewal | 3270.82(h) - Handwashing signs | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: In the boys' bathroom, a handwashing sign was not posted at the urinal to the immediate left of the entrance. Correction Required: A facility person and an able child shall wash his hands after toileting and before eating. A sign on which this requirement is written shall be posted at each toilet, training chair, diapering area and sink in the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) A handwashing sign was posted at the urinal in the boys' bathroom. Going forward handwashing signs will be placed at each toilet, training chair, diapering area, and sink. |
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| 2019-12-30 | Renewal | 3270.91(a) - Stairs, exits, etc. unobstructed | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: In the preschool room, the 2nd entrance to the room near the back entrance to the facility was blocked by 2 chairs in the room obstructing the door from opening. Correction Required: Stairways, hallways, exits from rooms, exits from the facility and other means of egress serving as an exit shall be unobstructed. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) The chairs were moved to allow the door to open completely. Going forward all means of egress serving as an exit will be unobstructed. |
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| 2018-12-27 | Renewal | 3270.103 - Small Toys and Objects | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: In the toddler room on a shelf, there were several fabric blocks with tears and small pieces coming apart that could be placed in a child's mouth and were accessible to children. Correction Required: Toys and objects with a diameter of less than 1 inch, objects with removable parts that have a diameter of less than 1 inch, plastic bags and styrofoam objects may not be accessible to children who are still placing objects in their mouths. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) The blocks were removed from the room. In the future, all toys and objects will be monitored and removed or thrown away if they have a diameter of less than 1 inch or removable parts that have a diameter of less than 1 inch and are accessible to children who are still placing objects in their mouths. |
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| 2018-12-27 | Renewal | 3270.131(a) - Within 60 days | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for child #2, with a start date of 9-6-18, lacked an initial health assessment within 60 days of the child's start date and requires a current health assessment. Correction Required: The operator shall require the parent of an enrolled child, including a child, a foster child and a relative of an operator or a facility person, to provide an initial health report no later than 60 days following the first day of attendance at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) The child was withdrawn from the facility on 1-17-19. In the future, all children will have a physical within 60 days of their start date. |
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My son goes to the daycare because mom and dad need to work otherwise I would not expose my son to this. In the beginning, when he had 7 months was all ok. Now he is 13 months and the place is not good at all. The infant room (Warrendale unit) has only 1 person that likes and knows how to work with babies, miss Vicky. all others just don't care and treat my son as garbage ( I feel they don't know what is a baby). It's not only about ignoring the baby crying, IT'S ABOUT TO FORGOT TO FEED HIM WITH MILK ALL DAY LONG for 2 times in one month... Yes, for 2 times in one month, all the milk we sent was not used, the bottles came back full of milk and my son was starving... And they tried to hide it from me when I asked for the bottles to get it back home. The last time it happens (yesterday 06/29/2022) he was sleeping at 4 pm when I came to grab him and now I know why. it was because he was starving and thirsty. Yesterday, as soon as I got him at the place, I gave him a bottle of water + an apple juice box and he drank it without stopping to breathe. It's very frustrating when you pay almost $2k and see your son treated like s***. They were advised that the next time it happens, no talk anymore; police and lawyer will knock on their door.
Well I took Payton who is 4 years to a playground at Round Hill Farm there was a group of kids from Camp gator that showed up and Payton started playing with some of the girls while I'm sitting there watching they were in a cave like structure under the steps I heard one of the girls say bite her and then Payton cried out for me so I went over and I said what happened and a little girl said nothing we're playing a game I said what kind of game because I just heard you say bite her and now my daughter's upset the little girl proceeded to tell me it's a game called dragon and I said is that a biting game and she said no it's just a game we play so I asked her how do you play and apparently I must have had a mean look on my face because she couldn't tell me anything so then I proceeded to take my daughter and went to one of the counselors that were there with Camp gator and ask her do you know of a game called dragon the counselor said no so I had told her what I overheard and what has happened and I told her you better get to the bottom of it then so then I had another Counselor come up to me and I told her the same and then she told me to calm down I told her that I am calm and then if I find out one of them girls bit my daughter I won't be anymore she went over to the girls who were still under the steps guess we had discussion with them and she never came back to speak to me I told my daughter to stay away from those girls I asked the one lady that told me to calm down for the phone number to the camp and she said she wasn't given it to me I said way to be an adult then she proceeded to tell me that my child cried four times Annette counselor came to find me all four times I said no she didn't she said yes she did I told her do you mean when her and the other little boy who are playing ran head-on into each other because if that's what you're saying she didn't cry because the lady son who ran into her said I'm surprised she isn't crying and I told the lady they had said that I'm surprised she isn't crying so then I proceeded to tell the counselor who wouldn't give me the phone number to the camp not to worry I'll find it so as I was leaving the park I saw the kids with the counselors getting onto a bus that said Warrendale so when I got home I looked it up got the phone number and call them spoke to a lady named Sarah it said she was the director and told her everything I just said here on Facebook she proceeded to tell me that these kids are like family but she's not making any excuses for their actions but they kind of stick together as if they were family so I proceeded to tell her so what this family growls and tells people to bite each other she says she would speak to the kids that were there and the counselors about their actions and when I told her that the one counselor would not give me the phone number she said that she would speak to her so all in all more than likely nothing was accomplished I am appalled at the way staff responds to situations
As a parent who has sent my son the Allie Alligator for the last year I am often asked if I would recommend the center. YES! The director and staff are outstanding. I came across the previous review from "Cranberry Dad" and realized what an idiot this guy must be. It is obvious by his initial statement of "shopping" for daycare centers. You don't "shop" for childcare. You put a tremendous amount of trust in the people who take care of your children. Apparently "Cranberry Dad" is a CRABBY DAD! Allie Alligator is the best child care center in Pittsburgh! Keep up the great work!
After shopping for daycare centers near Cranberry, we finally decided on Allie Alligator. Based on our initial interactions with the staff and the first day tour, we had high hopes for our child s time there. However, we observed and learned about numerous practices by staff and situations in the classroom that risked our child s health and comfort. We were very disappointed that the director or staff did not notify us of these unsafe situations when they occurred. Despite notifying the director, these circumstances persisted. As such, we have removed our child from this center and will not return.