Description: At Bedford Discovery Early Childhood Center, we help children blaze their individual paths along a discovery trail of development. Every day is filled with the possibility of new and exciting experiences and challenges as children embark on daily adventures in play and learning.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-03 | Violation | 418-1.8(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. | |||
| 2022-03-03 | Violation | 418-1.8(j) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: When a child care center is in operation, an adequate number of qualified teachers must be on duty to ensure the health and safety of the children in care. | |||
| 2022-03-03 | Violation | 418-1.8(k)(5)(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: for 4-year-old children: there must be one teacher for every eight children; | |||
| 2022-03-03 | Violation | 418-1.13(f) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: In child day care centers where the licensed capacity is 45 or more children, the administrative/fiscal management functions and supervision functions may not be performed by a group teacher or assistant teacher. | |||
| 2022-02-11 | Violation | 418-1.8(k)(5)(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: for 4-year-old children: there must be one teacher for every eight children; | |||
| 2022-02-08 | Violation | 418-1.4(f) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Adequate means of egress must be provided. Children may be cared for only on such floors as are provided with readily accessible alternate means of egress to other floors, in the case of fire-resistant buildings, and to the outside in the case of non-fire-resistant buildings. | |||
| 2022-02-08 | Violation | 418-1.8(j) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: When a child care center is in operation, an adequate number of qualified teachers must be on duty to ensure the health and safety of the children in care. | |||
| 2022-02-08 | Violation | 418-1.8(k)(3)(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: for children between ages 18 months old and 36 months old: there must be one teacher for every five children; | |||
| 2022-02-08 | Violation | 418-1.8(k)(4)(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: for 3-year-old children: there must be one teacher for every seven children; | |||
| 2022-02-08 | Violation | 418-1.8(k)(5)(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: for 4-year-old children: there must be one teacher for every eight children; | |||
| 2022-02-08 | Violation | 418-1.13(f) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: In child day care centers where the licensed capacity is 45 or more children, the administrative/fiscal management functions and supervision functions may not be performed by a group teacher or assistant teacher. | |||
| 2021-05-11 | Violation | 418-1.8(m) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: There must be a director, group teacher or assistant teacher supervising all applicants, volunteers and persons in the process of approval. | |||
| 2021-05-11 | Violation | 418-1.8(m) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: There must be a director, group teacher or assistant teacher supervising all applicants, volunteers and persons in the process of approval. | |||
| 2021-04-02 | Violation | 418-1.13(g)(2) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: To be qualified as a group teacher for a preschool class, a person must possess either: | |||
| 2021-04-02 | Violation | 418-1.13(g)(2) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: To be qualified as a group teacher for a preschool class, a person must possess either: | |||
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Think twice about sending your child here!!! The owner Kerri Pritchet is ruthless & money hungry! I signed my daughter up here, in February and was planning on beginning in September! We were on a list for a school closer to our home, and I had told her about it! When I signed her up I was 7 months pregnant and worried she wouldn't get in to a school because it's hard to find a fours program when your child had not been in the facility for the threes program! With that I had another baby and in September began her at the facility! There was no welcome letter or any formal meeting to start her there! After her second day I received a phone call from the school that she was on a list to go to that there was an opening! I honestly called Kerri and explained my situation to her and asked if I would be refunded my security deposit for my daughter! She was like yeah yeah we will figure something out! I will mail you a refund! I then started her at the new school! After one month I still had not received any sort of email phone call or check! I emailed her three times and no response! She then finally responded and told me that in her "policy" you need 30 days written notice to withdraw from the school! I was like but I told you I was on a list for the other school? She then replied with I will send you the papers you signed with your check! I received a check in the mail for 137$, out of a 728$ deposit!!! Now I get that there are "policies" and that you can't bend the rules for everyone, but I cannot beleive that she has the audacity to charge me 591$ for my daughters two days of attendance!!! I was not expecting to go for free at all, but I definitely wasn't under the impression that I would be charged that much for just a little attendance at the facility!!! I've owned a business for 14 years and I know that if you do it for one you have to do it for all but this was just crazy!!!! How she doesn't feel guilty for charging a hard working family that much money when we were honest and tried to go about it the right way is just awful!!! She is an awful business owner and should be absolutely ashamed of herself for doing this!!!!!