Description: MTSD Preschool Programs have been designed to not just prepare students for kindergarten, but give students a foundation in which they are able to thrive as life long learners.
Millcreek Township School District offers Preschool Programming in the following schools across the district; Asbury, Belle Valley, Browns Farm, Grandview, McDowell, Walnut Creek, and Westlake.
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.
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| 2020-09-01 | Renewal | 3270.131(a)/3270.182(1) - Within 60 days/Initial and subsequent health reports | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for Child #2, who has been enrolled for more than 60 days, did not include an initial health report. A health report was due for this child prior to the suspended regulations during COVID-19. 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. A child's record shall contain initial and subsequent health reports. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) On the day of inspection it was noticed that student 2 had been enrolled longer than 60 days, however we did not have health assessment on file. Student number 2 was withdrawn from the program by the parents do to moving out of our county and the family did not give us a copy of the health assessment before the students last day. In the future all students will be asked to turn in their health assessment forms and immunization records with in 30 days of their start date which is our district policy. |
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| 2020-09-01 | Renewal | 3270.131(e)(1)/3270.182(1) - Exemption documentation from parent/guardian/Initial and subsequent health reports | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The most recent immunization record in the file for Child #1 did not include documentation of a flu shot conducted within the past 12 months: November, 2018. The health assessment in the file for Child #3 did not include an immunization record. 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. A child's record shall contain initial and subsequent health reports. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Child 1 did not have a recent flu vaccine at the time of inspection. We reached out to the students family and counseled them on the importance of the flu vaccine, however they choose to sign the flu exemption letter instead of scheduling a flu shot for their child. We have reached out to the parents of Child #3 for a current immunization record, and this will be placed in the child's file. In the future all student immunizations will be checked for the appropriate vaccinations and families will be notified of any missing or late vaccinations. Should a family choose not to have a child vaccinated they must complete a vaccination exemption letter. |
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| 2020-09-01 | Renewal | 3270.151(a)/3270.192(3) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter/Health assessment, TB test | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The most recent health assessments in the file for Staff Person #1 exceeded 24 months between assessments. The most recent health assessment in the file for Staff Person #1 is current. 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.A facility person's record shall include a written report of initial and subsequent health assessments, including the results of initial and subsequent tuberculin skin tests, x-rays or other medical documentation necessary to confirm freedom from communicable tuberculosis. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff person 1 had a health assessment that exceeded 24 months, although the health assessment in the file was current. In the future staff will be give the opportunity to have a staff health assessment in August with a physician who is contracted by the school district or they must present a health assessment completed by their doctor with in the 24 month time frame. |
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| 2020-09-01 | Renewal | 3270.61(c) - 40 square feet wall-to-wall | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On the day of the renewal inspection, the facility was providing child care in Rooms #13 and #36, which had not been measured and inspected prior to the renewal inspection. Correction Required: Indoor child care space is measured within permanent stationary partitions or walls. The allowable number of children in a space is determined by dividing the total square feet in a space by 40. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) On the day of inspection Pre-k Classrooms 13 ad 36 we being utilized. This was a last minute change by the school district to accommodate the need for exterior exits for each pre-k room to limit the amount of cross contamination between classrooms due to Covid19. Due to the late notice the supervisor of child development forgot to contact the state rep to measure and license these rooms prior to the first day of school. The licensing rep was made aware of the reason and change of rooms and measured the rooms on the day of his inspection. In the future the program will contact the state licensing rep and make them aware of any changes to room locations and schedule a day to measure and license the rooms prior to any students attendance. |
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| 2020-09-01 | Renewal | 3270.81 - Glass | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: A visual strip or other visual identification was not placed on the glass windows at floor level in Rooms #13 and #36. Correction Required: A visual strip or other visual identification shall be placed on glass located in a traffic area, a child care space or a play space. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Rooms 13 and 36 were missing a visual strip on the glass in the traffic area. The staff added clings to create a visual on the glass so no student would run into the glass. In the future all glass windows and doors located in traffic areas will have an appropriate visual strip on the glass. |
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| 2020-09-01 | Renewal | 3270.82(h) - Handwashing signs | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The first and fourth stalls in the girl's bathroom and last stall in the boy's bathroom lacked hand-washing signs. 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.) On the day of inspection two stalls in the girls room and one stall in the boys room were missing their hand washing signs. The staff replaced the signs in each of the missing stalls. In the future all stalls will have hand washing signs in them as well as each sink. Staff will do bi-weekly checks of each bathroom to be sure the signs have not fallen or been taken down. |
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| 2019-04-04 | Renewal | 3270.102(c) - Outdoor equip.- protective surfacing | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The wood chips at the bottom of each of the embedded sliding boards in the outdoor play area were less than nine inches deep as recommended by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. Correction Required: Outdoor equipment that requires embedded mounting must be mounted over a loose-fill or unitary playground protective surface covering that meets the recommendations of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. The equipment must be anchored firmly and be in good repair. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) A school district request to the maintenance department to check the wood chips at each of the playgrounds. The staff at Belle Valley raked the wood chips under the slides to ensure 9 inches of material. If the Maintenance department feels more wood chips are needed they will purchase them and add them to the playground. As always and in the future all areas of the playground will be checked before students use the space to be sure the playground meets all safety requirements. |
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| 2019-04-04 | Renewal | 3270.113(a)(1) - Staff assigned to specific children | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On April 4, 2019, during after school time in the cafeteria, Staff Person #5 named four of the five school age children in her supervisory group. Staff Person #5 did not know the name of the fifth child. Correction Required: Each staff person shall be assigned the responsibility for supervision of specific children. The staff person shall know the names and whereabouts of the children in his assigned group. The staff person shall be physically present with the children in his group on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the facility premises. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) A meeting was held with the child development employee's to discuss this issue. A substitute was covering with the onsite group supervisor that day and the student whose name was not remembered was new...it was their first day. The substitute knew the student was part of her group but could not remember the students name. In the future all staff will have a list with the names of each of the students in their group, so that if a substitute comes into cover they can quickly call and account for the students in their group. |
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| 2019-04-04 | Renewal | 3270.124(f)/3270.181(c) - Updated every 6 months/Emergency info/agreement updated 6 mos | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The Emergency Contact Form in the file for Child #3 has not been updated by the parent since the child's enrollment: 8/23/18. Correction Required: The parent shall update in writing emergency contact information once in a 6-month period or as soon as there is a change in the information. A parent is required to review and update the emergency contact information and the financial agreement at least once in a 6-month period or as soon as there is a change in the information. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The emergency contact form was updated but the updated form was kept in the excursion bag and a copy was not placed in the student file. In the future when families update emergency contact and agreement forms all copies will be updated or copies will be made of the updated forms and placed in the students file as well as the excursion bag. |
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| 2019-04-04 | Renewal | 3270.131(a)/3270.182(1) - Within 60 days/Initial and subsequent health reports | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The initial health reports in the files for Child #1 and Child #6 were dated more than 60 days after each child's first date of attendance at the facility. The most recent health reports in the files for each child are current. 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. A child's record shall contain initial and subsequent health reports. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The health reports are current, however were received after the 60 day window. In the future all student health assessments will be required to be given to the MTSD programs within 30 days of students enrollment. |
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| 2019-04-04 | Renewal | 3270.131(b)(2)/3270.182(1) - Toddler/preschool: updated health report every 12 months/Initial and subsequent health reports | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The most recent health report in the file for Child #8 is more than 12 months old and not current. 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. A child's record shall contain initial and subsequent health reports. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) We contacted the parent and requested a current health assessment. In the future our program will require all student health assessments to be on file within 30 days of student start date. |
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| 2019-04-04 | Renewal | 3270.131(d)(7) - Free from contagious/communicable disease | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The most recent health report in the file for Child #5 did not include a statement that the child is able to participate in child care and appears to be free from contagious or communicable disease. Correction Required: A health report shall include a statement that the child is able to participate in child care and appears to be free from contagious or communicable disease. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) We contacted the family to let them know the students health assessment was documented on an incorrect form, and gave them the DHS form to ask the doctor to fill out. In the future when families turn in health assessments to our staff we will review the forms to be sure they have all correct information documented. |
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| 2019-04-04 | Renewal | 3270.131(e)(1) - Exemption documentation from parent/guardian | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The immunization records in the files for Child #2, #3, #4, #5, #7, #8 and #9, did not include documentation of a flu shot within the last 12 months. Child #2 and #4: None, Child #3: 2016, Child #4, #7, #8 and #9: 2017. 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.) We reached out to the parents of the children missing flu shot documentation and they will either give us the appropriate documentation or sign a letter stating their reason for their child not receiving the vaccine. In the future all students vaccinations will be checked upon receipt of the health assessment and if vaccines are missing we will make families aware and have them fill out appropriate documentation at that time. |
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| 2019-04-04 | Renewal | 3270.151(a)/3270.192(3) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter/Health assessment, TB test | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The most recent health assessments in the files for Staff Persons #1, #2 and #3 exceeded 24 months between assessments. The most recent health assessments in the files for all three Staff Persons are current. 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. A facility person's record shall include a written report of initial and subsequent health assessments, including the results of initial and subsequent tuberculin skin tests, x-rays or other medical documentation necessary to confirm freedom from communicable tuberculosis. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The current staff health assessments on file are current, however they exceeded the 24 months given to receive a physical. In the future staff health assessments will be monitored to be sure they fall within 24 months of the previous assessment. |
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| 2019-04-04 | Renewal | 3270.151(c)(3)/3270.151(c)(5) - Exam communicable disease/Physician/CRNP assessment | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The most recent health assessment in the file for Staff Person #4 did not include an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination or the physician's or CRNP's assessment of the person's suitability to provide child care. Correction Required: An adult health assessment must include an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination. An adult health assessment must include the physician's or CRNP's assessment of the person's suitability to provide child care. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The health assessment for this staff member on the corrected DHS form was on file in the CD Office, and was copied and sent to the building to be placed in the building file as well. In the future all staff health assessments will be completed on the DHS form and kept on file within the building. |
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