Catherine Hershey Sch For Early Learning Hbg Llc
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| 2026-03-31 | Renewal | 3270.107 - Refrigerator | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.107 Description: Refrigerator Noncompliance Area: Observed the refrigerator in the Butterflies classroom had temperature of 50° F. Correction Required: A facility shall have an operable, clean refrigerator used to store potentially hazardous foods. The refrigerator shall be capable of maintaining food at 45° F or below. An operating thermometer shall be placed in the refrigerator. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The refrigerator temperature was adjusted to meet the required 45°F or below. Temperature logs were reviewed and reinforced with staff. |
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| 2026-03-31 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(4)/3270.182(3) - Written consent/Consent for emergency medical care required prior to admission | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(4)/3270.182(3) Description: Written consent/Consent for emergency medical care required prior to admission Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact information for child #1 did not include signed written consent by a parent for emergency medical care for the child prior to admission. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the written consent signed by a parent for emergency medical care. A child's record shall contain signed parental consent for emergency medical care for the child. Written consent is required prior to admission. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The emergency contact form on file was updated by having the family sign off where the form requests consent for emergency medical care for the child. |
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| 2026-03-31 | Renewal | 3270.182(5) - Consent for administration of minor first-aid required prior to admission | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.182(5) Description: Consent for administration of minor first-aid required prior to admission Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact information for child #1 did not include signed written consent for the administration of minor first-aid prior to admission. Correction Required: A child's record shall contain signed parental consent for administration of minor first-aid procedures by facility staff. Written consent is required prior to admission. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The missing signed consent for minor first aid was obtained and added to the child's file. |
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| 2026-03-31 | Renewal | 3270.74 - Emergency Numbers Posted | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.74 Description: Emergency Numbers Posted Noncompliance Area: The telephone number of the nearest hospital, police department, fire department, ambulance and poison control center was not posted by the telephone located in the Ladybugs classroom. (Corrected at the time of the inspection). Correction Required: The telephone number of the nearest hospital, police department, fire department, ambulance and poison control center shall be posted by each telephone in the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Emergency contact numbers were immediately posted by the telephone in the Ladybugs classroom at the time of inspection. All classrooms were reviewed to ensure emergency contact numbers are posted by every phone. |
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| 2026-03-31 | Renewal | 3270.75(b)/3270.133(4) - Inaccessible to children/Locked | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.75(b)/3270.133(4) Description: Inaccessible to children/Locked Noncompliance Area: Observed the "go bag" containing the first aid kit and children's prescription medications was placed on the floor in the Dragonfly classroom, which was accessible to younger and older toddlers in care. (Corrected at the time of the inspection.) Correction Required: A first-aid kit must be inaccessible to children. Medication shall be stored in a locked area of the facility or in an area that is out of the reach of children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The go-bag and medications were immediately removed from the floor and placed in an elevated, inaccessible location during the inspection. All classrooms were visually checked to ensure proper storage of the go-bags and medications. |
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| 2026-03-31 | Renewal | 3270.82(e) - Toilet and sinks proper height | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.82(e) Description: Toilet and sinks proper height Noncompliance Area: Observed the handwashing sink in the Dragonfly classroom used after diapering did not have steps or platforms for the younger and older toddlers to easily approach the sink for handwashing. At the time of the inspection, a staff person was observed holding a toddler over the sink for them to wash their hands. Correction Required: Toilets and sinks shall be at proper heights for children using them or shall be easily approached by means of platforms or steps. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Appropriate steps/platforms will be placed at the sink in the Dragonfly classroom to allow safe and independent access for children. |
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| 2026-03-24 | Unannounced Monitoring | Unannounced Monitoring | Compliant - Finalized |
| 2025-11-14 | Self-Reported Non Compliance | 3270.113(a)/3270.113(a)(1) - Supervised at all times /Staff assigned to specific children | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.113(a)/3270.113(a)(1) Description: Supervised at all times /Staff assigned to specific children Noncompliance Area: On 11/06/2025, staff person #1 left child #1 unsupervised on the playground for approximately 4 minutes after transitioning the children from the playground, through the classroom to the indoor gross motor room. Provider failing to follow plans to maintain compliance regarding same violations from inspection(s) of 09/04/2025. Provider's plan to maintain compliance submitted on 10/17/2025 stated, "1. Staff will continue to receive active supervision training as part of new employee orientation. This training includes expectations for child supervision, maintaining ratios, name-to-face protocol and procedures, zoning, and tracking tools. 2. Staff will implement the supervision audit tools and ideas provided by the ELRC training. 3. Supervision audits will be completed weekly by center leadership to assess the following and ensure 100% compliance: · Compliance with mandated child-to-staff ratios. · Execution of name-to-face checks during all transitions. · Classroom and playground zoning fidelity (i.e., ensuring all areas are properly covered and monitored). · Accuracy of whiteboard tracking tools used in each space (gross motor rooms, courtyards, innovation labs, playgrounds, etc.). Leadership will discuss results weekly to identify gaps or trends. Any gaps identified in the supervision process will be remediated immediately and documented. Any additional gaps in supervision will result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination. 4. Staff meetings are held monthly and will include ongoing reinforcement of supervision procedures and review of the tools and ideas provided by the ELRC training. The meetings will be used to incorporate real-time scenarios and reinforce expectations and refresh learning on an ongoing basis. 5. Staff will conduct name-to-face tracking using the primary care cards and Kindertales application when children arrive, leave, or move from one location to another as well as any time a caregiver transitions the supervision of their care group to another caregiver, i.e., lunch or bathroom breaks." Correction Required: Children on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the premises shall be supervised by a staff person at all times. Outdoor play space used by the facility is considered part of the facility premises. 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. TIERED LIS - 1. Children must be supervised at all times. 2. Staff person #2 and #3 will be required to attend the Central Region Existing Provider Orientation in-person training to be conducted on 01/15/2026. The operator/director shall contact the Central Regional Office to schedule the training. The hours of the training may not be counted towards the required 12 hours of annual child care training. Documentation of completed training must be submitted to the Regional Office and be kept in the facility person's file. 3. The legal entity must develop and implement a face-to-name system to prevent children from being left unsupervised, the plan should include specific strategies for managing transitions throughout the day, such as when children arrive, leave, or move from one location to another within the center. The system must include a process that includes a final sweep of the playground, classroom, gross motor space, etc. prior to transitioning children from one space to another. The plan shall include checkpoints where staff will complete additional face-to-name checks (example: doors, stairs, hallways, etc.). 4. Staff person #2 and #3 will be required to complete random daily monitoring's to observe the use of face to name recognition during classroom transitions; the monitoring will be logged daily. The operator will develop a transition observation checklist that includes feedback for staff. This checklist is to be approved by the Central Region Office of Child Development and Early Learning prior to use. Completed checklists will be maintained on file by the facility director and be made available electronically to the Department Representative when requested. This will be done for a period of 3 months from the date this Plan of Correction is accepted by the Central Regional Office of Child Development and Early Learning. 5. Random unannounced monitoring visits from the Certification Representative will be conducted for a period of 3 months from the date this Plan of Correction is accepted by the Central Regional Office of Child Development and Early Learning to monitor implementation of daily monitoring and to observe classroom transition processes. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) 1. (Correction Date 12/5/25) Children will be supervised at all times. (Implemented 01/30/2026) 2. (Correction Date 01/15/2026) The operator/director contacted the Central Regional Office on 12/12/25 & 12/15/25 and scheduled the required Central Region Existing Provider Orientation in-person training for staff person 2 and 3 to attend on 1/15/2026. Documentation of completed training will be submitted to the Regional Office and kept in staff person #2 and #3's personnel file. (Implemented 01/16/2026) 3. (Correction Date 12/15/25) A refined face-to-name system was implemented and includes the following: Staff assign roles prior to transitions: teacher A serves as the lead, positioned at the front of the group, and responsible for guiding children to the next space. Teacher B serves as the caboose/sweeper, positioned at the end of the group and always remaining physically with the children. Teacher A completes a face-to-name count of all children and verbally confirms the total with Teacher B. Teacher A then engages children in a planned transition activity while Teacher B completes a full environmental visual sweep of the common area. Sweeper does not step away from children and completes the sweep while remaining the last adult out of the space. Both teachers complete an additional face-to-name count prior to leaving the space; repeat counts at designated supervision checkpoints during the transition, and upon arrival in the new location. Teacher A immediately completes a final face-to-name count and signs children into the new space in Kindertales before any activities begin. (Implemented 01/29/2026) 4. (Correction date 03/19/2026) In addition to existing audits, staff person #2 will complete random daily monitoring and staff person #3 will complete random weekly monitoring to observe the use of the face-to-name system during transitions and will log daily using the Transition Observation Checklist; staff will receive immediate feedback and on-the-spot coaching. Failure of staff to adhere to the face-to-name system will be considered a performance issue. Audits will be completed starting on 12/15/25 and ending on 3/19/26. 5. (Correction date 03/19/2026) CHS welcomes unannounced visits by the Certification Representative. |
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| 2025-09-16 | Renewal | 3270.107 - Refrigerator | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.107 Description: Refrigerator Noncompliance Area: Observed the temperature of the refrigerator located in the Bumblebees classroom was 50° F. *Corrected at the time of the inspection. Correction Required: A facility shall have an operable, clean refrigerator used to store potentially hazardous foods. The refrigerator shall be capable of maintaining food at 45° F or below. An operating thermometer shall be placed in the refrigerator. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The temperature of the refrigerator was adjusted and checked a few hours later, which showed the corrected temperature of 45 degrees. All items in the fridge were discarded. A work order was put in as an extra layer of support to check the functionality of the refrigerator since the temperature gauge was just recently replaced in August. A contractor came back out in September to check the functionality of the refrigerator which was reading at the correct temperature. |
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| 2025-09-16 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(3) - Parent home/work address, phone | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(3) Description: Parent home/work address, phone Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact information for child #1 did not include the enrolling parents work address. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the home and work addresses and telephone numbers of the enrolling parent. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) On 9/16/25, the Family Success Manager had the parent update the emergency contact form by writing "N/A" in the work address section, as the parent is currently not employed. |
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| 2025-09-16 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(7) - Name/address/phone release person | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(7) Description: Name/address/phone release person Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact information for child #2 did not include the addresses of the individuals designated by the parent to whom the child may be released. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) On 9/16/25, the Family Success Manager requested that the parent provide the complete home address of the designated emergency contact person to ensure all required information is documented. |
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| 2025-09-16 | Renewal | 3270.66(a) - Locked or inaccessible | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.66(a) Description: Locked or inaccessible Noncompliance Area: Observed Clorox cleaning wipes on a storage bin in the preschool playground which was accessible to children. *Corrected at the time of the inspection. Correction Required: Cleaning materials and other toxic materials shall be kept in an area or container that is locked or made inaccessible to children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Clorox wipes were removed from the bin on the playground and stored inside a locked cabinet. - 9/16/25 |
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| 2025-09-16 | Renewal | 3270.76 - Building Surfaces | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.76 Description: Building Surfaces Noncompliance Area: Observed pieces of trash & debris on the preschool playground. Observed the floor in the Daffodils classroom (older toddlers) was not cleaned after snack. Correction Required: Floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces, including the facility's outdoor play space surfaces shall be kept clean, in good repair and free from visible hazards. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Trash was picked up immediately and Daffodil teachers swept up food after snack. |
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| 2025-09-16 | Renewal | 3270.77(a) - No peeling paint or plaster | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.77(a) Description: No peeling paint or plaster Noncompliance Area: Observed a pea size dent in the wall in the Sprouts classroom (Infants) exposing plaster on the right wall beside the shelf/stuffy basket. Observed a small gash in the wall on the left of the door leading outside and to the left of the sinks in the Dragonfly room (Young Toddlers). Observed a chip in the wall to the left of the window/shelf in the Grasshopper classroom (Older Toddler). *Corrected at the time of the inspection. 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 pea size, small gash and chip on the classroom walls were covered immediately with clear tape to prevent child access and eliminate any potential hazard. |
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| 2025-09-16 | Renewal | 3270.81 - Glass | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.81 Description: Glass Noncompliance Area: Observed the glass door to the hallway located in the Ladybugs classroom did not include a visual strip or other visual identification. 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.) A visual strip was placed on the glass door. |
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