Community Preschool And Nursery Of North Side
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Inspection/Report History
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| 2026-07-02 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.113(a)(1) - Staff assigned to specific children | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.113(a)(1) Description: Staff assigned to specific children Noncompliance Area: On 7/2/26 at approximately 9:00 AM, Staff Person #1 and #2 were observed outside lining school age children up for a field trip. Staff Person #1 was responsible for eight school age children and Staff Person #2 was responsible for nine school age children. When asked to identify the children in their group, Staff Person #1 could only name six of the eight children in their assigned group, and Staff Person #2 could only name eight of the nine children in their assigned group. 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.) Staff person #1 knows the names of all the children that were in their care but got flustered and did not quickly name them fast enough and the children started shouting out names which further exacerbated the situation. Staff person #2 actually did name all 9 children but (again ) was very nervous and began to call one child by their nickname and then switched to the child's government name and that group also started yelling out the child's nickname which made it appear as if the staff person may have said the wrong name. Both staff have taken 2 hours of additional supervision training and have been advised to slowly and concisely name each child when asked. The children have been reminded to please keep quiet as to not add confusion to the situation. |
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| 2026-07-02 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.119 - Infant sleep position | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.119 Description: Infant sleep position Noncompliance Area: On 7/2/26 at approximately 9:15 AM, Child #1 was observed sleeping in a bouncy seat in Room 1 (YOT). Correction Required: Infants shall be placed in the sleeping position recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics unless there is a medical reason an infant should not sleep in this position. The medical reason shall be documented in a statement signed by a physician, physician's assistant or CRNP and placed in the child's record at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The child was removed from the bouncy seat and placed in a crib. The staff person was suspended for 1 day. |
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| 2026-07-02 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.166(6) - Infant/toddler - no bottle in mouth to sleep | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.166(6) Description: Infant/toddler - no bottle in mouth to sleep Noncompliance Area: On 7/2/26, at approximately 9:15 AM, a bottle was observed in the bouncy seat where Child #1 was sleeping. Correction Required: Neither an infant nor a toddler is permitted to sleep with a bottle in his mouth. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The infant and the bottle were removed from the bouncy seat. |
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| 2026-04-02 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.113(a) - Supervised at all times | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.113(a) Description: Supervised at all times Noncompliance Area: Based on a review of video footage and staff interviews, it was confirmed that a physical altercation took place between a parent and Staff Person #1 on 3/18/2026 at 1:33 PM in the YT Room. The parent is seen punching the staff person multiple times. After the third punch, Staff Person #1 began to punch back. Although it was confirmed that the staff person was striking back in self-defense, Staff Person #1 could not directly supervise the children in care (two infants and one young toddler) due to the incident. 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff will ensure that in the event of an unprovoked assault, they will not take their eyes off of the children until another staff person is able to take over supervision of the children. |
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| 2026-04-02 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.21 - General Health and Safety | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.21 Description: General Health and Safety Noncompliance Area: Based on a review of video footage and staff interviews, it was confirmed that a physical altercation took place between a parent and Staff Person #1 on 3/18/2026 at 1:33 PM in the YT Room. The parent is seen punching the staff person multiple times. After the third punch, Staff Person #1 began to punch back. Although it was confirmed that the staff person was striking back in self-defense, this incident put the general health and safety of the children in care (two infants and one young toddler) at risk. Correction Required: Conditions at the facility may not pose a threat to the health or safety of the children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff have been advised not to defend themselves if they are being assaulted while supervising children. Staff should wait until another staff person is able to step into the room and take over supervision of the children. At that point, the staff person that is being assaulted is to carefully move towards the nearest exit door and once outside of the center and away from the children, they may begin to defend themselves. Please note that in the video the staff person was supervising so well that they were able to stop the assailant from moving towards the children and push them back and out of the classroom door while getting their nose broken and requiring seven stitches in their mouth in the process. The parents of the children in the classroom, center management, the police officers on scene and staff that work at this center consider the staff person to actually be a hero that went above and beyond to ensure the health and safety of the children in their care. |
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| 2026-04-02 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.23 - Parent Access & Participation | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.23 Description: Parent Access & Participation Noncompliance Area: Based on interviews with Staff, it was confirmed that Staff Person #3 and #4 hid Child #1, a young toddler, from a parent on 3/18/26 at 1:30 when the parent arrived at the facility to pick up the child. Staff #1 and #2 also knew the whereabouts of the child but did not disclose this to the parent. At this time, the child was in the OT Room being supervised by Staff Person #3 and #4 at naptime with 9 other YT/OT. Upon hearing the parent enter the facility, Staff Person #3 instructed Staff Person #4 to take the child to the back room so the parent would not know where the child was. Staff believed they were not supposed to release the child to this parent because they were given direction by Staff Person #5 that the child was only required to be released to this parent on Fridays due to the wording of a custody agreement. Staff Person #5 admitted to being unclear of the wording in 3270.23 and believed they were only required to release the child to the parent on Fridays. Correction Required: A parent of a child in care shall be permitted free access, without prior notice, throughout the center whenever children are in care, unless a court of competent jurisdiction has limited the parental right of access to the child and a copy of the order is on file at the facility. Opportunity shall be provided for parents to participate in the facility's program. The operator shall maintain a yearly file which documents general announcements to promote parent participation. The file shall be updated annually. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The center Director has instructed all staff to release children to a parent unless as stated by the Certification Representative, we have an order from CYF limiting the parent to Supervised visits. Staff person #5 had received from the parent of child #1 an order of Court custody from the Court of common Pleas of Allegheny county (Family Division) which staff person #5 believed to be a court of competent jurisdiction per regulation 3270.23. The contents of the custody order LIMITED the other parent to SPECIFIC dates and times to have custody of child #1 which staff person #5 believed had to be adhered to in order to be in compliance with both the state regulation and the court order. The wording in regulation 3270.23 does not state that limited access to a child is the equivalent of supervised CYF visits. Regulation 3270.23 does not spell out that a order from a court of competent jurisdiction does not include Family Court and that court ordered custody is a worthless piece of paper to have on file since a center is not able to enforce the order. The idea that parents that have custody issues should not have access to safe and affordable child care because it puts the center in the middle is an unfortunate stance to take and goes against the entire purpose of trying to provide a safe and stable environment for all children no matter what their parents situation might be. Staff person #5 is completely disheartened to have been citied for violating a regulation that is in essence not what it seems to be. Directors already have to be teachers, accountants, therapist, cooks, janitors , Physicians assistants and now we have to add on being schooled in the area of Regulatory Law in order to read between the lines of regulations that should be be black or white. This regulation seems very grey and should at a minimum be reworded to ensure that it can actually be adhered to in it's entirety . |
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| 2025-10-20 | Renewal | 3270.123(a)(3) - Services proceeded | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.123(a)(3) Description: Services proceeded Noncompliance Area: The most recent child service reports in the files for Child #1 and #3 exceeded 6 months between reports. Correction Required: The services to be provided to the family and the child, including the Department's approved form to provide information to the family about the child's growth and development in the context of the services being provided. The operator shall complete and update the form and provide a copy to the family in accordance with the updates regarding emergency contact information in § 3270.124(f) (relating to emergency contact information). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Both children #1 and # 3 have updated CSR's in their files. |
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| 2025-10-20 | Renewal | 3270.181(c) - Emergency info/agreement updated 6 mos | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.181(c) Description: Emergency info/agreement updated 6 mos Noncompliance Area: The most recent parent updates for the fee agreements in the file for Child #3 exceeded 6 months between updates. Correction Required: 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.) Child #3 has a signed fee agreement that will expire in January of 2026. |
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| 2025-10-20 | Renewal | 3270.182(3)/3270.182(5) - Consent for emergency medical care required prior to admission/Consent for administration of minor first-aid required prior to admission | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.182(3)/3270.182(5) Description: Consent for emergency medical care required prior to admission/Consent for administration of minor first-aid required prior to admission Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact form in the file for Child #2 did not contain signed parental consent for emergency medical care for the child or signed parental consent for administration of minor first-aid procedures by facility staff. Correction Required: A child's record shall contain signed parental consent for emergency medical care for the child. Written consent is required prior to admission. 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.) child #2 no longer attends the center |
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| 2025-10-20 | Renewal | 3270.31(f) - Health and Safety Training | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.31(f) Description: Health and Safety Training Noncompliance Area: Staff person #2 has not completed the following required pre- service training within 90 days of their date of hire: Health and Safety Training Part 2. (See LIS code sheet) Correction Required: Staff persons shall complete professional development within 90 days of hire as listed in subsections (f)1-10. Until such time as the required training has been completed, staff person #2 must be supervised, when interacting with children at a minimum by, an AGS or higher who has completed all preservice trainings and has all qualifications to care for children unsupervised. If there are no staff person(s) available to supervise staff person #2, staff person #2 may not work in a child-care position at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff person #2 completed part 2 of the health and safety training. Verification of this will be submitted to our certification representative. Staff person #2 did not work alone while waiting to complete pre service trainings. |
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| 2025-10-20 | Renewal | 3270.32(a) - Comply with CPSL | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.32(a) Description: Comply with CPSL Noncompliance Area: The most recent mandated reporter trainings in the file for Staff Person #3 exceeded 60 months between trainings. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff person #3 has a current mandated reporter training in their file. |
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| 2025-10-20 | Renewal | 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) - Comply with CPSL/CPSL information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) Description: Comply with CPSL/CPSL information Noncompliance Area: The State Police Clearance in the file for Staff Person #1 did not contain a disseminated date. 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.) The file for staff person #1 had a date at the top of the page but the bottom portion was cut off. A new Criminal clearance was completed and given to the certification Representative and is also in the staff persons file. |
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| 2025-10-20 | Renewal | 3270.65 - Protective Outlet Covers 5 yrs. or less | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.65 Description: Protective Outlet Covers 5 yrs. or less Noncompliance Area: Observed one childproof electrical outlet, which was not functioning properly, below the clock in the OLT Room. Correction Required: Protective receptacle covers shall be placed in electrical outlets accessible to children 5 years of age or younger. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The electrical outlet was covered and made inaccessible to the child in the room on 10/20/2025. |
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| 2025-10-20 | Renewal | 3270.76 - Building Surfaces | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.76 Description: Building Surfaces Noncompliance Area: Observed damaged ceiling tiles surrounding the smoke detectors in the Preschool and School Age Rooms. 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.) The ceiling tiles were temporarily covered. |
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| 2025-10-20 | 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 flaking plaster from a hole in the wall under the teacher board in the OLT Room. 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 hole was covered temporarily on 10/20/25 until a permanent fix with plaster is able to be scheduled and completed by maintenance personnel. |
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