Description: Mission Statement
Provide a safe, loving, and educational program that promotes social, emotional, and physical development while fostering an independent learning environment.
Provides a nurturing program to help each child develop a sense of self through developmentally appropriate activities and exploring their individuality during free play.
Provide infant through preschool programs that accommodate the needs of growing families in our communities.
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| 2020-02-20 | 2020-03-04 | 3A:52-4.3(a) |
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The children shall be supervised directly by a staff member at all times, including during outdoor activities, rest and sleep, and walking through hallways. Toileting procedures shall be supervised by a staff member as appropriate for the ages and developmental needs of the children. Violation Observed: Ensure children are supervised at all times. Staff in Rooms A & B repeatedly walked out of the classroom leaving the children unsupervised. |
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| 2020-02-20 | 2020-03-04 | 3A:52-4.3(c) |
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The following staff/child ratios shall apply, except as specified in 3A:52-4.3(d) through (f): | Age Staff/Child Ratio | Under 18 months - 1:4 | 18 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:6 | 2 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:10 | 4 years - 1:12 | 5 years and older - 1:15 Violation Observed: Maintain staff/child ratios at all times. In Room B there were 16 children (10 4 years old and 6 5 years old) with one staff member and an additional staff was needed. |
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| 2020-02-20 | 2020-03-04 | 3A:52-5.2(a)(5) |
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The center shall be permitted to obtain a valid fire safety inspection certificate issued by the municipality in which it is located, based on a fire inspection conducted within the preceding 12 months, and submit a copy of the certificate to the Office of Licensing in lieu of a CO or CCO, if the center serves only children 2 ½ years of age or older and is located in a public school building that is used as a public school. Violation Observed: Ensure the fire protective system is operable at all times. At the time of inspection, the approved fire panel was in trouble mode, reading "no battery". The center is using a "home smart" monitoring system which is not approved by the local fire official. The center must reinstate a properly licensed, commercial grade monitoring system. |
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| 2020-01-10 | 2020-03-04 | 3A:52-4.5(c)(2)(i) |
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The director or his or her designee(s) shall be on the premises at all times when the center is operating and the designee shall not have full-time classroom responsibilities during the times when the director is not present at the center. Violation Observed: 82. Ensure that the director or director designee does not have full time responsibilities in the classroom. The director designee was required in the infant room to maintain ratios but needed to break ratios and work in the kitchen to prepare lunch for the children. | 2/20/20 - Ensure the director or designee is present at all times. At the time of inspection, both the director and designee were not present and staff were not aware of who was in charge. |
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| 2020-01-10 | 2020-03-04 | 3A:52-4.3(a) |
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The children shall be supervised directly by a staff member at all times, including during outdoor activities, rest and sleep, and walking through hallways. Toileting procedures shall be supervised by a staff member as appropriate for the ages and developmental needs of the children. Violation Observed: 2. Ensure that children in room "B" are supervised at all times. The staff member repeatedly walked out of the classroom leaving children unsupervised. | |
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| 2020-01-10 | 2020-03-04 | 3A:52-4.3(d) |
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The following staff/child ratios shall apply during rest or sleep, when the criteria listed in 3A:52-4.3(d) 1, 2, and 3 are met: | Age Staff/Child Ratio | Under 18 months - 1:10 | 18 months to under 2 ½ years - 1:12 | 2 ½ years and above - 1:20 Violation Observed: 4. Maintain adequate staff/child ratios at all times. In room "B" there were five 4-year old children with no staff supervising and one staff was needed. |
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| 2020-01-10 | 2020-02-20 | 3A:52-4.3(c) |
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The following staff/child ratios shall apply, except as specified in 3A:52-4.3(d) through (f): | Age Staff/Child Ratio | Under 18 months - 1:4 | 18 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:6 | 2 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:10 | 4 years - 1:12 | 5 years and older - 1:15 Violation Observed: 4. Maintain adequate staff/child ratios at all times. In room 3/4 there were five infants ages 0-18 mos. of age with one staff and an additional staff was needed. |
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| 2019-12-16 | 2020-01-10 | 3A:52-4.10(b)(1) |
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When the center applies for a new or renewal license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall submit to the Department the completed CARI consent forms for all staff members who are or will be working at the center on a regularly scheduled basis. Within two weeks after a new staff member begins working at the center, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall submit to the Department a completed CARI consent form for the new staff member. Violation Observed: 90. Renewal CARI clearance is pending for two staff and two new staff. |
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| 2019-12-16 | 2020-02-20 | 3A:52-4.3(c) |
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The following staff/child ratios shall apply, except as specified in 3A:52-4.3(d) through (f): | Age Staff/Child Ratio | Under 18 months - 1:4 | 18 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:6 | 2 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:10 | 4 years - 1:12 | 5 years and older - 1:15 Violation Observed: 4. | There were seven children ages 17 months to 2 1/2 years old in room 5 with one staff and an additional staff was needed. | There were 5 infants in room 3/4 with two staff and one staff left the classroom and an additional staff was needed. |
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| 2019-11-13 | 2019-12-16 | 3A:52-6.1(e) |
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The center shall ensure that pacifiers are removed when the children are crawling or walking. Violation Observed: 46. Children in room #5 were walking and playing while drinking out of sippy cups. |
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| 2019-11-13 | 2019-12-16 | 3A:52-6.2(a)(2) |
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The center shall provide a supply of age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate program equipment including play equipment, child-size furniture and supplies that are non-toxic and safe for use by children in the age groups served. Violation Observed: 17. Children in all classrooms were not provided with a variety of age-appropriate activities as required. Children in room #5 ranged in age from fourteen-months to three years-old and materials and activities provided were not age-appropriate. |
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| 2019-11-13 | 2020-02-20 | 3A:52-4.3(c) |
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The following staff/child ratios shall apply, except as specified in 3A:52-4.3(d) through (f): | Age Staff/Child Ratio | Under 18 months - 1:4 | 18 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:6 | 2 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:10 | 4 years - 1:12 | 5 years and older - 1:15 Violation Observed: 4. 11/13/2019: | There were nine infants in room 3/4 with two staff and an additional staff was needed. | There were 8 infants, toddlers and preschool children in room 5 with one staff and an additional staff was needed. |
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| 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-13 | 3A:52-5.3(r) |
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The center shall take any steps required by the Office of Licensing to correct conditions in the building or center that may endanger the health, safety, and well-being of the children served. Violation Observed: 15. Children from the sponsor's Paterson location were present and attending the program for the full week and none of the children's records were onsite. | 7/31/2019: | The center needs to immediately remove or repair the deck planks on the small playground. The boards were loose, popping up and pose an imminent trip hazard. | 10/11/2019: | Children in room "A" were able to leave their classroom and had access to the entire center including the kitchen an second floor. |
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| 2019-09-04 | 2019-11-13 | 3A:52-6.4(b)(1)(ii) |
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The center shall provide sleeping equipment for children 12 months of age and younger, the center shall provide for each child a crib, that complies with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) Federal Safety Standards for Full- Size and Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs; 16 CFR 1219 and 1220, which is incorporated herein by reference, and can be obtained through the CPSC's website at https://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety- Education-Centers/cribs , playpen, or other Office of Licensing-approved sleeping equipment that meets the following requirement that sleeping equipment shall be free of pillows and soft bedding, including, but not limited to bumper pads, when occupied by a sleeping child. Violation Observed: 52. Remove blankets and soft bedding from cribs occupied by sleeping infants under 12 months of age. |
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| 2019-09-04 | 2019-11-13 | 3A:52-4.3(a) |
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The children shall be supervised directly by a staff member at all times, including during outdoor activities, rest and sleep, and walking through hallways. Toileting procedures shall be supervised by a staff member as appropriate for the ages and developmental needs of the children. Violation Observed: 2. Ensure that children are supervised at all times. A 4 year old child walked in to the center from the playground alone and unsupervised to go to the bathroom. | 10/11/2019: | Nine preschool children and one 17 month old toddler in room A were alone in the classroom when the teacher needed to leave the room to get two children who had run out of the room. |
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