LICENSED GROUP
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Guidepost Montessori At Verona
Verona, WI
· Dane County
240 Enterprise Dr,
Verona, WI 53593
Quick Facts
Capacity
98 children
Age Range
6 wks - 5 yrs 11 mo
Type of Care
Full Time.
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
YoungStar Rating
Not Rated
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Licensed LICENSED GROUP
Active License
License Number
2008422
License Holder
Maris Mendes
Licensed Since
2025
License Issued
Aug 14, 2025
Issued By
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
District Office
Wisconsin Dept of Children and Families (DCF) - Child Care Regulation and Licensing
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About the Provider
GUIDEPOST MONTESSORI AT VERONA is a LICENSED GROUP in Verona WI, with a maximum capacity of 98 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 wks - 5 yrs 11 mo. It is open Monday - Friday, 07:00 AM-06:00 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday07:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Tuesday07:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Wednesday07:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Thursday07:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Friday07:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Violation Date | Rule Number | Rule Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-08-11 | Staff C, who has been working at the center for one year, does not have a physical examination report within 30 days of hire documenting the person is free of communicable diseases and is physically able to work with young children. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)3.a. - Staff Record - Physical Examination | ||
| 2026-08-11 | Staff C, who has been working as an assistant at the center longer than six months, is missing documentation of qualifications for the position. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(g)2. - Assistant Child Care Teacher - Qualifications | ||
| 2026-08-11 | The center self-reported that on the morning of 8/03/26, a three-year-old child was unsupervised for approximately 30 to 60 seconds. The incident occurred during a time of transition from one room to another in the center. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(1)(a) - Supervision Of Children | ||
| 2026-06-30 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-06-30 | Each child was not supervised by a child care worker to guide the child's behavior on 6/26/26 when a classroom door was propped open and a three-year-old child walked out. Staff were unaware the child had left the classroom and walked down a long hallway behind a small group of children, then out into the outdoor play space. The child was discovered by another staff person and was then returned to the classroom. The child was unsupervised outside for approximately three to five minutes. The center self-reported this incident. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(1)(a) - Supervision Of Children | ||
| 2026-03-26 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-03-26 | Child 2 is missing a physical exam completed within the past six months. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(a)8.a. - Child Record - Physical Exam - Under 2 | ||
| 2026-03-26 | Staff A, who has been working as an assistant more than six months, is missing required training qualifications. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(g)2. - Assistant Child Care Teacher - Qualifications | ||
| 2026-03-26 | Staff A, who prepares meals at the center, did not complete the required four hours of training in kitchen sanitation, food handling and nutrition prior to beginning work. In October 2025, licensing staff provided technical assistance to center staff on the four-hour training requirement, and in December 2025 Staff A completed only two of the four required training hours. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(gr)3.a. - Meal Prep Personnel - Training | ||
| 2026-03-26 | The monthly fire and smoke alarm system test was not conducted in January 2026. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(4)(jm)2. - Fire Alarms & Smoke Detectors - Testing | ||
| 2026-03-26 | The monthly fire drill was not conducted in January or February 2026. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(3)(b)2. - Emergencies - Practice Written Plans | ||
| 2025-10-13 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2025-10-13 | Staff A is missing a current certificate for infant/child CPR/AED. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(c) - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training | ||
| 2025-10-13 | Staff A is missing documentation of having completed training in child abuse and neglect laws within the past two years. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(cm) - Child Abuse & Neglect - Biennial Training | ||
| 2025-10-13 | In the Toddler #7 classroom, a potty chair receptacle containing urine was not immediately emptied, rinsed and sanitized. When staff noticed the potty chair, they emptied and sanitized it, but did not rinse it. Staff said they only check on the potty chairs once every one or two hours. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(10)(dm)2. - Potty Chairs - Disinfected | ||
| 2025-10-13 | A written medication authorization for a child was missing the child's name. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(f)1.a. - Medication Administration - Parent Authorization | ||
| 2025-10-13 | Two medications intended for use by a child in the care of the center are being kept at the center without a current medication administration authorization from the parent. One medication authorization expired in July 2023 and the other expired in March 2024. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(f)6. - Current Authorizations For Medications On Premises | ||
| 2025-10-13 | A staff person in the Nido 3 room did not wash their hands after diapering a child. Without washing hands, the staff person picked up an eraser and erased information on the diapering board and wrote in a new diaper time. They then laid the infant in a crib and rocked the crib with their hands. Staff did not wash their hands until the Licensing Specialist asked them to do so. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(i)2. - Adult Handwashing | ||
| 2025-10-13 | Staff did not document changes in Child 1's development every three months when changes were documented only every five months. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(1)(c) - Infant & Toddler - Documenting Changes In Development | ||
| 2025-10-13 | During the licensing visit, three bottles of formula in the Nido 3 room were not dated, and one package of frozen breast milk in the Nido 4 freezer was not labeled with the child's name. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(3)(a)2. - Infant & Toddler - Food & Formula Brought From Home | ||
| 2025-10-13 | Directions for applying lotions, powders or salves to a child during diapering were not posted in the diaper changing area in the Nido 3 room or in the Nido 4 room. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(4)(a)10. - Infant & Toddler - Diapering Lotions, Powders, Salves | ||
| 2025-09-12 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2025-09-12 | Staff engaged in actions that may be psychologically, emotionally or physically painful, discomforting or potentially injurious on 9/05/25 when Staff A pulled on a four-year-old child's wrist to try to get them out of bed to go to the bathroom. The child cried out in pain and was diagnosed with an injury. There is some indication that Staff B restricts children's movement during naptime when they wrap their arm and possibly their leg over children while children are lying on their cots. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(2)(e) - Child Guidance - Prohibited Actions | ||
| 2025-09-12 | Staff A did not record an injury in the medical log book that occurred at the center on the date it occurred when it was entered three days later. Staff A was immediately aware that a four-year-old child had sustained an injury on 9/05/25 because Staff A administered first aid to the child right after the injury occurred. The injury wasn't noted in the medical log book until 9/08/25. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(dm)3.b. - Medical Log - Injury In Care | ||
| 2025-08-27 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2025-08-27 | The licensee did not maintain a current written record obtained prior to the child's first day of attendance of Child 2's health history information. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(a)6. - Child Record - Health History | ||
| 2025-08-27 | Child 1, who is under two years of age, is missing a health exam completed within the past six months. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(a)8.a. - Child Record - Physical Exam - Under 2 | ||
| 2025-08-27 | Attendance was not current and accurate when, during the visit, attendance records for 8/25/25 were requested. Staff had to closely examine attendance sheets that were not dated before providing what they believed to be records for 8/25/25. Nine children listed on an attendance sheet did not have their birthdates or ages listed, and one child did not have their last name listed. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(b) — Current, Accurate Daily Attendance Record | ||
| 2025-08-27 | Based on a review of staff work hours when they were counted in the staff-to-child ratio, one staff person who had signed into a classroom on 8/25/25 did not sign out for their break, did not sign in again when they returned from break, and did not sign out at the end of the day on 8/25/25. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)6. - Staff Record - Days & Hours Worked | ||
| 2025-08-27 | On 8/25/25, when a group of toddlers was playing in the gym, each child was not supervised by a child care worker to guide children's behavior when a 15-month-old child left the gym without staff noticing. The child went down a hallway and into a classroom alone, unsupervised. The child was discovered by staff between 30 seconds and two minutes later. The center self-reported this incident. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(1)(a) - Supervision Of Children | ||
| 2025-08-27 | Attendance was not current and accurate when, during the visit, attendance records for 8/25/25 were requested. Staff had to closely examine attendance sheets that were not dated before providing what they believed to be records for 8/25/25. Nine children listed on an attendance sheet did not have their birthdates or ages listed, and one child did not have their last name listed. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(b) - Current, Accurate Daily Attendance Record | ||
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