Kiddie Academy of Elkridge - Elkridge MD Licensed Child Care Center

6534 Old Waterloo Road , Elkridge MD 21075
(410) 799-7722
1 Review

About the Provider

Description: Welcome to Kiddie Academy® - a leader in educationally focused daycare for more than 30 years. Kiddie Academy redefined daycare by creating a place where fun and learning go hand in hand. At Kiddie Academy, children explore, play and grow. Parents become lifelong friends. And the communities in which they live become happier, healthier places to be.

Additional Information: MSDE-Approved Education Program.

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 151341
  • Capacity: 120
  • Age Range: 6 weeks through 17 months, 18 months through 23 months, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 5 years to 15 years
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • District Office: Region 6 - Howard County / Carroll County
  • District Office Phone: (410) 750-8771 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Regulations Status
2021-12-15 Complaint 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) Corrected
Findings: Room 2 had six infants with two aides. Room 6 had 12 fours and fives with one teacher. Room 9 and Room 10 were combined with 9 children with an aide. The director was in charge of a group of 3 two year olds and a toddler while trying to answer the door and monitor the center. The director was pushing the children around in a buggy while she was trying to manage the center. Program was able to be in compliance by 4:55 by moving children and staff so children could receive adequate supervision.
2021-12-15 Complaint 13A.16.08.02B Corrected
Findings: Room 2 had two aides with six infants. Room 9 and Room 10 were combined with 9 children with an aide. At 5:03 a qualified teacher was available in each group of children.
2021-12-15 Complaint 13A.16.08.03C(2) Corrected
Findings: In Room 6 the teacher had 12 fours and fives by herself. At 4:55 Room 6 had 14 children with a teacher and aide.
2021-07-26 Complaint 13A.16.07.01 Corrected
Findings: LS observed the staff member drag a child for a shot distance while holding another child. The staff member was trying to get the child to eat and used a boppy pillow as a place to put the child and then attempt to have the child eat from a bottle. The staff held down the child's arms and put the bottle to the child's mouth and the child was not interested and the staff kept trying to feed the child. This is inappropriate since it was clear by watching the video of the interaction that the child was not going to eat.
2021-07-26 Complaint 13A.16.07.03B(1) Corrected
Findings: LS observed the staff forcing the child to eat from a bottle several times on video. The staff would put the child on a boppy pillow, hold down his hands and force the bottle to the mouth of the child. The child never took the bottle to eat and at one point threw the bottle away from himself.
2021-07-26 Complaint 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) Corrected
Findings: LS watched videos of the staff who was handling the children in a manner that was not appropriate for the age of the children. LS observed the staff member leading children by the arm, blocking their movement with her leg or foot and forcing the children to eat when it was clear that the child did not want to eat. Sometimes the staff would hold down the arms of the child and attempt to make the child eat from a bottle.
2021-07-19 Full 13A.16.03.02A Corrected
Findings: One child was missing the parent's portion of the health inventory. Three children were missing the medical portion of the health inventory. Five children were missing lead screenings.
2021-07-19 Full 13A.16.05.01A(1) Corrected
Findings: The bathrooms in rooms 5, 6, and 9 had corrosion on the metal toilet paper holders. Specialist also observed water damage stains on the ceiling in room 3. Please submit a correction plan.
2021-07-19 Full 13A.16.06.04A(1) Corrected
Findings: A teacher was hired on 06/21/2021, and no medical form was on site. Please submit a correction plan.
2021-07-19 Full 13A.16.06.09C Corrected
Findings: Teacher has 4.5 hours of training from 04/2020 to 03/2021. Another teacher has 10.5 hours and is missing 1.5 hours from 07/2020 to 06/2021.
2021-07-19 Full 13A.16.07.06A Corrected
Findings: In room 1, an infant was observed in a high chair without being strapped in. Staff member corrected by fastening the strap while the infant was in the high chair. In room 6, the Specialist observed a locked closet with an inserted key accessible to children. Staff member corrected by placing key in an area inaccessible to children.
2021-07-19 Full 13A.16.09.02C Corrected
Findings: The infant/toddler rooms 1 and 3 did not have posted activity plans. Please submit corrections plans for rooms 1 and 3.
2021-07-19 Full 13A.16.10.04A Corrected
Findings: Specialist observed sunscreen products, large adult scissors, a stapler, a paper cutter blade, and large, gallon-size Ziploc bags accessible to children in room 6. Teacher removed all items and made them inaccessible. Room 9 had adult scissors and 3 staplers accessible to children in care. Teacher corrected by making the items inaccessible. In room 3, sunscreens were located in cubbies and were accessible to children. All classrooms removed the hazardous items and made them inaccessible to children.
2021-07-19 Full 13A.16.11.04A(1)(a) Corrected
Findings: In room 9, a child had a medication form for an epi pen that was not signed by the parent. Please submit a correction plan.
2020-08-05 Mandatory Review 13A.16.06.09B(1) Corrected
Findings: A teacher had four hours of training from 2/2019 to 01/2020. Also, a teacher did not have training on site from 04/2019 to 3/2020 Please submit a correction plan to OCC.

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Reviews

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One4One Oct 25, 2012

My wife and I were new to the area and this was the only place with an opening at the time. Our daughter was 2 at the time and has a ton of energy. The teaching staff she took a shine to right away and vice-versa then the teacher would either quit or be fired.

This is the norm at this location and the director and owner are very standoffish and disrespectful to parents and caregivers alike.  We started to see a trend in the way our child acted due to the high rate teachers would leave or be let go. Often times she would come home with pinch and bite marks on her arms with no explanation by the caregivers or they would blame it on a caregiver that had left for the day. We have found a new facility around the corner that we think will be a lot better for the development of our child.

Do yourself a favor and read other reviews on the internet to get an idea on how this place is run. It’s all about the money with these folks. We still stay in touch with 2 former caregivers that worked there and the horror stories they told the Wife and I will make your skin crawl. They really could care less about your kids.

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