Kids Academy

Regulation: 3270.102(a)

Description: Clean and good repair

Noncompliance Area: On 11/19/25, it was observed that a picnic table on the toddler playground had a broken bench. CORRECTED ON SITE.

Correction Required: Toys, play equipment and other indoor and outdoor equipment used by the children shall be clean, in good repair and free from rough edges, sharp corners, pinch and crush points, splinters and exposed bolts.

Regulation: 3270.151(a)

Description: 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter

Noncompliance Area: On 11/19/25, it was observed that staff person 1 had a health assessment on file that expired on 6/12/25 that was not updated until 11/15/25.

Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem.

Regulation: 3270.18(a)

Description: On file at facility

Noncompliance Area: On 11/19/25, it was observed that current general liability insurance was not available in the current name of the facility and legal entity.

Correction Required: The legal entity shall have comprehensive general liability insurance to cover the persons who are on the premises. A current copy of the insurance policy shall be on file at the facility.

Regulation: 3270.27(a)

Description: Emergency plan

Noncompliance Area: On 11/19/25, it was observed the facility did not have an emergency plan adjusted for the current facility name.

Correction Required: The facility shall have an emergency plan.

Noncompliance Area: The base of the playhouse on the preschool playground was separated.

Correction Required: Toys, play equipment and other indoor and outdoor equipment used by the children shall be clean, in good repair and free from rough edges, sharp corners, pinch and crush points, splinters and exposed bolts.

Noncompliance Area: The glider rocker in the purple room was broken.

Correction Required: Furniture must be durable, safe, easily cleaned and appropriate for the child's size, age and special needs.

Noncompliance Area: The thermometer in the purple room refrigerator was reading 50 F. Corrected during 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.

Noncompliance Area: Children in the infant room are not taken out doors regularly.

Correction Required: Weather permitting, children shall be taken out doors daily.

Noncompliance Area: The agreements being used by the facility do not specify the persons designated by a parent to whom the child may be released.

Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the persons designated by a parent to whom the child may be released.

Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact form and agreement for child #4 was not updated between 04/2019-02/2020.

Correction Required: The parent shall update in writing emergency contact information once in a 6-month period or as soon as there is a change in the information. 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.

Noncompliance Area: Staff person #2, date of hire 06/11/19 was hired with a physical and TB more then 12 months old. The health assessment was dated 05/29/18.

Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem.An adult health assessment must include tuberculosis screening by the Mantoux method at initial employment. Subsequent tuberculosis screening is not required unless directed by a physician, physician's assistant, CRNP, the Department of Health or a local health department.

Noncompliance Area: The health assessment for staff #3 does not include an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination. Corrected during inspection.

Correction Required: An adult health assessment must include an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination.

Noncompliance Area: The health assessment for staff #3 does not include the physician's or CRNP's assessment of the person's suitability to provide child care. Corrected during inspection.

Correction Required: An adult health assessment must include the physician's or CRNP's assessment of the person's suitability to provide child care.

Noncompliance Area: Staff person #5 was observed toileting/diapering a group of potty training children. She was wearing gloves and did not wash her hands in between children.

Correction Required: A facility person shall wash his hands before meals and snacks, and after toileting and after diapering a child.

Noncompliance Area: Staff person #4 only has one written reference on file attesting to her suitability to work with children. Corrected during inspection.

Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person

Noncompliance Area: Staff person #1 has a current FBI clearance on file but her FBI clearance was not updated between 01/24/15-02/22/20.

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.

Noncompliance Area: Staff person #3, qualified as an AGS, does not have documentation of one year of experience working with children.

Correction Required: An assistant group supervisor shall have a high school diploma or a general educational development certificate, 15 credit hours from an accredited college or university in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education or the human services field and 1 year of experience with children.

Noncompliance Area: The first aid kit in the orange room was missing gloves and gauze. The first aid kit in the green room was missing gloves. The first aid kit in the purple room was missing band aids. All missing items were added during inspection.

Correction Required: A first-aid kit must contain the following: soap, an assortment of adhesive bandages, sterile gauze pads, tweezers, tape, scissors and disposable, nonporous gloves.

Noncompliance Area: A spindle was missing from the railing in the orange room. Corrected during inspection.

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.

Noncompliance Area: The exit door in the infant room was blocked by a glider rocker. Moved during inspection.

Correction Required: Stairways, hallways, exits from rooms, exits from the facility and other means of egress serving as an exit shall be unobstructed.

Noncompliance Area: When DHS representative arrived at the facility a portable space heater was in use in the office.

Correction Required: Portable space heaters are not permitted.

Noncompliance Area: The base of the play house on the preschool playground has separated. The sand/water table on the 2/3 year old playground has buckled and the legs are unstable.

Correction Required: Toys, play equipment and other indoor and outdoor equipment used by the children shall be clean, in good repair and free from rough edges, sharp corners, pinch and crush points, splinters and exposed bolts.

Noncompliance Area: Plastic bags were accessible to children on the 2/3 year old playground.

Correction Required: Toys and objects with a diameter of less than 1 inch, objects with removable parts that have a diameter of less than 1 inch, plastic bags and styrofoam objects may not be accessible to children who are still placing objects in their mouths.

Noncompliance Area: Documentation was not on file for a developmental assessment for child #1.

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).

Noncompliance Area: Child #2 was observed in care in the green room and there was no emergency contact form for the child in that room. Corrected during inspection.

Correction Required: When children are in the facility, emergency contact information shall be present in a child care space for children receiving care in the space.

Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact form and agreement for child #1 is currently up to date but they were previously not updated within the six month time frame.

Correction Required: The parent shall update in writing emergency contact information once in a 6-month period or as soon as there is a change in the informationA 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.

Noncompliance Area: According to the documentation on file children #1,2 are not immunized in accordance with the schedule recommended by the ACIP. There is no documentation of exemption for religious, medical or personal objections.

Correction Required: The facility shall require the parent to provide updated written verification from a physician, physician's assistant, CRNP, the Department of Health or a local health department of ongoing vaccines administered to an infant, toddler or preschool child in accordance with the schedule recommended by the ACIP.

Noncompliance Area: The health assessment for staff #2 does not include an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination.

Correction Required: An adult health assessment must include an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination.

Noncompliance Area: The file for facility person #1, hired 10/17/18, contains mandated reporter training but the training was not completed until 02/14/19. The completion date was out of the 90 day time frame mandated under the CPSL.

Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services).

Noncompliance Area: Two protective receptacle covers were missing from a power strip in the orange room. Corrected during inspection.

Correction Required: Protective receptacle covers shall be placed in electrical outlets accessible to children 5 years of age or younger.

Noncompliance Area: The first aid kit in the downstairs classroom was hanging on a door knob and was accessible to children. Moved during inspection.

Correction Required: A first-aid kit must be inaccessible to children.

Noncompliance Area: The first aid kit in the downstairs classroom did not contain gauze pads and the first aid kit in the purple room was missing gloves. Corrected during inspection.

Correction Required: A first-aid kit must contain the following: soap, an assortment of adhesive bandages, sterile gauze pads, tweezers, tape, scissors and disposable, nonporous gloves.

Noncompliance Area: The outdoor fencing in the preschool playground had areas were there was a visible layer of pollen and surface dirt.

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.

Noncompliance Area: The sink area in the green room did not have a lidded trash can. Corrected during inspection.

Correction Required: A toilet area, training chair area, diapering area and sink area shall be equipped with a clean, lidded waste receptacle.

Noncompliance Area: The refrigerator in the kitchen did not have a thermometer.

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.

Noncompliance Area: On 04/11/18 a young toddler left the green room and crawled 13 feet down a hallway. The child was found at the top of the 12 steps that lead down to the preschool room. The door was open and the stairs were accessible to the child. The child was found by a parent and returned to his classroom. Staff #1,2 did not realize he was missing from the room for approximately two minutes.

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. Children must be supervised at all times.

Noncompliance Area: On 04/11/18 a young toddler left the green room and crawled 13 feet down a hallway. The child was found at the top of the 12 steps that lead down to the preschool room. The door was open and the stairs were accessible to the child. The child was found by a parent and returned to his classroom. Staff #1,2 did not realize he was missing from the room. They did not know his whereabouts and were not physically present with the child.

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.

Noncompliance Area: A sharp, pointed branch was observed protruding from a small tree on the preschool playground. The branch was at the children's eye level.

Correction Required: Conditions at the facility may not pose a threat to the health or safety of the children.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.

Noncompliance Area: Protective outlet covers were missing from one of the outlets in the power strip in the green room.

Correction Required: Protective receptacle covers shall be placed in electrical outlets accessible to children 5 years of age or younger.

Noncompliance Area: The first aid kit in the green room did not have tweezers.

Correction Required: A first-aid kit must contain the following: soap, an assortment of adhesive bandages, sterile gauze pads, tweezers, tape, scissors and disposable, nonporous gloves.

Noncompliance Area: The bathroom used by the students in the orange room did not have a lidded trash can.

Correction Required: A toilet area, training chair area, diapering area and sink area shall be equipped with a clean, lidded waste receptacle.

Noncompliance Area: The area under the changing in the mat, in the Purple room was dirty. CORRECTED ON SITE.

Correction Required: Toys, play equipment and other indoor and outdoor equipment used by the children shall be clean, in good repair and free from rough edges, sharp corners, pinch and crush points, splinters and exposed bolts.

Noncompliance Area: The black adult chair in the Purple room was torn. CORRECTED ON SITE,

Correction Required: Furniture must be durable, safe, easily cleaned and appropriate for the child`s size, age and special needs.

Noncompliance Area: Staff person #1 had a physical that expired on 7/1/16. Currrent physical is dated 8/24/16.

Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem.

Noncompliance Area: Evacuation routes were not posted in the orange room. CORRECTED ON SITE

Correction Required: Evacuation routes shall be posted.