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Kindercare Learning Center
Madison, WI
· Dane County
2017 Londonderry Dr,
Madison, WI 53704
Quick Facts
Capacity
130 children
Age Range
6 wks - 12 yrs 11 mo
Type of Care
Full Time. Before School Care provided. After School Care provided. Drop In Care provided. Rotating Care provided.
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
YoungStar Rating
5
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Contact Information
📞 (608) 249-3393
Licensed LICENSED GROUP
Active License
License Number
120609
License Holder
April Carter
Licensed Since
1997
License Issued
Mar 1, 1997
Issued By
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
Accreditation
National Association For The Education Of Young Children (Naeyc) Accreditation +
District Office
Wisconsin Dept of Children and Families (DCF) - Child Care Regulation and Licensing
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About the Provider
Our experts designed our classrooms - and every activity and lesson - to help prepare your child for success in school and beyond. With designated learning centers such as dramatic play and blocks in every classroom, children have the opportunity for rich social play and child-initiated discovery.
You’ll also find that our classrooms feature a print-rich environment full of carefully selected materials, written charts and labels, and children’s literature. By helping your child connect spoken words and print, we’re helping develop early literacy and writing skills.
Whether your child has first words or first grade on the horizon, we’re excited to show you how everything in our center is designed for learning!
Jeani Meehan, Center Director
Additional Information:
5 stars. Initial License Date: 3/1/1997. Open Jan - Dec.
Hours of Operation
- Monday06:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Tuesday06:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Wednesday06:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Thursday06:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Friday06:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Violation Date | Rule Number | Rule Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-05-11 | An order letter from March 20, 2026 was not posted near the center's license as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(2)(L)1.b. - Department Notices Posted | ||
| 2026-05-11 | Potentially hazardous materials were not inaccessible to children when several spray bottles of cleaning solutions were stored in an unlocked, floor level cabinet in the Preschool classroom. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(2)(d) - Access To Materials Potentially Harmful To Children | ||
| 2026-05-11 | Emergency plans were not practiced as required when, based on the emergency drill log, no fire or tornado drills were completed during the month of April. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(3)(b)2. - Emergencies - Practice Written Plans | ||
| 2026-05-11 | Each child was not provided with individual bedding when the children in the Preschool classroom were napping on cots without sheets on them. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(4)(d) - Naps Or Rest Periods - Individual Bedding | ||
| 2026-05-11 | Intake information was not stored in the classrooms where children under age 2 were in attendance as required when the infant classroom did not have any intake information for the children in the classroom. Staff stated that the intake forms were stored in the children's files in the office. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(1)(b) - Infant & Toddler - Location & Sharing Intake Information | ||
| 2026-02-17 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-02-17 | Staff records were not available for review when, during the licensing visit, the files for 2 staff members could not be located. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a) - Staff Record - Maintenance & Availability | ||
| 2026-02-17 | During the monitoring visit, Staff A and Staff D were working in classrooms without an eligible caregiver background check on file as required. In addition, Staff E was working in a classroom with a caregiver background check on file that was expired. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)2. - Staff Record - Completed Background Check | ||
| 2026-02-17 | Staff A, B, and C did not have documentation of the educational qualifications for their position on file as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)4.d. - Staff Record - Educational Qualifications | ||
| 2026-02-17 | Staff B was working in a classroom with children under age 5 without documentation of training on preventing abusive head trauma on file as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(b) - Abusive Head Trauma Prevention Training | ||
| 2026-02-17 | Staff A and C did not have documentation of training on child abuse and neglect reporting requirements on file within 1 week of starting work as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(cm) - Child Abuse & Neglect - Biennial Training | ||
| 2026-02-17 | Staff A, B, and C were working in classrooms as lead teachers but did not have the required entry level training for the position. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(f)3. - Child Care Teacher - Entry-Level Training | ||
| 2026-02-17 | During the monitoring visit, Staff A, B, and C were not working under the supervision of a lead qualified teacher as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(g)1. - Assistant Child Care Teacher - Supervision | ||
| 2026-02-17 | The plastic barrier around a climber on the playground had multiple metal bolts sticking up from it, causing a hazard. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(2)(a) - Potential Source Of Harm On Premises | ||
| 2026-02-17 | Potentially hazardous materials were not inaccessible when several spray bottles of cleaning solutions were stored in an unlocked, floor level cabinet in the Pre-K classroom. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(2)(d) - Access To Materials Potentially Harmful To Children | ||
| 2026-02-17 | Intake information was not stored in the classrooms where children under age 2 were in attendance as required when the toddler classroom did not have any intake information for any of the children in the classroom. Staff stated that intake forms were stored in the children's files in the office. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(1)(b) - Infant & Toddler - Location & Sharing Intake Information | ||
| 2026-02-17 | During the monitoring visit, Staff B was working alone in the infant room but did not have documentation of training in infant and toddler care as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(1)(e) - Infant & Toddler - Provider Training | ||
| 2026-02-17 | During the monitoring visit, an infant was observed crying in a crib for 17 minutes before a staff member responded to the child. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(2)(a) - Infant & Toddler - Responding To Crying Children | ||
| 2026-02-17 | Several bottles in the infant refrigerator were not labeled with the child's name and date as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(3)(a)2. - Infant & Toddler - Food & Formula Brought From Home | ||
| 2025-10-03 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2025-10-03 | A playground climber that was over 4 feet in height did not have 9 inches of fall zone equipment underneath it and 4 feet beyond the equipment as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(11)(b)5. - Outdoor Play Space - Energy-Absorbing Surfaces | ||
| 2025-10-03 | The premises was not free of hazards when, on the toddler playground, there were several sharp, cut off branches from a bush that protruded from the ground, creating a hazard. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(2)(a) - Potential Source Of Harm On Premises | ||
| 2025-10-03 | The center did not maintain a record of fire and tornado drills as required when staff members could not find any emergency drill documentation during the monitoring visit. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(3)(b)4. - Emergencies - Record Of Fire / Tornado Drills | ||
| 2025-10-03 | Each child over age 1 was not provided with an individual sheet when none of the children in the two-year-old classroom had sheets on their cots at nap time as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(4)(d) - Naps Or Rest Periods - Individual Bedding | ||
| 2025-10-03 | A 5-month-old child was observed sleeping in a crib with a blanket around him during the monitoring visit. In addition, the child was sleeping in the crib with a pacifier that had a string of soft beads attached to it. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(1)(L) - Infant & Toddler - Soft Materials In Cribs | ||
| 2025-07-25 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2025-07-25 | The whereabouts of each child was not known to assigned childcare workers when, on July 16, 2025, a 2.5-year-old child was left alone in a bathroom while the rest of the group transitioned outside to the playground. The child was unsupervised for approximately 5 minutes. This incident was self-reported by the center. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(1)(a) — Supervision Of Children | ||
| 2025-07-25 | The center's child tracking procedure failed when, according to staff interviews, on July 16, 2025, a teacher did not complete a name to face attendance check prior to transitioning a group of children to the playground. This resulted in a 2.5-year-old child being left alone in a bathroom for approximately 5 minutes while the rest of the group went outside. This incident was self-reported by the center. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(1)(f) — Child Tracking Procedure | ||
| 2025-07-25 | The whereabouts of each child was not known to assigned childcare workers when, on July 16, 2025, a 2.5-year-old child was left alone in a bathroom while the rest of the group transitioned outside to the playground. The child was unsupervised for approximately 5 minutes. This incident was self-reported by the center. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(1)(a) - Supervision Of Children | ||
| 2025-07-25 | The center's child tracking procedure failed when, according to staff interviews, on July 16, 2025, a teacher did not complete a name to face attendance check prior to transitioning a group of children to the playground. This resulted in a 2.5-year-old child being left alone in a bathroom for approximately 5 minutes while the rest of the group went outside. This incident was self-reported by the center. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(1)(f) - Child Tracking Procedure | ||
| 2025-05-27 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2025-05-27 | Staff A was working with children but did not have an eligible background check on file as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)2. - Staff Record - Completed Background Check | ||
| 2025-05-27 | Staff A was working in a classroom with children under age 5 but had not completed the required training on Abusive Head Trauma. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(b) - Abusive Head Trauma Prevention Training | ||
| 2025-05-27 | Soap was not accessible to the children when the soap dispenser in a toddler classroom was empty. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(10)(f) - Bathroom Supplies | ||
| 2025-05-27 | The faucets on a sink in a toddler room were covered in masking tape, preventing the water from being turned on and making it so that the children's hands and face could not be washed. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(i)1. - Washing Child's Hands & Face | ||
| 2025-01-15 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2025-01-15 | Information provided to the department was not accurate when center staff reported that Staff B was no longer fulfilling director duties per the Imposed Plan of Correction, despite evidence to the contrary. The center staff reported that a qualified director was fulfilling the director role as an "acting director" since August 2024. Several staff were interviewed and reported that Staff B continued to fulfill the director duties, and not the "acting director." | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(2)(c) - Current, Accurate Information | ||
| 2025-01-15 | A physical health report indicating that the person is free from illnesses detrimental to children, including tuberculosis, and that the person is physically able to work with young children was not completed within 30 days after a person was hired when Staff A's start date was 9/3/2024 and they had a physical examination completed on 11/8/2024. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)3.a. - Staff Record - Physical Examination | ||
| 2025-01-15 | All employees in regular contact with children did not maintain a file of a current certificate of completion for infant and child CPR and AED training within 3 months after being hired when Staff A's start date was 9/13/2025 and they have not completed the required training as of the date of the licensing visit. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(c) - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training | ||
| 2025-01-15 | The center director, who had been working as the center director since January 2024, was not preliminarily qualified to be the director for a center with a capacity of 51 or more children prior to beginning work. The director did not complete the preservice training by December 31, 2024, as required by the department's Imposed Plan of Correction. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(e)4.d. - Center Director / Large Center - Entry-Level Training | ||
| 2025-01-15 | The program did not implement the center's written policies when the director reported they were unaware of the policies for late pick-up. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(1)(h) - Program Reflects Policies | ||
| 2024-11-13 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2024-11-13 | A teacher did not wash their hands after assisting a child with toileting. Additionally, the teacher discarded two soiled pullups and did not wash their hands. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(i)2. - Adult Handwashing | ||
| 2024-11-13 | The licensee did not maintain a current or accurate written record of daily attendance when there were six toddlers in Toddler A and only five toddlers were signed in to the classroom. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(b) - Current, Accurate Daily Attendance Record | ||
| 2024-11-13 | A physical examination was not completed within 30 days after a person was hired when Staff B began working on 10/14/2024 and had not completed the physical examination indicating that they were free from illnesses detrimental to children. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)3.a. - Staff Record - Physical Examination | ||
| 2024-11-13 | Staff B did not have an orientation within one week of beginning work, as required, when their start date was October 14, 2024 and Staff B did not have record of having an orientation. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)8. - Staff Record - Orientation | ||
| 2024-11-13 | Training on child abuse and neglect reporting requirements were not completed during the required timeline of one week after their start date, when Staff B began working at the center on October 14, 2024 and completed the training October 28, 2024. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(cm) - Child Abuse & Neglect - Biennial Training | ||
| 2024-11-13 | Prior to assuming to position, Staff C did not complete the required entry level training when they were working as a lead teacher and did not meet the entry level training requirements. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(f)3. - Child Care Teacher - Entry-Level Training | ||
| 2024-11-13 | An assistant child care teacher is not working under the supervision of a qualitied child care teacher as required when Staff C has not completed the required entry level training and is supervising an assistant teacher. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(g)1. - Assistant Child Care Teacher - Supervision | ||
| 2024-11-13 | The center did not implement an orientation for all new employees within the first week at the center when Staff B began working at the center on 10/14/2024 and had not completed the orientation in the required timeline. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(4)(a) - Staff Orientation - Develop, Implement, Document | ||
| 2024-11-13 | A child's hands were not washed after the child used the bathroom. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(i)1. - Washing Child's Hands & Face | ||
| 2024-11-13 | A teacher did not wash their hands after assisting a child with toileting. Additionally, the teacher discarded two soiled pullups and did not wash their hands. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(i)2. — Adult Handwashing | ||
| 2024-11-13 | A child under the age of one was not placed on their back to sleep when the infant was laying on their stomach, awake in their crib and the teacher was patting the child's back to get them to go back to sleep. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(2)(bm) - Infant & Toddler - Sleep Position | ||
| 2024-09-27 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2024-09-27 | Staff A did not have an orientation within one week of beginning work, as required, when their start date was June 6, 2024 and they had an orientation on September 24, 2024. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)8. - Staff Record - Orientation | ||
| 2024-09-27 | Each child care worker did not complete the department approved training on preventing abusive head trauma before their first day of beginning work when Staff A's start date was 6/25/2024 and they completed the training on 9/24/2024. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(b) - Abusive Head Trauma Prevention Training | ||
| 2024-09-27 | Staff A did not have the education qualifications prior to assuming the position of child care teacher. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(f)3. - Child Care Teacher - Entry-Level Training | ||
| 2024-09-27 | Each infant and toddler were not receiving care by a regularly assigned child care worker when they were receiving care by 2-7 different child care teachers each day. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(1)(d) - Infant & Toddler - Assignment To Room & Caregiver | ||
| 2024-08-19 | No Violations found *** | Licensing |
| 2024-08-19 | All employees in regular contact with children did not maintain a current certificate of completion of infant and child CPR training when Staff B, Staff F, and Staff J completed a CPR training that did not include infant and child cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator. Additionally, staff AA has not completed an approved CPR training and their start date was October 16, 2023. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(c) — Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training | ||
| 2024-08-19 | The designated center director was not responsible for the supervision of the planning and implementation of the center's programming when the administrator appointed Staff D has the acting director, but Staff A continued to do the director's responsibilities. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(e)2. — Center Director - Responsibilities | ||
| 2024-08-19 | The center director has not completed the preservice training requirements prior to beginning work when Staff A has not completed the required entry level trainings and has not provided documentation by September 1, 2024, indicating enrollment in the required trainings. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(e)4.d. — Center Director / Large Center - Entry-Level Training | ||
| 2024-08-19 | Prior to assuming the position, a person hired to be a child care teacher did not complete or obtain entry level training when Staff B was working as a lead child care teacher and did not complete the required entry level training. Additionally, on September 6, 2024, Kindercare Learning Center agreed to have qualified staff working in assigned classrooms to keep the classrooms open. On September 9, 2024, it was reported by KinderCare Learning Center that Staff G was working as a lead child care teacher in the infant room. Staff G has not completed the entry level training. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(f)3. — Child Care Teacher - Entry-Level Training | ||
| 2024-08-19 | An assistant child care teacher is not working under the supervision of a qualitied child care teacher as required when Staff B has not completed the required entry level training and is supervising staff C. Additionally, Staff E has not completed the required entry level training and is supervising Staff F. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(g)1. — Assistant Child Care Teacher - Supervision | ||
| 2024-08-19 | A person working as an assistant child care teacher has not completed the entry level qualification as required when Staff AA did not complete the required Introduction to Child Care Profession course within 6 months after assuming the position. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(g)2. — Assistant Child Care Teacher - Qualifications | ||
| 2024-05-13 | No Violations found *** | Licensing |
| 2024-05-06 | No Violations found *** | Licensing |
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