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La Petite Academy Monona
Monona, WI
· Dane County
6500 Bridge Rd,
Monona, WI 53713
Quick Facts
Capacity
129 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.
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
YoungStar Rating
2
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Contact Information
📞 (608) 222-0328
Licensed LICENSED GROUP
Active License
License Number
1001675
License Holder
John Bork
Licensed Since
2000
License Issued
Jul 17, 2000
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
La Petite Academy’s curriculum is industry leading. Developed by our team of education experts, our curriculum is based on age-appropriate learning objectives.
Additional Information:
2 stars. Initial License Date: 7/17/2000. Open Jan - Dec.
Hours of Operation
- Monday06:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Tuesday06:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Wednesday06:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Thursday06:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Friday06:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Violation Date | Rule Number | Rule Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-07-31 | The center self-reported an incident during which a staff person engaged in actions that may be psychologically, emotionally or physically painful, discomforting or potentially injurious. In the Preschool Room on 7/24/26, Staff A forcefully grabbed a two-and-one-half-year-old child twice by the upper arms to move the child. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(2)(e) - Child Guidance - Prohibited Actions | ||
| 2026-07-24 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-07-24 | The center did not follow its policies regarding food allergies when they had Child 1's physician complete and sign an "Authorization for Emergency Care of Children With Severe Allergies", documenting the steps to be taken if Child 1 had an allergic reaction to a known food allergen. According to the form, the first step for a severe allergy was to administer life-saving medication, followed by calling 911, followed by calling the child's parents and physician. Staff reported they called Child 1's parents before calling 911, and staff did not call Child 1's physician. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(2)(h)7. - Policy Submitted & Implemented - Nutrition | ||
| 2026-07-24 | On 7/21/26, 20-month-old Child 1 in the 2s room had a severe reaction when fed a known allergen. Staff E had to go to another classroom to get Child 1's life-saving medication and Staff D called parents before calling 911, contrary to Child 1's medical action plan. On 7/23/26 while Child 1 was in the 2s room, Staff B and Staff E said they had no idea where Child 1's life-saving medication was now being kept. Staff D minimized the danger of the 2s room staff not knowing the medication location and said staff should have told Staff D they didn't know where the medicine was located. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(2)(m) - Health, Safety & Welfare Of Children | ||
| 2026-07-24 | Based on a review of children's attendance for 7/21/26, one child who was signed out at 3:50 pm was not signed in prior to that time. That child was marked as having gone outside with the group at 11:00 am and came back into the classroom with the group at 11:36 am. That information indicates the child arrived some time prior to 11:00 am on 7/21/26. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(b) - Current, Accurate Daily Attendance Record | ||
| 2026-07-24 | Staff D informed the Licensing Specialist that the center does not maintain a staff file for Staff E, who worked and was counted in the staff-to-child ratio in the 2s classroom on 7/22/26 and 7/23/26. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a) - Staff Record - Maintenance & Availability | ||
| 2026-07-24 | Staff B, who was present during an incident in the 2s classroom on 7/21/26, only signed into that classroom on 7/21/26 and did not sign out. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)6. - Staff Record - Days & Hours Worked | ||
| 2026-07-24 | Staff C did not complete the required 4 hours of training in kitchen sanitation, food handling and nutrition prior to beginning work as a cook at the center. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(gr)3.a. - Meal Prep Personnel - Training | ||
| 2026-07-24 | Staff A and Staff B did not complete and document an orientation program within their first week at this center. Instead, their files contained orientation forms from a different childcare center where they previously worked. Staff A and Staff B were working in the 2s classroom on 7/21/26 when a child experienced a medical emergency. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(4)(a) - Staff Orientation - Develop, Implement, Document | ||
| 2026-07-24 | Based on a review of attendance in the 2s classroom on 7/23/26, the minimum staff-to-child ratios were not met on 7/23/26 from 8:10 am to 8:24 am when eight to ten children between the ages of 18 months and 2 1/2 years were present with only one staff, when two staff were required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(2)(b) - Staff-To-Child Ratios - Minimum | ||
| 2026-07-24 | Based on a review of children's attendance, on 7/21/26 the 2s classroom had one child under 18 months of age present from at least 11:00 am until 3:50 pm. From 11:00 am to 1:59 pm there were 14 children and only 1 staff signed in, and from 2:00 to 2:27 pm there were 13 children and only 1 staff signed in. Two staff were required during those timeframes. On 7/21/26 there were no staff signed into the 2s classroom from 2:27 to 3:50 pm when 10 children were present, and no staff were signed in from 3:50 to 4:26 pm that date when nine children were present. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(2)(c) - Mixed-Age Group - Staff-To-Child Ratio | ||
| 2026-07-24 | Based on a review of the children's attendance record for the 2s classroom for 7/21/26, maximum group size of eight children was exceeded when a child under 18 months of age was included in the group from at least 11:00 am to 3:50 pm. During that timeframe, there were between 10 and 14 children present. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(2)(d) - Mixed Age Group With Children Under Age 2 - Group Size | ||
| 2026-07-24 | During the licensing visit on 7/23/26, the bathroom inside the 2s classroom was not kept in a sanitary condition when a bag of diapers was lying opened on the floor, the toilet paper from the dispenser was hanging down onto the floor, and two piles of dirty clothes were lying on the floor. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(10)(dm)1. - Washrooms - Sanitary Conditions | ||
| 2026-07-24 | During the licensing visit on 7/23/26, there was an empty plastic grocery bag lying on the floor in the 2s classroom bathroom accessible to children that posed a potential suffocation hazard. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(2)(d) - Access To Materials Potentially Harmful To Children | ||
| 2026-07-24 | During the licensing visit on 7/23/26, a large kitchen-type garbage container in the 2s classroom containing food garbage was uncovered during the visit. When the licensor asked staff in the 2s classroom where the lid was located, they said they did not know. The same garbage container was also missing its lid during the licensing visit on 7/24/26. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(2)(n) - Garbage Containers - Construction & Disposal Schedule | ||
| 2026-07-24 | The center did not ensure that information about children's allergies was shared with staff when, on 7/21/26, 20-month-old Child 1 and three other children in the 2s classroom were served a known allergen for breakfast by staff who were unaware of the allergies. All four children's allergies were on file at the center prior to 7/21/26. The center's master child allergy list incorrectly lists 3 children as having emergency medications on-site when in fact, only 2 children have emergency medications on-site. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(5)(a)10. - Sharing Information About Food & Other Allergies | ||
| 2026-07-24 | On 7/21/26, staff in the 2s classroom did not document in the medical log book that a life-saving medication was administered to 20-month-old Child 1 in that classroom that date. During the licensing visit on 7/23/26, when asked, Staff B and Staff E who were working in the 2s classroom said they did not know where the classroom's medical log book was kept. As of the licensing visit on 7/24/26, a record of the medication administration had still not been entered in the medical log book. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(dm)3.c - Medical Log - Medication Administration | ||
| 2026-07-24 | On 7/21/26, staff called 911 for Child 1 who was experiencing a medical emergency in the 2s classroom. An ambulance with emergency medical staff responded to the center to evaluate Child 1. Staff did not record that incident in the 2s classroom medical log book and told the licensor on 7/23/26 that they did not know where the medical log book for that classroom was kept. As of 7/24/26, the incident was still not recorded in the medical log book. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(dm)3.d. - Medical Log - Medical Evaluation | ||
| 2026-07-24 | Child 1 has two written authorizations for emergency medications, both of which are missing the length of medication authorization. One of those is a life-saving medication, and the authorization is missing specific instructions for administering the medication. Child 3 has a written medication consent form for a life-saving medication that is missing the child's birthdate, length of authorization, and administration instructions. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(f)1.a. - Medication Administration - Parent Authorization | ||
| 2026-07-24 | Child 3 has a life-saving medication currently kept at the center. According to the center's "Prescription Medication Administration Consent Form", which was signed by Child 3's physician, the life-saving medication expired on 6/30/26. Because the medication is expired, it cannot be used as directed on the label to save the child's life if exposed to a specific identified allergen. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(f)6. - Current Authorizations For Medications On Premises | ||
| 2026-07-24 | Each toddler was not cared for by a regularly assigned child care worker in a self-contained room when, in the 2s classroom that has children under two years of age, there were at least seven different caregivers on three days during the week of 7/20/26. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(1)(d) - Infant & Toddler - Assignment To Room & Caregiver | ||
| 2026-07-24 | During the licensing visit on 7/23/26, a child in the 2s classroom began crying loudly. Although Staff D was occupied, Staff B was not occupied and failed to respond to the crying child. The child continued crying, and Staff D directed Staff B to respond to the crying child. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(2)(a) - Infant & Toddler - Responding To Crying Children | ||
| 2026-07-24 | During the licensing visit on 7/23/26, the garbage container for dirty diapers in the 2s classroom bathroom was missing its lid. When staff were asked about it, they found it and placed it loosely on top of the garbage container. However, the lid was not connected to the foot-pedal mechanism that opens the lid. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(4)(a)5. - Infant & Toddler - Soiled Diapers Disposal | ||
| 2026-06-19 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-06-19 | Based on a review of attendance records, a child who was signed into the Infant B room on 6/04/26 was not signed out. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(b) - Current, Accurate Daily Attendance Record | ||
| 2026-06-19 | Based on a review of staff sign-in and sign-out records, a staff person who had signed into the Infant B classroom on 6/15/26 did not sign out. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)6. - Staff Record - Days & Hours Worked | ||
| 2026-06-19 | The required staff-to-child ratios in Table 251.055 were not met on a pro rata basis with the ages of children in the group on several occasions. The mixed-age group ratio was exceeded in the Toddler B classroom on 6/16/26 from 7:45 to 8:05 am, and again on 6/04/26 from 8:23 to 9:10 am. The mixed-age group ratio was also exceeded in the Infant B classroom on 6/04/26, from 8:10 to 8:30 am. On these dates and times, only one staff person was caring for children when two staff were required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(2)(c) - Mixed-Age Group - Staff-To-Child Ratio | ||
| 2026-06-19 | Based on a review of attendance for the Toddler B classroom, maximum group size for a group having children under 18 months of age was exceeded on 6/17/26 from 9:40 to 10:13 am. During that time, there were nine children signed in, four of whom were under 18 months of age. Maximum group size when a child under 18 months of age is present is eight children. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(2)(d) - Mixed Age Group With Children Under Age 2 - Group Size | ||
| 2026-02-27 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-02-27 | Based on a review of children's attendance and staff sign-in records, the mixed-age ratio was not appropriate on July 7, 2025 from 4:50 to 5:25 pm when two staff were required for the group of children and only one was signed in. On August 19, 2025, the mixed-age ratio was not appropriate from 3:05 to 3:41 pm when two staff were required for the group and only one was signed in. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(2)(e) - Mixed Age Group Of Children Over Age 2 - Group Size | ||
| 2026-02-27 | Based on information gathered during a complaint investigation, a young child's personal plastic water bottle was kept at the center in an unsanitary condition on July 7, 2025, when it had visible mold inside the bottle and lid. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(i)3. - Condition & Sharing Of Personal Care Items | ||
| 2026-02-27 | Based on a review of attendance records, attendance was not current and accurate on July 5, 2025 when two children's arrival times were not documented and one child's departure time was not documented. On August 19, 2025, two children's departure times were not documented. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(b) - Current, Accurate Daily Attendance Record | ||
| 2026-02-27 | Staff A is missing documentation of having completed a physical examination report within 30 days after the person was hired. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)3.a. - Staff Record - Physical Examination | ||
| 2026-02-27 | Documentation of staff hours worked when they were counted in the staff-to-child ratio was missing for a staff person who signed into a classroom on August 19, 2025, but did not sign out. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)6. - Staff Record - Days & Hours Worked | ||
| 2026-02-27 | Staff A is missing documentation of having completed training in infant and child CPR/AED within the past two years. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(c) - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training | ||
| 2026-01-26 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-01-26 | Video footage of the Preschool Classroom on 11/14/25 shows Staff A engaged in multiple actions that may have been psychologically, emotionally or physically painful, discomforting, dangerous or potentially injurious when Staff A forcefully yanked the arms of two different children. After yanking one of the children's arms, the child looked down and began rubbing that arm. Video footage also showed Staff A appearing to yell at children, which appeared to cause a child to cry. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(2)(e) - Child Guidance - Prohibited Actions | ||
| 2025-09-04 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2025-09-04 | During a complaint investigation, staff admitted that on 8/18/25 they gave an infant another child's bottle to drink. The infant put their mouth on the nipple, but reportedly did not drink the contents. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(3)(a)2m. - Infant & Toddler - Correct Food, Breastmilk, Or Formula | ||
| 2025-09-04 | The diaper changing surface in the infant room is not easily cleanable because it has a large rip in the middle. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(4)(a)3. - Infant & Toddler - Diaper Changing Surface Disinfection | ||
| 2025-04-11 | No Violations found *** | Licensing |
| 2025-03-06 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2025-03-06 | Staff C, who has been working as an assistant teacher for more than one year, has not completed the required assistant teacher training, which was due within six months of beginning the position. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(g)2. - Assistant Child Care Teacher - Qualifications | ||
| 2025-03-06 | Based on a review of children's attendance records, maximum group size of 12 children, when two-year-old children were included, was exceeded in the Preschool Room for over six hours on 3/4/25 when 15 children were present, including three two-year-old children. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(2)(a) - Group Size - Maximum | ||
| 2025-03-06 | Based on a review of children's attendance and staff sign-in records, the mixed-age ratio was inappropriate in the Pre-K classroom on the morning of 3/4/25 when 16 children were present with only one staff, when two staff were required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(2)(c) - Mixed-Age Group - Staff-To-Child Ratio | ||
| 2025-03-06 | During the licensing visit, a staff person working in the Early Childhood room said they did not know where to go in the event of a tornado. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(3)(b)3. - Emergencies - Staff Responsibilities | ||
| 2025-03-06 | The medical log book in the Pre-K room has not been reviewed with staff in more than six months. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(dm)4. - Medical Log - Reviewing Injury Records | ||
| 2025-03-06 | A medication for a child in the Pre-K room had a written medication authorization that was missing the child's birthdate and instructions for administering the medication. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(f)1.a. - Medication Administration - Parent Authorization | ||
| 2025-03-06 | During the licensing visit, a staff person in the Early Childhood classroom wiped one child's nose with a tissue, then got another tissue and wiped a different child's nose without the staff person washing their hands in between. After wiping the second child's nose, the staff person sat down at a table with children and began playing with them, without washing their hands. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(i)2. - Adult Handwashing | ||
| 2024-12-02 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2024-12-02 | Staff A, who has been employed at the center more than one year, is missing a physical examination report. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)3.a. - Staff Record - Physical Examination | ||
| 2024-12-02 | Staff B, who has been working at the center more than three months, is missing a certificate for infant and child CPR/AED. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(c) - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training | ||
| 2024-12-02 | Staff B, who has worked at the center longer than six months as an assistant, is missing documentation of qualifications for the position. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(g)2. - Assistant Child Care Teacher - Qualifications | ||
| 2024-09-20 | No Violations found *** | Licensing |
| 2024-09-13 | No Violations found *** | Licensing |
| 2024-07-08 | No Violations found *** | Licensing |
| 2024-07-08 | An enforcement action notice listing violations that is required to be posted in the center by the license only included the cover page and was missing the subsequent pages. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(2)(L)1.b. — Department Notices Posted | ||
| 2024-07-08 | Attendance was not current and accurate in the Toddler B room on 7/2/24 when two children who were signed in that day were not signed out. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(b) — Current, Accurate Daily Attendance Record | ||
| 2024-07-08 | Documentation of days and hours worked, and in which classroom when the person was included in the staff-to-child ratio was missing when a staff person who had signed into the Toddler B room on 7/1/24, 7/2/24 and 7/3/24 in the Toddler B room did not sign out on those dates, and when a staff person who had signed into the Infant 2 room on 7/1/24 did not sign out. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)6. — Staff Record - Days & Hours Worked | ||
| 2024-03-15 | No Violations found *** | Licensing |
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