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La Petite Child Care Center at GBMC
Towson, MD
· Baltimore County
6701 North Charles Street,
Towson, MD 21204
Quick Facts
Capacity
106 children
Age Range
6 weeks through 17 months, 18 months through 23 months, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
1
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Contact Information
📞 (410) 828-4449
Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
15302
Issued By
Maryland State Department of Education
District Office
Region 3 - Baltimore County
Reviews
Alison
2012-06-18 13:42:39
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
We had a horrible experience with La Petite at GBMC. My son was having behavioral issues and was asked to leave without any notice. I walked in one day and they told me it was his last day. The director and assistant director were both extremely unprofessional about this situation. The teachers in his classroom completely gave up on him. He has not any behavioral issues like the ones he was having at La Petite. In fact, he has been a much happier and better behaved child since leaving. I would not recommend this school to any family, especially those who have kids with any type of learning or educational disability.
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About the Provider
In the simplest terms, La Petite Academy provides educational child care. But our commitment to kids doesn’t stop there. We are passionate about providing your children with the tools they need to be successful in all aspects of their lives.
Hours of Operation
- Monday 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
- Tuesday 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
- Wednesday 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
- Thursday 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
- Friday 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-18 | Full | 13A.16.02.03C(4) | Corrected |
| Findings: LS did not observe a current fire inspection. | |||
| 2025-11-18 | Full | 13A.16.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: LS did not observe updated emergency forms for N.Z, N.R, O.R, A.L, N.D, B.B, V.A, S.S, A.R, B.M, E.M, A.M, H.H, C.G, A.G, C.D, A.S | |||
| 2025-10-08 | Complaint | 13A.16.03.05E | Corrected |
| Findings: There were 4 rooms that were not utilizing the substitute logs in the classroom where there were staff substituting | |||
| 2025-10-08 | Complaint | 13A.16.03.07A | Corrected |
| Findings: When the licensing specialist arrived, there was a child and teacher in the staff lounge area, which is not an approved space for children to be at. | |||
| 2025-10-08 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.06A | Corrected |
| Findings: There were 4 rooms that did not have staff signing in the sub log and 3 of those rooms had aides alone with the children. | |||
| 2025-10-08 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) | Corrected |
| Findings: There were 4 rooms that had staff substituting in the rooms, but not signing the sub log. In three of those rooms there were only an aide alone in the room. | |||
| 2025-10-08 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: There were three rooms that had aides alone with the children. | |||
| 2025-09-05 | Monitoring | 13A.16.07.06A | Corrected |
| Findings: There is a volunteer present at the center that has not been reported to OCC and does not have a release of information or fingerprints for the center. | |||
| 2025-09-05 | Monitoring | 13A.16.07.06C | Corrected |
| Findings: There is a volunteer present at the center that has not been reported to OCC and does not have a release of information or fingerprints for the center. | |||
| 2025-09-05 | Monitoring | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(a) | Corrected |
| Findings: In room 3 there was only 1 staff member with 5 children and a volunteer that had not been notified to OCC. The 5th child present was accompanied by their grandparent during this time. | |||
| 2025-09-05 | Monitoring | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) | Corrected |
| Findings: In room 3 there was only 1 cleared staff member with 5 children, there was a volunteer who was not reported to OCC. The 5th child was accompanied by their grandparent during the visit. | |||
| 2025-09-05 | Monitoring | 13A.16.08.03C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: In room 3 there were 5 children present, 1 staff member, 1 uncleared and not reported volunteer, and 1 grandparent of a child present. | |||
| 2025-09-05 | Monitoring | 13A.16.09.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: Room 3 was missing infant/toddler plans for 3 children | |||
| 2025-09-05 | Monitoring | 13A.16.09.02B(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Room 3 was missing infant/toddler plans for 3 children | |||
| 2024-01-30 | Monitoring | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2024-01-09 | Complaint | 13A.16.03.06D(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: The complaint states that 4 weeks ago on 10.30.23 at pick up, a 4yo had a black eye and no one had made the parent aware. The complaint also states the preK teachers were very apologetic but they did not know how the injury happened.The complaint states that 4 weeks ago on 10.30.23 at pick up, a 4yo had a black eye and no one had made the parent aware. The complaint also states the preK teachers were very apologetic but they did not know how the injury happened. LS spoke with the director in regards to this as the pre K teacher for this room was out. Per the director, management was informed of this incident at pickup when the grandmother inquired about the injury. The parent had not been contacted prior nor an incident report completed at the time of the incident. The teacher's also did not know how the injury occurred. The center's policy is to inform the parent and management when injuries happen but this was not the case. The director states immediately after this incident, a message was sent to staff and there was a staff meeting informing all staff that parents and management are to be made aware of when incidents occur and to fill out incident reports. | |||
| 2024-01-09 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.01A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: The complaint states that 4 weeks ago on 10.30.23 at pick up, a 4yo had a black eye and no one had made the parent aware. The complaint also states the preK teachers were very apologetic but they did not know how the injury happened. LS spoke with the director in regards to this as the pre K teacher for this room was out. Per the director, management was informed of this incident at pickup when the grandmother inquired about the injury. The parent had not been contacted prior nor an incident report completed at the time of the incident. The teacher also did not know how the injury occurred when she was asked. The director states the center's procedure is to have staff move around in sections of the playground for proper supervision. Per the director, all staff have been made aware of the playground procedures which require them to rotate sections to make sure they are able to see all of the children at all times and have been doing so. The program has not had any other playground incidents since this one. | |||
| 2024-01-09 | Monitoring | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2024-01-02 | Other | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2023-12-20 | Other | 13A.16.03.06A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: There was an unapproved new staff member present at the center that had not had paperwork turned into the Office of Childcare to be cleared to work at the center or alerted that they have started. | |||
| 2023-12-20 | Other | 13A.16.04.01B | Corrected |
| Findings: In Room 8 Older Infants there were 7 children present in the room when the capacity of the room only allows 6. This was explained to the staff members in the room and one of the children was moved to another room that could accommodate the child. | |||
| 2023-12-20 | Other | 13A.16.05.06 | Corrected |
| Findings: All 10 classrooms are reading temperatures under 65 degrees F. With the lowest temperature being 57.4 degrees in room 7 Older Infants and the warmest reading 63.9 in Room 4 Early preschool and Room 2 Toddlers. | |||
| 2023-12-20 | Other | 13A.16.07.06A | Corrected |
| Findings: The center has all classrooms under the temperature of 65 degrees and one infant room reads at 57.4 degrees F and another reads at 60.6 degrees F, which is putting the safety of the children's health at risk. There was also an unapproved person present at the center that OCC has not been informed about present. | |||
| 2023-12-20 | Other | 13A.16.07.06C | Corrected |
| Findings: At 8:51am the licensing specialist observed the unapproved staff member supervising two children at the front of the center with no other staff present. One child was having medication administered to them, the other was in the office due to not feeling well. 3 minutes later a staff member came back to the front to supervise the children, this was after the unapproved person had left and the children were alone. They were alone for about 1 minute. | |||
| 2023-12-20 | Other | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(a) | Corrected |
| Findings: At 8:51am the licensing specialist observed the unapproved staff member supervising two children at the front of the center with no other staff present. One child was having medication administered to them, the other was in the office due to not feeling well. 3 minutes later a staff member came back to the front to supervise the children, this was after the unapproved person had left and the children were alone. They were alone for about 1 minute. | |||
| 2023-12-20 | Other | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) | Corrected |
| Findings: At 8:51am the licensing specialist observed the unapproved staff member supervising two children at the front of the center with no other staff present. One child was having medication administered to them, the other was in the office due to not feeling well. 3 minutes later a staff member came back to the front to supervise the children, this was after the unapproved person had left and the children were alone. They were alone for about 1 minute. | |||
| 2023-12-20 | Other | 13A.16.08.03C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: In room 8 there were 7 children present with 2 staff members. It was explained that they had too many children in the room. They then moved one of the children to a different classroom to have the correct ratio and capacity. | |||
| 2023-12-14 | Other | 13A.16.05.06 | Corrected |
| Findings: The floor temperatures in the rooms when first walking through at 7:45am during the centers operation was all below 65 degrees F. The second walk through at 8:30am had 9 out of the 10 rooms under 65 degrees F. The third walk through at 9:30am had all 10 rooms under 65 degrees. | |||
| 2022-03-14 | Other | 13A.16.03.05B | Open |
| Findings: In the 2-3 year old classroom the staffing pattern was not up-to-date and current, Ms. Philly who is on the staffing pattern, is no longer on staff and Kate Smith who is documented on the 2-3 year old staffing pattern has never worked in the classroom, as stated by the teacher working in the 2-3 year old classroom. Kate Smith has been documented to be in two rooms at the same time (Infant room #7 and 2-3 year old classroom). Ms. Janetta has been retired for two months and her name is still on the staffing pattern as lead teacher in the room. | |||
| 2022-03-14 | Other | 13A.16.03.06A(2) | Open |
| Findings: The Office of Child Care was not notified of the departure of Ms. Philly or Ms. Janetta both have left employment months ago. | |||
| 2022-03-14 | Other | 13A.16.07.06A | Open |
| Findings: In the 2's-3's classroom there was a total of ten children in the classroom with four 2's, two 1 year old's, and four three year old's with one preschool school qualified teacher in the classroom. There is a one to three ratio for two's in this classroom and there were two 1 year old's in the 2-3 year old classroom and the teacher was only preschool qualified. | |||
| 2022-03-14 | Other | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) | Open |
| Findings: In Infant classroom #10, an Aide was in the classroom with four infants until another staff member came into the classroom minutes later and in the 2-3 year old classroom, there was one teacher with 4 two's, two 1 year old's and four 4 year old's by herself. | |||
| 2022-03-14 | Other | 13A.16.08.02B | Open |
| Findings: In Infant classroom #10, an Aide was in the classroom with four infants until another staff member came into the classroom minutes later (this classroom has a 1-3 ratio) and in the 2-3 year old classroom, there was one teacher with 4 two's, two 1 year old's and four 4 year old's by herself. | |||
| 2022-03-14 | Other | 13A.16.08.03D(2)(d) | Open |
| Findings: In the 2-3 year old classroom, there was one teacher with 4 two's, two 1 year old's and four 4 year old's by herself. | |||
| 2022-02-28 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.06A | Open |
| Findings: I arrived at 7:30 am and staff and children were at ratio in each classroom, by 8:00 am the following classrooms were out of ratio: Classroom #2 five infants with one staff, Classroom # four infants & one staff, Classroom #4 (2"s) 15 children in total with 10 two year old's and Classroom #7- four infants & one teacher. The classroom were not in ratio until 9:00am. | |||
| 2022-02-28 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(a) | Open |
| Findings: Three infant classrooms were out of ratio from 7:40-9:00am, there were staff members who worked in other classrooms that were working in the infant rooms. | |||
| 2022-02-28 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) | Open |
| Findings: Classroom #4 was out of ratio from 7:45 to 9:00 with 15 to one ratio, with ten 2's within the attendance and an assist teacher as functioning as the lead. There should be four staff members in the classroom for this classroom to have adequate supervision in this classroom. | |||
| 2022-02-28 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.02B | Open |
| Findings: An Assist teacher was working in the two's room with a ratio of one to fifteen in the classroom, until another staff person came in at 9:00am and transition a set children in another room. | |||
| 2022-02-28 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.03C(2) | Open |
| Findings: In Classroom # 4 there were 15 children with one teacher and ten 2's within the total count of the children in the class. | |||
| 2022-02-28 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.03D(2)(c) | Open |
| Findings: In Classroom # 4 there were 15 children with one teacher and ten 2's within the total count of the children in the class. | |||
| 2022-02-28 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.03D(2)(d) | Open |
| Findings: In Classroom # 4 there were 15 children with one teacher and ten 2's within the total count of the children in the class. | |||
| 2022-02-15 | Full | 13A.16.03.03C | Corrected |
| Findings: LS observed missing display of consumer pamphlet. Program corrected on site by posting the pamphlet. | |||
| 2019-12-05 | Full | 13A.16.03.04C | Open |
| Findings: Emergency cards were not updated on an annual basis. | |||
| 2019-12-05 | Full | 13A.16.03.05C | Open |
| Findings: All of the staff in the center does not have a pre-employment medical. | |||
| 2019-12-05 | Full | 13A.16.03.06A(1) | Open |
| Findings: The office did not receive the releases on some newly hired staff. | |||
| 2019-12-05 | Full | 13A.16.07.06C | Corrected |
| Findings: An employee was left alone with unrelated children. | |||
| 2019-12-05 | Full | 13A.16.08.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: There was a teacher in charge of a classroom that this LS has not received her qualifications. | |||
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