Le Petite Academy - South Orange NJ Temporary Child Care Center

410 IRVINGTON AVENUE , SOUTH ORANGE NJ 07079
2 Reviews

About the Provider

Description: Le Petite Academy is a Temporary Child Care Center in SOUTH ORANGE NJ, with a maximum capacity of 25 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 2 1/2 - 13 years. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: CCC116488
  • Capacity: 25
  • Age Range: 2 1/2 - 13 years
  • State Rating: 2
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • Current License Expiration Date: Aug 26, 2024
  • District Office: New Jersey Dept of Children and Families - Office of Licensing
  • District Office Phone: 1-877-667-9845 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Cited Date Abated Regulation Number
2023-04-10 2023-06-19 3A:52-6.3(a)(4)
All centers shall comply with the following requirements, if the center provides food, the center shall ensure that the food is stored, prepared, and served in a sanitary manner.

Violation Observed: Ensure that utensils for preparing food for the children are not reused at the center.
2023-04-10 3A:52-4.5(a)(3)(i)(1)
The sponsor or sponsor representative shall designate individuals with the authority and responsibility to develop and implement written policies and procedures for the operation of the center, including a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication.

Violation Observed: Provide a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and job descriptions.
2023-04-10 2023-06-19 3A:52-4.5(c)(2)(i)
The director or his or her designee(s) shall be on the premises at all times when the center is operating and the designee shall not have full-time classroom responsibilities during the times when the director is not present at the center.

Violation Observed: Ensure director designee has access to all center documents.
2023-04-10 2023-06-19 3A:52-4.10(b)(1)
When the center applies for a new or renewal license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall submit to the Department the completed CARI consent forms for all staff members who are or will be working at the center on a regularly scheduled basis. Within two weeks after a new staff member begins working at the center, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall submit to the Department a completed CARI consent form for the new staff member.

Violation Observed: Provide renewal CARIs for four staff.
2023-04-10 3A:52-4.6(d)(1)
For school-age child care programs the program supervisor shall meet the qualification requirements specified in one of the applicable options set forth in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.6(d) for education, training, and experience, based on the center's licensed capacity.

Violation Observed: Provide documentation to credential the program supervisor.
2023-04-10 2023-07-25 3A:52-4.8(g)(3)
The center shall maintain on file documentation of the date, time, topic, presenter, and attendance for all staff development and orientation completed by center staff members. The center shall record each staff member’s completion of staff development and orientation on the Staff Records Checklist, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.1(b).

Violation Observed: Provide orientation training for one staff.
2023-04-10 3A:52-4.8(c)
The center shall ensure that all staff members who work at the center complete 12 hours of continuing staff development each year.

Violation Observed: Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually.
2023-04-10 3A:52-4.8(d)(1)
In lieu of the child care staff development specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(b), the director, head teacher(s), group teacher(s), and program supervisor(s) shall each complete 20 hours of staff development each year. Recommended topics of training for these staff include educational and physical activity.

Violation Observed: Ensure that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually.
2023-04-10 3A:52-6.8(a)(1)
The center shall complete and maintain on file for each enrolled child a Children’s Records Checklist, signed by the director, sponsor, or sponsor representative and designated by the Office of Licensing, indicating that the center has obtained documentation of the child's name, address, birth date, and date of enrollment.

Violation Observed: Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a current children's records checklist that includes all enrolled children at the center.
2023-04-10 3A:52-7.3(a)(2)
For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: for each child not enrolled in a public or private school, upon admission, the center shall maintain on file at the center a Universal Child Health Record (Department of Health Form CH-14) or its equivalent, updated annually, along with an immunization record, and a special care plan, if applicable. A 30-day grace period is permitted in N.J.A.C. 8:57-4.5(e)

Violation Observed: Ensure that a Universal Health Record is completed upon enrollment and updated annually for each child.
2023-04-10 3A:52-4.6(a)
The center shall maintain on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by the Office of Licensing, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.1(b), indicating that the center has obtained documentation of the applicable staff education and experience, as specified in 3A:52-4.6(b) through (d).

Violation Observed: Provide documentation that all staff signed off on all required policies.
2023-04-10 2023-07-25 3A:52-6.8(j)(3)
The center shall develop and follow a written policy on the expulsion of children from enrollment at the center. The center shall distribute a copy of the expulsion policy to the parent of each enrolled child and secure and maintain on file a record of each parent’s signature attesting to receipt of the policy.

Violation Observed: Develop and maintain on file an expulsion policy and maintain on file signatures from all families attesting to the receipt of the policy.
2023-04-10 2023-05-12 3A:52-6.8(l)
The center shall distribute a copy of the social media policy to the parent of each enrolled child and to each staff member and secure and maintain on file a record of each parent’s signature and each staff member’s signature attesting to the receipt of the policy.

Violation Observed: Maintain on file signatures from all families and staff attesting to the receipt of the social media policy.
2023-04-10 2023-06-19 3A:52-5.3(n)(1)
Fire prevention requirements are as follows: the center shall conduct fire drills at least once a month, as specified in the NJUFC. The center shall ensure that fire drills are conducted during each session provided at the center and that one fire drill per year is conducted during nap time, if applicable.

Violation Observed: Ensure that the fire drill log is completed as required.
2023-04-10 2023-06-19 3A:52-5.3(n)(2)
Fire prevention requirements are as follows: the center shall ensure that all children present are evacuated from the building within three minutes during each fire drill.

Violation Observed: Ensure that children are evacuated from the center within three minutes during each fire drill.

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Reviews

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Christine Dec 19, 2021
I have used this provider for more than 6 months

The staff at Le Petit Academy is very knowledgeable. They are very professional at all times. The Director is very knowledgeable about what it takes to operate a childcare center. Everyone at Le Petit takes pride in their center caring for the children in a loving and educational environment. The children at Le Petit come in as small toddlers and leave as smart little kindergartens.

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Angie Jones Dec 18, 2021
I have used this provider for more than 6 months

I love this center, they are family oriented and the staff is very friendly and caring. They are well informed when it comes to providing the educational needs of my child

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