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Lettie Dent School Age Center
Mechanicsville, MD
· Saint Marys County
37840 New Market Turner Road,
Mechanicsville, MD 20659
Quick Facts
Capacity
30 children
Age range (listing information)
5 years to 15 years
May not reflect the ages served today. Please confirm with the provider.
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
1
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Contact Information
📞 (240) 572-3060
Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
33248
Issued By
Maryland State Department of Education
District Office
Region 10 - Southern Maryland Office
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About the Provider
Lettie Dent School Age Center is a Licensed Child Care Center in Mechanicsville MD, with a maximum capacity of 30 children. This child care center's listing gives an age range of 5 years to 15 years; please confirm current ages with the provider. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday6:30 AM - 6:30 PM (August - June)
- Tuesday6:30 AM - 6:30 PM (August - June)
- Wednesday6:30 AM - 6:30 PM (August - June)
- Thursday6:30 AM - 6:30 PM (August - June)
- Friday6:30 AM - 6:30 PM (August - June)
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | Full | 13A.16.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: One child needed his emergency card updated. This was corrected during the inspection when mom dropped him off for care. | |||
| 2026-01-21 | Full | 13A.16.06.12B(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: The aide needed to complete the 2025 Basic Health and Safety training by 12/31/25. It has not been completed. She needs to complete this immediately and send a copy of the certificate to specialist. | |||
| 2026-01-21 | Full | 13A.16.10.02E | Corrected |
| Findings: First aid kit needs an operable flashlight, a thick gauze pad, and one more roll of gauze. | |||
| 2025-01-15 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.05.06 | Corrected |
| Findings: The program is located in the gym of a public school. The school is under renovation. The temperature in the gym registered 62 degrees on the specialist's thermometer. The school needs to find a way to keep the gym at 65 degrees (at least) at floor level. If space heaters are brought in they may not become hot to the touch to avoid a child getting burned and must shut off if tipped over. Specialist states that a conversation with the fire marshal as to the safest way to get the temperature up should occur. | |||
| 2024-01-18 | Full | 13A.16.02.01E | Corrected |
| Findings: Center did not have a license posted. Center recently had to pack things up while the school did some work in their space and now the license can't be located. Center needs to get a license posted. | |||
| 2024-01-18 | Full | 13A.16.03.02E | Corrected |
| Findings: A sample of children's records was reviewed. There was a 5 year old child enrolled who only had the 1 year old lead blood test. The child is missing the two year old lead blood test. Center needs to receive evidence that the child has had a lead blood test at 2 years of age or later. | |||
| 2024-01-18 | Full | 13A.16.03.03B(4) | Corrected |
| Findings: Center couldn't locate its fire drill and disaster plan practice record. Center needs to begin a new record now and be sure to do fire drills each month and disaster practices twice a year and record them. | |||
| 2024-01-18 | Full | 13A.16.10.01A(3)(d) | Corrected |
| Findings: The disaster plan had not been updated annually. This was corrected during the inspection. | |||
| 2024-01-18 | Full | 13A.16.10.02E | Corrected |
| Findings: The first aid kit needs an operable flashlight. | |||
| 2022-11-30 | Mandatory Review | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2022-02-08 | Full | 13A.16.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: LM, NR, SR, and AW need emergency cards updated. All cards were updated when parents dropped the children off during the inspection. | |||
| 2022-02-08 | Full | 13A.16.09.01A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: There was no daily schedule posted. The center needs to post the program's daily schedule. | |||
| 2022-02-08 | Full | 13A.16.10.01A(3)(d) | Corrected |
| Findings: The emergency plan needs to be updated. It was last updated in 1/29/20. The program has not operated since March 2020 and began operating again a week ago. | |||
| 2021-07-06 | Full | 13A.16.10.01A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: The emergency disaster plan could not be located for the center. The operator needs to locate the disaster plan and be sure it is at the center when the center reopens. | |||
| 2020-01-29 | Full | 13A.16.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: All emergency cards were reviewed. One child needs his doctor information on his emergency card. One child needs her emergency card updated. | |||
| 2020-01-29 | Full | 13A.16.05.07C | Corrected |
| Findings: The drinking water source is an angle-jet drinking fountain but the water doesn't come out enough to prevent contamination. The children would have to put their mouths right on the fountain to get any water. The water should come up about 2 inches from the mouth guard. | |||
| 2020-01-29 | Full | 13A.16.06.02 | Corrected |
| Findings: There was no staff orientation for the director in her file. | |||
| 2020-01-29 | Full | 13A.16.09.03A | Corrected |
| Findings: The center's block area, table manipulatives, board games, and art materials need to be augmented. There were very few unit building blocks (approx. 20). There were just a couple large handfuls of small legos and very few pieces to other table manipulatives. The art materials consisted of some coloring pages, a tub of torn paper, some colored pencils, scissors. It would be nice to see some paints, playdo/clay, different types of paper, and collage materials. There were some board games but they were in disarray and need to be organized to be sure all pieces are present. | |||
| 2020-01-29 | Full | 13A.16.10.01A(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: The emergency disaster plan was not available. Center needs to have their disaster plan available and posted. | |||
| 2020-01-29 | Full | 13A.16.10.01A(3)(d) | Corrected |
| Findings: The disaster plan was not available to determine if it had been updated. Center is reminded that the disaster plan needs to be updated each year. | |||
| 2020-01-29 | Full | 13A.16.10.02E | Corrected |
| Findings: The first aid kit needs a large gauze pad. | |||
| 2018-12-04 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.05C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: The director's training for 3/17-3/18 was late. It was completed in 4/18. She is reminded that she has 5 more hours remaining for the 3/18-3/19 year to complete by 3/31/19. | |||
| 2018-12-04 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.08.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: Specialist heard the aide tell the children that everyone had to go outside at the same time today. When asked for clarification about this, the aide stated that sometimes some of the children will stay back and help her put things away before going outside. The aide may not be left alone in charge of the children. The whole group must be together at all times. | |||
| 2018-12-04 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.10.01C | Corrected |
| Findings: The emergency numbers were not posted. The director went right to where she thought it would be but it wasn't there. Center needs to get the numbers posted. | |||
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