Description: Welcome to Maple Leaf Childcare Center, an NY child care center where children are encouraged to grow in an active play-oriented environment. Since 1988 Maple Leaf Childcare has been giving children aged six weeks through twelve years the foundation they need to become life long learners. All of our New York day care locations, in Malta, Schenectady, Guilderland, and Glenville, offer caring staff and child friendly facilities are carefully matched to children's needs at each stage of their development. Strong parent-teacher partnerships ensure the Maple Leaf Childcare is the best home away from home you can find for your child.
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-09 | Violation | 418-1.15(b)(4) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The staff and volunteers must be in good health and be of good character and habits. | |||
| 2021-06-09 | Violation | 418-1.15(b)(4) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The staff and volunteers must be in good health and be of good character and habits. | |||
| 2021-01-28 | Violation | 418-1.15(a)(1)(iii) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each child day care center must operate in compliance with all emergency health guidance promulgated by the Department of Health in the interest of public health during a designated public health emergency. Provided that, during a designated public health emergency, any relevant emergency directives from the executive chamber or from the Department of Health shall supersede regulations of the Office in the case of any conflict. | |||
| 2021-01-28 | Violation | 418-1.15(b)(12)(iv) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The child day care center must report to the Office: immediately upon learning of any other change that would place the center out of compliance with applicable regulations; | |||
| 2021-01-28 | Violation | 418-1.15(a)(1)(iii) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each child day care center must operate in compliance with all emergency health guidance promulgated by the Department of Health in the interest of public health during a designated public health emergency. Provided that, during a designated public health emergency, any relevant emergency directives from the executive chamber or from the Department of Health shall supersede regulations of the Office in the case of any conflict. | |||
| 2021-01-28 | Violation | 418-1.15(b)(12)(iv) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The child day care center must report to the Office: immediately upon learning of any other change that would place the center out of compliance with applicable regulations; | |||
| 2020-07-27 | Violation | 418-1.8(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. | |||
| 2020-07-27 | Violation | 418-1.8(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. | |||
| 2019-07-17 | Violation | 418-1.11(i)(18)(iii) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children must be kept clean and comfortable at all times. Diapers must be changed when wet or soiled. The diaper changing area must be as close as possible to a sink with soap and hot and cold running water. This area or sink must not be used for food preparation. Diaper changing surfaces must be cleaned and disinfected after each use with an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered product that has an EPA registration number on the label. | |||
| 2019-06-28 | Violation | 418-1.5(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. | |||
| 2019-06-28 | Violation | 418-1.8(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. | |||
| 2018-12-21 | Violation | 418-1.15(c)(31) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: documentation from service personnel licensed by the New York State Department of State to perform fire alarm systems maintenance, repair and testing which shows that the fire alarm and detection systems have been inspected, tested and maintained during the current license period in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Fire and Building Code of New York State; | |||
| 2017-05-23 | 418-1.8(a) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. | |||
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Admittedly by their own letter, they do not have enough staff to care for the children. The following is a copy and paste from the Maple Leaf Administration dated July 12, 2021: "Dear MLCC Families, As many of you are aware, it has been extremely difficult to find and retain qualified staff since the pandemic began. Some of our centers have had to close classrooms or turn away families due to lack of staff. Many businesses are trying to hire more staff to accommodate their needs but the number of qualified candidates applying is very low. This poses a significant challenge for us to operate effectively. In this competitive market, we feel to retain and employ qualified staff members we need to increase our pay scale. As a result, we have found it necessary to implement a tuition increase to our current families which will go into effect the week of August 23rd, 2021. At this time, our hours of operation will remain modified until more qualified staff can be hired. Once the staffing is stable again, we can extend our hours back to "normal". We will do this as soon as possible. We strive to provide the best possible care for your family, and we appreciate you choosing Maple Leaf as your childcare provider. Attached is the new tuition rate sheet. If you have any questions, please speak to your Center Director. Sincerely, Maple Leaf Administration" They increased their tuition rates because they cannot hire enough staff, and they send your child home when they cannot properly provide care for him or her. So essentially, parents are paying for their child to be sent home because MLCC admittedly cannot care for your son or daughter even though you are paying them to do so. Due to the lack of staff, the current staff that are there are overworked resulting in an obvious increase in their stress level which is visually and auditorily evident. One wonders why they cannot hire enough staff??? Maybe if they had a competent director and a more personable assistant director, they might have a bit more luck with "qualified candidates" applying!!!