New School Montessori Lime Street
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About the Provider
Hours of Operation
- Monday7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Tuesday7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Wednesday7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Thursday7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Friday7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Reason | Description | Status |
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| 2025-09-04 | Renewal | 3270.107 - Refrigerator | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.107 Description: Refrigerator Noncompliance Area: It was observed that the refrigerator temperature in the Toddler classroom was 48 degrees F (corrected during inspection). Correction Required: A facility shall have an operable, clean refrigerator used to store potentially hazardous foods. The refrigerator shall be capable of maintaining food at 45° F or below. An operating thermometer shall be placed in the refrigerator. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) 3270.107 code was corrected on site. We will complied with by having a working thermometer in each refrigerator and located in the back of the refrigerator for an accurate reading 45 degrees F or cooler. |
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| 2025-09-04 | Renewal | 3270.151(a)/3270.192(3) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter/Health assessment, TB test | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.151(a)/3270.192(3) Description: 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter/Health assessment, TB test Noncompliance Area: The time between staff person #2's health assessments exceeded the permitted 24 months' timeframe (most recent health assessment dated 8/29/23) Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem. A facility person's record shall include a written report of initial and subsequent health assessments, including the results of initial and subsequent tuberculin skin tests, x-rays or other medical documentation necessary to confirm freedom from communicable tuberculosis. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff person #2 will obtain an updated health report and keep it on file at the location. Staff person #2 did have a health assessment but it was not on file at the facility. |
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| 2025-09-04 | Renewal | 3270.152 - Adult Hygiene | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.152 Description: Adult Hygiene Noncompliance Area: Staff person #1, in the Infant room, did not wash her own hands after diapering a child. (corrected during inspection) Correction Required: A facility person shall wash his hands before meals and snacks, and after toileting and after diapering a child. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) 3270.152 was conveyed staff. Staff member #1 and all other staff members wash their hands after changing diapers, and before handling foods. |
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| 2025-09-04 | Renewal | 3270.192(2)(ii) - Exp, educ., training prior to facility | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.192(2)(ii) Description: Exp, educ., training prior to facility Noncompliance Area: Staff person #3's file did not contain proof of child care experience and was acting as an Assistant Group Supervisor without this required proof of experience on file. Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training prior to service at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) NSM will gather the verification form in order to prove the hours of work she has had with children in the past in order to comply with Chapter 3270.192(2)(ii). |
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| 2025-09-04 | Renewal | 3270.66(a) - Locked or inaccessible | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.66(a) Description: Locked or inaccessible Noncompliance Area: It was observed that there were 3 bottles of sanitizing spray (keep out of reach of children) accessible to children, in a low cabinet, in the Toddler classroom (corrected during inspection). Correction Required: Cleaning materials and other toxic materials shall be kept in an area or container that is locked or made inaccessible to children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) 55 PA Code Chapter 3270.66(a) will be complied with and we will keep all cleaning materials and other toxic materials in a locked container and/or inaccessible to children. |
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| 2024-10-24 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(3) - Parent home/work address, phone | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(3) Description: Parent home/work address, phone Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact information of children #1, #2, and #3 did not include the enrolling parent's work address. The emergency contact information of children #1, #2, and #4 did not include the enrolling parent's work telephone numbers. (all corrected during inspection). Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the home and work addresses and telephone numbers of the enrolling parent. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Corrected on Site: Emergency contact numbers for parent work numbers and work addresses have been updated on each child. We are being cited for not having BOTH parents. Both parents emergency numbers and work addresses have been collected. |
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| 2024-10-24 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(7) - Name/address/phone release person | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(7) Description: Name/address/phone release person Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact information for child #2 did not include the release person's address. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Emergency contact information for child #2 was collected and the name, address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released has been updated in our system. |
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| 2024-10-24 | Renewal | 3270.182(6) - Signed parental consent for transportation, walking excursions, swimming and wading | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.182(6) Description: Signed parental consent for transportation, walking excursions, swimming and wading Noncompliance Area: The records of child #1 through #5 did not contain signed parental consent for walking excursions, and the facility takes the children on walking excursions. Correction Required: A child's record shall contain signed parental consent for transportation, walking excursions, swimming and wading. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) NSM has sent a corrected form to include the parental consent for walking excursions. All forms have been signed, and NSM has been given consent for all children. |
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| 2024-10-24 | Renewal | 3270.192(2)(ii) - Exp, educ., training prior to facility | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.192(2)(ii) Description: Exp, educ., training prior to facility Noncompliance Area: Staff person #2's record did not include verification of child care experience. Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training prior to service at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Verification of hours has been collected to include Staff Person #2 experience, education, and training and sent to inspector on 11/14/2024. |
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| 2024-10-24 | Renewal | 3270.31(e) - Age and Training | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.31(e) Description: Age and Training Noncompliance Area: Staff person #5's proof of 12 annual clock hours of child care training was not in the staff file. Correction Required: A staff person shall obtain an annual minimum of 12 clock hours of child care training. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff person #5 made copies of her file from the other campus, and placed them in her file at Lime Street Campus (including 12 hours of child care training). Staff person #5 sent proof of 12 clocked hours to inspector on 10/24/2024 |
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| 2024-10-24 | Renewal | 3270.61(h)(2)(ii) - Designated on facility schedule | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.61(h)(2)(ii) Description: Designated on facility schedule Noncompliance Area: It was observed that the capacity of the back room (measured space) within the large room exceeded the capacity for snack time without this being designated on the schedule of daily activities (corrected during inspection). Correction Required: When the number of older toddler, preschool or school-age children participating in a program activity exceeds the capacity of the child care space each time period shall be designated on the facility's schedule of daily activities. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Corrected on Site: NSM posted the schedule of activities that is designated for the toddler and preschool in the back room as required for each time period of the daily activities being held in the classroom. |
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| 2024-10-24 | Renewal | 3270.66(b) - Original container | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.66(b) Description: Original container Noncompliance Area: It was observed that there was a bottle of RoundUp (toxin) accessible to children on a shelf, in a closet, in the downstairs Staff Room. Correction Required: Cleaning materials and other toxic materials shall be stored in an original labeled container or in a container that specifies the content. Toxics shall be stored away from food, food preparation areas and child care spaces. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Corrected on Site: All toxic materials are on the top shelf behind closed doors in the staff only room free from the food preparation areas. There are child proof safety doorknobs on the staff only room. |
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| 2024-07-31 | Initial review | Initial review | Compliant - Finalized |
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