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Saint Paul United Methodist Preschool Center, Inc.
Lusby, MD
· Calvert County
11000 H G Trueman Road,
Lusby, MD 20657
Quick Facts
Capacity
40 children
Age Range
2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
1
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Contact Information
📞 (410) 326-3615
Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
33641
Issued By
Maryland State Department of Education
District Office
Region 10 - Southern Maryland Office
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About the Provider
SPUMPS is a well-established, developmentally supportive program with focus on the “whole child”. It has an experienced, educated and nurturing staff that looks forward to meeting you and your child(ren)!
Hours of Operation
- Monday 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM August - June
- Tuesday 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM August - June
- Wednesday 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM August - June
- Thursday 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM August - June
- Friday 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM August - June
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | Complaint | 13A.16.03.05E | Corrected |
| Findings: A substitute has been in the classroom and substituting for a teacher on 01/23, 01/29, 01/30 as well as today, 02/05, but no substitute log is present. When asked, no staff member was aware of the existence of or need for a substitute log. LS educated staff about the need and requirement for a substitute log. Please provide a substitute log with entries for the previous sub days and times for this calendar year for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2026-02-05 | Complaint | 13A.16.04.02D | Corrected |
| Findings: Staff admitted that an infant child has been in the classroom with his mother, who is a teacher at the Center, for the entire program on at least two consecutive days. Staff also report that the same infant has been cared for on the premises of the Center by his grandmother, who is also a teacher at the Center, by his middle-school aged aunt before and after school and also by his uncle who attends CSM, all in the office of the Center on multiple occasions. This Center is not allowed to have any children under the age of two years old. The mother of the infant reports that she now takes him to a sitter's home; adding that he no longer comes to the Center. She has made alternative arrangements for his care and for emergencies. Therefore, this non-compliance has been corrected. | |||
| 2026-02-05 | Complaint | 13A.16.05.06 | Corrected |
| Findings: During the inspection, the classroom felt unusually cold. The classrooms have a heater located at the top of the rooms near the ceiling and they are set on 86 degrees F. Nevertheless, the thermometer in one of the classrooms located on top of the refrigerator is reading 63 degrees R. In that same room, the floor temperature measures only 58 degrees F. In another classroom, the floor temperature only measures 62 degrees F while the thermometer on top of a waist-high cabinet measures 64 degrees F. The floor temperature must not be less than 65 degrees F. Please talk to the building management to rectify this and bring all classrooms up to a floor temperature of 65 degrees F or more. Please provide evidence of having done so to OCC for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2026-02-05 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.04A | Corrected |
| Findings: Allegations state that the parent wants to take her child to his or her classroom, but was made to feel uncomfortable when she did. When staff were asked about this, they all reported that it is to teach the children more independence. One teacher reported that there is a red line at the front where parents sign in their children and they are not allowed to cross that line. This is reportedly done so that their child can walk to their classroom gaining independence and so that the parent does not cause disruption to the classroom. However, while on-site, the LS saw a parent take their child to his classroom and another reported that she has never asked to do so, but has also never heard of anyone being denied. LS educated all staff that parents are allowed to freely observe all areas of the Center used for child care during operating hours and to have access to their child at any time during hours of operation without an appointment. The staff are now aware of this and agree to allow parental access, if so desired. Therefore, this non-compliance is now corrected. | |||
| 2026-02-05 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(a) | Corrected |
| Findings: Allegations are that a teacher brought her infant son into the classroom. During the investigation, the teacher admitted that she had her infant son in the classroom with her for two consecutive days while she was teaching because her sitter was sick and she had no other child care options. This does not allow for the teacher to provide adequate supervision and attention to the individual needs of the children in her classroom while she is also caring for her infant son. This teacher reports that she is now taking her son to a sitter and has alternative plans for his care if the sitter is sick. Therefore, this non-compliance is now corrected. | |||
| 2025-09-17 | Full | 13A.16.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: During a review of a sampling of children's records, it was found that a 4 year old girl and a 4 year old boy are both missing their physician's phone number and address on their emergency forms. Please notify their respective parents so that they may add the needed information to their child's emergency form. Then send a copy of the updated emergency form to OCC for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2025-09-17 | Full | 13A.16.03.04E | Corrected |
| Findings: During a review of children's records, it was found that a 4 year old girl and a 4 year old boy had documentation of a blood lead test being ordered by their respective physicians, but no blood lead test results were found. Please notify the respective parents and have them obtain their child's blood lead test results from their physician and add the results to their file. Send OCC a copy of their blood lead test results for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2025-09-17 | Full | 13A.16.03.06A(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: The Center completed a 1203 today to delete a staff member from May of this year. The Center only has 5 business days to provide written notice to OCC of the ending of employment for any staff member. Due to the completion of the 1203 deleting her, this non-compliance is already corrected. | |||
| 2025-09-17 | Full | 13A.16.05.07A | Corrected |
| Findings: When the water in the bathrooms in the front rooms was tested, it read a temperature of 134 degrees F. The water temperature may not exceed 120 degrees F. Please adjust the temperature of the water so that it does not exceed 120 degree F and provide evidence of having done so to OCC for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2025-09-17 | Full | 13A.16.06.04A(4) | Corrected |
| Findings: An Aide currently working at the Center has not had a medical completed since 09/16/2019. In addition, a teacher who is currently working at the Center has not had a medical completed since 01/30/2020. Please have both of them complete a medical on the OCC form as soon as possible. Keep a copy for their employee file and send it to OCC for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2025-09-17 | Full | 13A.16.06.05C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: The Director has not completed the required 12 hours of continued training. She only completed 8 hours of required training. The Director needs to complete another 4 hours of continued training as soon as possible. Please send the completed training certificates to OCC for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2025-09-17 | Full | 13A.16.06.05C(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: The Director, a teacher and an Aide all completed the MSDE's 2023 Basic Health and Safety, albeit late. They were to complete the course no later than 03/31/2024, but did not complete it until 09/08/2024 and 10/09/2024 respectively. It is the Director's responsibility to ensure that the yearly basic health and safety course is completed by staff by the end of each calendar year. Since they have now completed the trainings, this non-compliance has been corrected. | |||
| 2025-09-17 | Full | 13A.16.06.09C | Corrected |
| Findings: A preschool teacher completed 8 out of her 12 hours of continued training outside of her training period of 08/2024 - 08/2025. She still needs to complete one more hour of training to have 12 hours of continued training. Please have her complete this one hour of additional training as soon as possible. Send the completed training certificate to OCC for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2025-09-17 | Full | 13A.16.06.12C | Corrected |
| Findings: An Aide should have completed a 3 hour Aide Orientation course no later than 02/19/2025, but has not yet done so. Please have her complete this course as soon as possible. Send her completed training certificate to OCC for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2023-09-20 | Full | 13A.16.03.03B(4) | Corrected |
| Findings: Although the Director reports having conducted emergency disaster drills twice a calendar year, the Director could not find where they were recorded and filed. Emergency disaster drills and fire drills must be conducted on a regular basis and must also be recorded. All documents must be kept for two years. Please write a letter of correction stating how the Center will become incompliance with this regulation in the future. | |||
| 2023-09-20 | Full | 13A.16.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: During a review of children's records, it was discovered that children DP, CD, PD, DS, SMG and CR were missing information on their emergency cards. A list of the missing information was provided to the Director. Please have the respective parents add the missing information to their child's emergency card and initial and date the card for the update. Provide proof of the addition of this information to the identified emergency cards to OCC for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2023-09-20 | Full | 13A.16.03.04E | Corrected |
| Findings: During a review of a sampling of children's records, it was found that child LJ has not had any blood lead testing and was born after 01/01/2015. Please notify the respective parent of the need for the blood lead testing and show proof of this parent notification to OCC for the correction of this non-compliance or submit the results of the blood lead test for the correction. | |||
| 2023-09-20 | Full | 13A.16.10.01A(3)(c) | Corrected |
| Findings: The Center could not show evidence of having practiced a fire drill in the months of January, February or March of 2023. A fire drill must be practiced with the children and recorded on a monthly basis while the program is operating. Please write a letter of correction stating how the Center will become in compliance with this regulation in the future. | |||
| 2023-09-20 | Full | 13A.16.10.01A(3)(d) | Corrected |
| Findings: The emergency disaster plan does not seem to have been reviewed and/or updated since it's creation which has been over several years. While on-site, the Director located the emergency disaster plan, reviewed it, made applicable changes and initialed and dated it to indicate the revisions/update. Therefore, this non-compliance was corrected on-site. The Center is reminded that this is to be done on, at least, a yearly basis. | |||
| 2023-09-20 | Full | 13A.16.10.04F | Corrected |
| Findings: Outlets in classroom #10 had an outlet that was not capped or in use. However, when this was brought to the attention of the teacher and Director, it was capped immediately. Therefore, this portion of the non-compliance was corrected on-site. In classroom #6, there is a square of outlets bolted into the regular outlet to extend the number of available outlets. This devise does not allow for all of the outlets to be used or capped. The Center reported that they will discuss the removal of the outlet extension with the building owner and request to have it removed. Please send a picture of the remedy of these uncapped and unused outlets to OCC for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2022-09-20 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.05.06 | Corrected |
| Findings: The bathroom in Room 3 with the three and four year old children does not have natural ventilation or a properly working mechanical ventilation system. Please ensure that the mechanical ventilation system is in working order. Please notify OCC of this repair for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2022-09-20 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.05C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Director completed 10 out of the required 12 hours of training during her training period of 08/2021 - 08/2022. However, this non-compliance has already been corrected as she took 5 hours of core of knowledge training on 09/01/2022. | |||
| 2022-09-20 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.10.04A | Corrected |
| Findings: During the inspection, Room 12 had an unsecured cabinet easily accessible to the children that contains various cleaning agents. During the inspection, Center Director locked the cabinet. Therefore, this non-compliance is now corrected. | |||
| 2022-09-20 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.10.04F | Corrected |
| Findings: An electrical outlet in Room 12 is missing two outlet caps. Room 4 is missing outlet caps on a multi-socket outlet. During the inspection, all outlets were capped by staff. Therefore, this non-compliance has now been corrected. Please ensure that all sockets are always in use or have outlet caps on them. | |||
| 2021-09-03 | Full | 13A.16.03.02A | Corrected |
| Findings: Upon completing a sample of the children's records, there were required items missing. All of the children's records should be reviewed by staff to be sure that all requirements are in place. There are at least: 8 children who appear to be missing appropriate lead testing; and 1 child who appears to be behind on his immunizations. The director rec'd a copy of the completed health record review form to refer to in order to see which child needs what. Please forward written corrective action within 30 days. | |||
| 2021-09-03 | Full | 13A.16.03.03B(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: One classroom didn't have an accurate way to keep clear up to the minute attendance. The attendance clipboard was left at the main doorway for parents. The staff had a list of children but wasn't using it to mark them in or out of the classroom. The director plans to obtain an attendance book for this room. Please be sure that staff have a good way to keep track of all children and are able to ascertain each child's whereabouts at all times throughout the day. | |||
| 2021-09-03 | Full | 13A.16.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: There were at least 3 children with incomplete emergency forms-doctor contact information was missing. One parent updated the form on site! Please immediately request the remaining parents to add their child's doctor information. Please always review to be sure that all emergency forms are complete and up to date. | |||
| 2021-09-03 | Full | 13A.16.03.05B | Corrected |
| Findings: The director didn't have staffing patterns. The director had sent the staffing patterns to the OCC. The director copied the staffing patterns that Lic. Spec. had on file and posted them. This non-compliance was corrected on site. | |||
| 2021-09-03 | Full | 13A.16.03.06A(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: Lic. Spec. learned today, on site, that a staff, LB, is no longer working at the center. This staff person's last day of work was in June 2020 over a year ago. The OCC wasn't notified timely. Please report staff changes within 5 days, in the future. The director completed a 1203 form on site and this has been corrected now. | |||
| 2021-09-03 | Full | 13A.16.06.09B | Corrected |
| Findings: There is one teacher who didn't complete the required training within her training year. KH completed 4.5 hours of the 12 hours of training due for her 10/19-10/2020 training year. KH completed 20 hours of training in April 2021. This training satisfied the remaining hours required and due by Oct 2020 and also the training needed by Oct 2021. Therefore the non-compliance is corrected. | |||
| 2021-09-03 | Full | 13A.16.06.12B(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: The aide was hired in Nov 2019 and needed to complete at least 6 hours of training by Nov 2020. The aide completed 3 hours of training by October 2020 and another 3 hours in 2021. The training was completed late but is now completed. These 6 hours will be used to satisfy her 2019-2020 training year. Therefore the non-compliance is corrected. The aide must complete another 6 hours of training by November 2021 to be in compliance with her Nov 2020-Nov 2021 training year. | |||
| 2021-09-03 | Full | 13A.16.06.12B(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: The aide was hired in Nov 2019 and should have completed the health and safety training update by December 2020. The aide hasn't completed the on-line 1.5 hour health and safety update for 2020 called "child care and covid-19". Please immediately be sure the staff registers and completes the covid training and forward a copy of the training certificate within 30 days. | |||
| 2021-09-03 | Full | 13A.16.10.01A(3)(d) | Corrected |
| Findings: The emergency plan wasn't updated in 2020 or 2021. The director updated the plan on site, correcting the non-compliance. Please remember to review, initial and update the emergency plan at least 1x per year. | |||
| 2021-09-03 | Full | 13A.16.12.01E(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: The center didn't have a posted menu on site. The director created and posted a menu on site, which corrected this non-compliance. The menu was created based on USDA guidelines and listing food and beverages already on site. Please keep an accurate menu posted. Due to parents' limited access to the building discussed posting the menu (and other document copies-staffing patterns and license) in the alcove where parents are signing in their children daily. | |||
| 2020-09-02 | Mandatory Review | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2019-09-05 | Full | 13A.16.03.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: There are several (7) children with no evidence on site that the parent completed written individual needs information about their child, for the center. The director is aware of which children need this information submitted. | |||
| 2019-09-05 | Full | 13A.16.03.03D | Corrected |
| Findings: The contracts are missing for some children. The director is aware of who needs a contract. Also discussed the need to include information about pet notification in the contract. Please forward written corrective action within 30 days. | |||
| 2019-09-05 | Full | 13A.16.03.02C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: The director reports giving each family a consumer pamphlet, however there is no documentation that the parents have received one or were advised how to obtain one. Please forward written corrective action within 30 days. | |||
| 2019-09-05 | Full | 13A.16.09.01C(6) | Corrected |
| Findings: The center does not have a screen time policy. Please develop a policy and notify the parents of your screen time policy. Please forward written corrective action within 30 days. | |||
| 2019-09-05 | Full | 13A.16.06.04A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: There is not a completed medical on site for one of the staff. The director is aware of who needs a completed medical form. Please forward written corrective action within 30 days. | |||
| 2019-09-05 | Full | 13A.16.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: There are several children missing completed emergency forms Please immediately obtain a completed emergency form for each child. Please forward a written corrective action within 30 days. The director is aware of who needs an emergency form or who is missing information on their emergency form. | |||
| 2019-09-05 | Full | 13A.16.03.02A | Corrected |
| Findings: There are several children enrolled and attending care without evidence of the required health inventory form, immunization records, and lead testing. The director is aware of which children need records submitted. Please obtain the missing information as soon as possible. Please forward written corrective action within 30 days. | |||
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