SMART START # 5 - Lawton OK Child Care Center

1310 NW Ferris , LAWTON OK 73501
(580) 248-7788

About the Provider

Description: Here at Smart Start #5 we offer an excellent curriculum that is developmentally appropriate in each age group. The staff are friendly and wonderful in their interactions with each and every child. Each teacher is qualified and continues taking classes and completing training each year to provide the quality your child deserves. We plan various field trips for our 4 year olds and exciting activities for every one to participate in. I work hard to ensure that our families meet each other and develop relationships within our community,

Additional Information: Rated 3 Stars.

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: K830005324
  • Capacity: 80
  • Age Range: 0 - 11 Months, 12 - 23 Months, 2 Years, 3 Years, 4 Years, 5 Years, 6 Years and Older
  • State Rating: 3
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • Type of Care: Daytime Hours
  • Transportation: Children's Schools, Field Trips
  • District Office: Oklahoma Dept of Human Services - Child Care Services
  • District Office Phone: (405) 301-0097 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)
  • Licensor: Georgia Smith

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type/Purpose Corrections
2021-09-07 Complaint
Partial Inspection
Description: No non-compliances observed
2021-08-13 Periodic
Full Inspection
Plan: Director states these two staff have 38 and 21.5 hours of training, and CECPD is really far behind on updating the PDL's but they have submitted all of their training. They are awaiting CECPD to process their packets and update their PDL's. Director will contact CECPD.
Correction Date: 2021-11-13
Description: 340:110-3-284(b)(3) - Oklahoma Professional Development Ladder. Prior to or within 12 months of employment, teaching personnel obtain and maintain a current Oklahoma Professional Development Ladder (OPDL) certificate, per OAC 340 Appendix FF Oklahoma Professional Development Ladder.

Two staff, employed over a year, are showing expired PDL's on CECPD right now.

2021-04-20 Periodic
Full Inspection
Description: No non-compliances observed
2020-11-05 Complaint
Partial Inspection
Description: No non-compliances observed
2020-09-15 Periodic
Full Inspection
Description: No non-compliances observed
2020-09-03 340:110-3-288(c)(1)(A)
Substantiated Complaints
Plan: Staff has been retrained in appropriate discipline for all children including their own. Staff involved has been reprimanded.
Description: Additional non-compliance found during investigation: 1.)Discipline - Staff spanked their biological child in the classroom in front of other children.
2020-01-16 Complaint
Partial Inspection
Description: No non-compliances observed
2020-01-07 Complaint
Partial Inspection
Description: No non-compliances observed
2019-12-26 340:110-3-289(a)(1)(B)
Substantiated Complaints
Plan: Staff have been trained that at the end of the day if classes are combined they must be located in a classroom and not the office.
Description: 3.) Learning Program - Children being cared for in the front lobby/director's office instead of in a classroom.
2019-12-11 Periodic
Full Inspection
Description: No non-compliances observed
2019-08-28 Periodic
Full Inspection
Description: No non-compliances observed
2019-07-26 STARS
Partial Inspection
Description: No non-compliances observed
2019-05-22 Follow Up
Partial Inspection
Description: No non-compliances observed
2019-05-17 Complaint
Partial Inspection
Description: No non-compliances observed
2019-04-16 Periodic
Full Inspection
Description: No non-compliances observed

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