Licensed Child Care Center
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Starmaker Learning Center
California, MD
· Saint Marys County
23443 Cottonwood Parkway,
California, MD 20619
Quick Facts
Capacity
144 children
Age Range
6 weeks through 17 months, 18 months through 23 months, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 5 years to 15 years
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
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Contact Information
📞 (301) 863-7740
Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
255903
Issued By
Maryland State Department of Education
District Office
Region 10 - Southern Maryland Office
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About the Provider
We believe the first years of a child's life are the most important in the child's development. These are the years your child will acquire the values and joy in learning which will lead him toward a productive and happy life. We welcome the opportunity to help your child achieve his, or her, full potential.
Additional Information:
MSDE-Approved Education Program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday 6:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Tuesday 6:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Wednesday 6:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Thursday 6:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Friday 6:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-07 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.02A | Open |
| Findings: 39 children's records were reviewed. 4 children need immunization records. 8 children need updated immunization records. One child needs Part I and II of the health inventory. 5 children need Part II of the health inventory. | |||
| 2026-07-07 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.02C(1) | Open |
| Findings: 39 children's records were reviewed. 6 children need evidence that the parents have received the consumer pamphlet. | |||
| 2026-07-07 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.02D(1) | Open |
| Findings: All the toddlers in Tod 1 need infant/toddler individualized schedules. 4 children in Toddler 2 need individualized schedules. One child in inf B room needs his individualized schedule updated. | |||
| 2026-07-07 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.02E | Open |
| Findings: 39 children's records were reviewed. 8 children need the one year lead blood test. 3 children need the 2 year lead blood test. | |||
| 2026-07-07 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.03D | Open |
| Findings: 39 children's records were reviewed. 4 children need a parent agreement. | |||
| 2026-07-07 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.04C | Open |
| Findings: 39 children's records were reviewed. 7 children need their emergency cards updated. One child needs an emergency card. | |||
| 2026-07-07 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.05B | Corrected |
| Findings: Center needs to post updated staffing patterns for all the rooms. | |||
| 2026-07-07 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.06A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: A new staff person started at the end of June but specialist never received the staff change form to add her. She was added to the personnel list today. This was corrected today. | |||
| 2026-07-07 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.06A(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: Two staff persons have left more than 5 days ago and specialist was not notified. Center is reminded to notify specialist of staff changes within appropriate time frames. This was corrected today. | |||
| 2026-07-07 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.04A(4) | Corrected |
| Findings: The director needs an updated medical. The 5 years was up in January 2026. | |||
| 2026-07-07 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.10C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: The school age teacher needed 10 more hours of continued training that was due by 6/2026. She needs to complete this immediately and send copies of certificates to specialist. | |||
| 2026-07-07 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.12A(3) | Open |
| Findings: One aide did not complete the original basic health and safety training within the appropriate time frame. This needs to be completed immediately and a copy of the certificate sent to specialist. | |||
| 2026-07-07 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.12B(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: One aide needs to complete the 2025 Basic Health and Safety training. It was due by 2/2026. She needs to send a copy of the certificate when completed. | |||
| 2026-07-07 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.12C | Corrected |
| Findings: 3 aides have not completed the aide orientation within the appropriate time frame. They need to complete this training immediately and submit copies of certificate to specialist. | |||
| 2024-04-23 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.03A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: A staff person was observed to have lifted a 2 year old child by one arm and sit him down on the pea gravel. Staff person was attempting to get the group organized to come in from a walk. The child had stepped into the parking lot and the staff person brought him back to the pea gravel. The child did not seem to be distressed. Center director went out and spoke to the staff person as soon as specialist brought it to her attention. Center is reminded to review appropriate discipline with staff and to be sure staff are following appropriate procedures. | |||
| 2024-04-23 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) | Corrected |
| Findings: A teacher let a child come in to use the bathroom while the group and teacher were outside. The door to the classroom was left open but the staff person was at the bottom of the steps and could not observe the child at the bathroom from where she was standing. The staff person should have been at the doorway so as to be able to observe both the playground and the child in the classroom to use the bathroom. Center is reminded that children need to be under supervision that enables the staff to render immediate assistance if necessary. The staff person should have called another staff person for assistance in supervising the child inside as she was alone with her group. | |||
| 2024-04-23 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.02A | Corrected |
| Findings: An aide brought two children into the center to set up lunch and cots while the lead teacher and the rest of the group were outside. An aide is not permitted to be alone with the children. The group should have come in together to prepare for lunch. | |||
| 2024-04-23 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.03C(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: Complaint states the center is understaffed and often out of ratio. This mostly happens with the primary room that has 4's and 5's. Findings: None of the rooms were out of ratio at the time the specialists arrived today. However, 3 staff in 3 different rooms stated that they have been out of ratio in the early morning for about 10-30 minutes by as many as 4 children. Center is reminded that staff/child ratios need to be maintained at all times. | |||
| 2024-04-23 | Complaint | 13A.16.09.02B(4) | Corrected |
| Findings: One child in the toddler 1 room did not have a diaper change recorded on 4/22/24 between 2pm and pick up time at 5:13pm. The diaper changes in toddler 2 this morning were not recorded. The center states the changes were done but the staff need to be sure to record them on Procare. A staff person who did the changes yesterday afternoon at 4:30 went in and fixed that one. The staff person who did the changes this morning recorded those while specialists were here. | |||
| 2024-04-23 | Complaint | 13A.16.10.05B | Corrected |
| Findings: There were two infants in Infant 1 that were swaddled. Specialist told staff that swaddling was not allowed and the staff removed the swaddling and put the children in sleep sacks. Center is reminded to review appropriate sleep practices for children under 2 years of age. | |||
| 2023-08-28 | Full | 13A.16.03.02A | Corrected |
| Findings: MH needs a parent signature on part 1 of the health inventory. VM needs both part 1 and part 2 of the health inventory. CC needs evidence of having had the 4th DTP, MMR and Varicella vaccines. KG needs evidence of having had a 4th DTP and a 3rd Hep B shot. VM needs an immunization record. | |||
| 2023-08-28 | Full | 13A.16.03.02E | Corrected |
| Findings: JM and VM need evidence of having had a lead blood test at one year of age. | |||
| 2023-08-28 | Full | 13A.16.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: All infant/toddler files were reviewed and a random sample of older children's files were reviewed. 3 children need an update on their emergency cards. 2 need a parent signature and/or date on the emergency card. One needs an emergency contact person on the emergency card. | |||
| 2023-08-28 | Full | 13A.16.05.07B | Corrected |
| Findings: The Pre-primary rooms 1 and 2 need a drinking water source. The fountain in there is not working. | |||
| 2023-08-28 | Full | 13A.16.05.10C | Corrected |
| Findings: There was no phone in Toddler 3. This was corrected during the inspection. | |||
| 2023-08-28 | Full | 13A.16.06.04A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: CE needs a medical completed ASAP. | |||
| 2023-08-28 | Full | 13A.16.06.12B(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: CT needs 3 more hours of continued training that was due by 7/31/23. She needs to complete this training ASAP. | |||
| 2023-08-28 | Full | 13A.16.06.12C | Corrected |
| Findings: CT needs to complete the aide orientation. It was due by 1/31/23 for CT. She needs to complete this training ASAP. | |||
| 2022-06-16 | Other | 13A.16.08.02B | Open |
| Findings: When specialist was at the center to measure space for room 170 and the basement, it was discovered that the staff person with the school age children was only 17 years old. He is not qualified to be in charge of a group of children and he is not old enough to be a substitute. The center needs to find a school age qualified staff person to be in charge of the school age children. | |||
| 2021-09-08 | Other | 13A.16.03.06A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: TS was working at the center. OCC hasn't received written notification of the hire of TS. AW is the new office administrator. She began work on 8/30/21. OCC has not received written notification of her hire. KW was working as well and OCC has not received written notification of her hire either. The center is required to notify OCC within 5 days of the hire of new staff persons. OCC has not received a notarized release for AW and KW and .02I(1) of the regualtions state that a staff person may not be on the premises until the notarized release has been cleared and the criminal background check is cleared. | |||
| 2021-09-08 | Other | 13A.16.08.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: Room 180 had two aides working in it. The lead teacher has not returned from her summer break yet. Center needs to have a lead teacher in this room. | |||
| 2021-09-08 | Other | 13A.16.16.06C(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: Room 180 at this time does not have a nursery school approved teacher as the one assigned has not returned from her summer break. The center needs to get a nursery school qualified teacher in the room. This teacher must have at least 120 college credits. | |||
| 2021-09-08 | Other | 13A.16.16.06C(5) | Corrected |
| Findings: The center needs to put a nursery school qualified staff in room 180. The teacher needs to meet the requirements of a preschool teacher for child care and in addition have at least 120 college credits. | |||
| 2021-09-08 | Other | 13A.16.16.06E(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Center needs to send in a written statement of the qualification for HP and NC as nursery school teachers. It should be in a format that would be handed to parents. | |||
| 2021-08-13 | Conversion | 13A.16.03.02C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: All the records for children under the age or 2 were reviewed as well as a random sample of 16 more. One child did not have evidence that the family had received the consumer pamphlet. | |||
| 2021-08-13 | Conversion | 13A.16.03.02E | Corrected |
| Findings: All records for children under the age of 2 were reviewed and 16 other records were reviewed. 4 children under the age of 6 didn't have evidence of having had a lead blood test. | |||
| 2021-08-13 | Conversion | 13A.16.03.03D | Corrected |
| Findings: All records for children under the age of 2 were reviewed and 16 other children's records were reviewed. There were 4 children who didn't have a parent agreement in their files. There were 3 others who didn't have their fees stated on the agreement. Center needs to be sure that all the children have a parent agreement and that the fees are stated in it. | |||
| 2021-08-13 | Conversion | 13A.16.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: All emergency cards were reviewed. There were 17 emergency cards that need the child's doctor name and/or phone number. There were 3 that needed emergency contact person or the emergency contact person's phone number. | |||
| 2021-08-13 | Conversion | 13A.16.03.04G | Corrected |
| Findings: All records for children under 2 years of age were reviewed as well as 16 other children's records. There were 6 children that need an update immunization record. Center needs to be sure that it has the most up to date immunization record for each child. | |||
| 2021-08-13 | Conversion | 13A.16.03.06A(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: Specialist did not receive written notification of CH and MH leaving employment. Director stated they have been gone "awhile". Director needs to send specialist the staff change form. | |||
| 2021-08-13 | Conversion | 13A.16.05.07C | Corrected |
| Findings: The water fountain for room 192 is not working. They would have to go into room 191 to use their drinking water source. This fountain needs to be fixed so that each group has an easily accessible drinking water source. | |||
| 2021-08-13 | Conversion | 13A.16.06.09A(5) | Corrected |
| Findings: GM was hired in March 2021. Specialist has not seen evidence that she completed the Basic Health and Safety by the end of July 2021. She needs to complete this training. | |||
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