Start Smart Learning Center Sankertown
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Hours of Operation
- Monday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Tuesday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Wednesday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Thursday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Friday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| 2025-11-04 | Renewal | 3270.102(a) - Clean and good repair | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.102(a) Description: Clean and good repair Noncompliance Area: On 11/10/25 observed two cracked magna tiles in the Preschool Room. Correction Required: Toys, play equipment and other indoor and outdoor equipment used by the children shall be clean, in good repair and free from rough edges, sharp corners, pinch and crush points, splinters and exposed bolts. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The cracked magnatiles were immediately discarded when discovered at time of licensing visit. |
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| 2025-11-04 | Renewal | 3270.104(a) - Clean, good repair, proper size | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.104(a) Description: Clean, good repair, proper size Noncompliance Area: On 11/10/25 observed a two-section cubby in the corner to the left of the exit door which was not anchored in the Preschool Room creating a potential tipping hazard. Correction Required: Furniture must be durable, safe, easily cleaned and appropriate for the child's size, age and special needs. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The cubby in question was secured to the wall. |
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| 2025-11-04 | Renewal | 3270.111(b) - Posted in group space | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.111(b) Description: Posted in group space Noncompliance Area: On 11/10/25 the written plan of daily activities was not posted in the Preschool Room. Correction Required: The written plan of daily activities shall be posted in the group space. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The typed daily activity plan had fallen down in between the refrigerator and counter in the room. The daily activities were posted on the child schedule in the room and staff person immediately reprinted and displayed the activity schedule on the wall while the licensing representative was on site. |
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| 2025-11-04 | Renewal | 3270.152 - Adult Hygiene | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.152 Description: Adult Hygiene Noncompliance Area: On 11/10/25 Staff #2 did not wash his/her hands before giving children a snack in the Young Toddler Room. 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.) All staff retrained facility person shall wash his hands before meals and snacks, and after toileting and after diapering a child. |
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| 2025-11-04 | Renewal | 3270.191 - Individual Records | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.191 Description: Individual Records Noncompliance Area: An individual record was not established for facility person #1. Correction Required: An individual record is required for each facility person. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) File was retrieved from primary facility location and a copy made for this site. |
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| 2025-11-04 | Renewal | 3270.75(b) - Inaccessible to children | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.75(b) Description: Inaccessible to children Noncompliance Area: On 11/10/25 observed a first-aid kit on top of an approximately 3-foot bookcase located in the closet of the Sensory Room which was accessible to children. Correction Required: A first-aid kit must be inaccessible to children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The first aid kit in question was located in a closet which is covered by a set of double sliding doors. the door to said closet was blocked by a large "crash pad" that is approximately 25 pounds and would have had to of been moved out of the way then the closet operated and opened by a child to access the first aid kit. This first aid kid has always been in this closet, on this shelf. However, the first aid kit has now been relocated to the top shelf of said closet as an extra measure of safety and inaccessibility and a sign was added indicating where the first aid kid should be stored. |
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| 2025-11-04 | Renewal | 3270.82(i) - Lidded waste receptacles | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.82(i) Description: Lidded waste receptacles Noncompliance Area: On 11/10/25 the toilet and sink areas of the two bathrooms located in the School-Age Classroom lacked clean, lidded waste receptacles. Correction Required: A toilet area, training chair area, diapering area and sink area shall be equipped with a clean, lidded waste receptacle. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The trash bins were replaced with lidded bins. |
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| 2025-10-15 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.166(5) - Six-months-old held | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.166(5) Description: Six-months-old held Noncompliance Area: At approximately 12:05 PM Certification Staff observed Staff #1 feeding an infant less than 6 months of age a bottle while the infant was strapped in a bouncer seat while also holding another infant in his/her arm. Correction Required: An infant 6 months of age or younger shall be held while being bottle fed. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Director did not note the regulatory discrepancy occurring and the licensing representative did not address until we were reviewing the areas of non-compliance so once the licensing representative departed director immediately went downstairs and discussed with the staff person in question. We discussed ways to do this differently or correctly if this were to occur again. |
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| 2025-09-29 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.102(a) - Clean and good repair | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.102(a) Description: Clean and good repair Noncompliance Area: Observed approximately a 4-foot doll house in the School-Age Room which was not anchored creating a potential tipping hazard. Observed a chipped green LEGO base plate and chipped LEGOS in the Preschool Room. Correction Required: Toys, play equipment and other indoor and outdoor equipment used by the children shall be clean, in good repair and free from rough edges, sharp corners, pinch and crush points, splinters and exposed bolts. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The house was immediately removed from the area. It will be secured to the wall when it is returned. The broken legos were immediately removed. |
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| 2025-09-29 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.103 - Small Toys and Objects | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.103 Description: Small Toys and Objects Noncompliance Area: Observed plastic bags in the top drawer labeled "grocery bags" in the Older Toddler Room which were accessible to children who are still placing objects in their mouths. Observed garbage bags in the bottom drawer labeled "garbage bags" in the Older Toddler Room which were accessible to children who are still placing objects in their mouths. Correction Required: Toys and objects with a diameter of less than 1 inch, objects with removable parts that have a diameter of less than 1 inch, plastic bags and styrofoam objects may not be accessible to children who are still placing objects in their mouths. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The drawer was observed to have broken at time of inspection and the piece to the drawer was retrieved. Director immediately removed the plastic bag from this drawer. |
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| 2025-09-29 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.166(4) - Bottles labeled | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.166(4) Description: Bottles labeled Noncompliance Area: Observed a bottle not labeled with the child's name in the Infant Room. Correction Required: Disposable nursers and bottles shall be labeled with the child's name. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The bottle in question had come in with the child minutes before the licensing rep entered the room. The staff person had not had the chance to label it yet due to this but was aware that the bottle needed to have a label added. Staff immediately placed a label on the bottle. |
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| 2025-09-29 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.66(a) - Locked or inaccessible | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.66(a) Description: Locked or inaccessible Noncompliance Area: Observed Claire Disinfectant Spray Q Lemon Scent which indicated "keep out of the reach of children" in the bottom drawer labeled "garbage bags" in the Older Toddler Room which was accessible to children. Observed Dove Deodorant which indicated "keep out of the reach of children" in the bottom drawer of the bathroom vanity in the Older Toddler Room which was accessible to children. 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.) The drawer was observed to have broken at time of inspection and the piece to the drawer was retrieved. Director immediately removed the disinfectant spray from this drawer. The deodorant was also removed from the bathroom, which is locked at all times unless in use by children which is only used at the discretion and direction of staff, under staff supervision. |
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| 2025-09-29 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.69(b) - 110º F or less | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.69(b) Description: 110º F or less Noncompliance Area: The hot water temperature at the bathroom sink in the Older Toddler Room was 130° F Correction Required: Hot water temperature, in areas accessible to children, may not exceed 110° F. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The hot water was turned off at the source- staff had been using the sink to clean toys before opening and turned on the hot water. The water was immediately turned back off in the bathroom which is locked at all times unless in use by children which is only used at the discretion and direction of staff, under staff supervision. |
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| 2025-04-30 | Change in Location Capacity | 3270.102(a) - Clean and good repair | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.102(a) Description: Clean and good repair Noncompliance Area: Observed a dollhouse approximately 4 feet high in the School-Age Classroom which was not anchored creating a potential tipping hazard. Correction Required: Toys, play equipment and other indoor and outdoor equipment used by the children shall be clean, in good repair and free from rough edges, sharp corners, pinch and crush points, splinters and exposed bolts. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The dollhouse was anchored while certification staff was onsite. |
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| 2025-04-30 | Change in Location Capacity | 3270.65 - Protective Outlet Covers 5 yrs. or less | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.65 Description: Protective Outlet Covers 5 yrs. or less Noncompliance Area: Observed an electrical outlet which lacked a protective receptacle cover in the 2nd cabinet to the left of the kitchen door in the School-Age Classroom. Correction Required: Protective receptacle covers shall be placed in electrical outlets accessible to children 5 years of age or younger. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Outlet cover was replaced while certification staff was onsite. |
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