Description: STEPPING STONES ACADEMY is a Child Care Center in TAHLEQUAH OK, with a maximum capacity of 45 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 - 11 Months, 12 - 23 Months, 2 Years, 3 Years, 4 Years, 5 Years. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information: Rated 2 Stars.Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Date | Type/Purpose | Corrections |
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| 2026-04-23 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: Licensing observed a teacher, counted in ratios, leave a classroom to let a parent in the door, which put the classroom out of ratio. | ||
| 2026-03-06 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed | ||
| 2025-11-17 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed | ||
| 2025-11-10 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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Description:
Licensing did not receive one employees personnel information form within two weeks of employment. Licensing observed a climbing apparatus with a fall height over four feet tall that had less than 6 inches of impact material underneath. |
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| 2025-11-03 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed | ||
| 2025-07-08 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed | ||
| 2025-03-12 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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Description:
One trash container observed in the toddler room with soiled training pants/diapers did not have a lid on it. CCLS observed mouse droppings in the kitchen cabinets where food and dishes are stored. Program Director has not been present for the past 6 monitoring visits that were complete by both OK Child Care Services and Cherokee Nation Licensing. The monitoring visits where Ms. Tracy has not been present include 8/1/23, 12/15/23, 4/16/24, 7/19/24, 11/5/24, and 11/19/24. |
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| 2024-11-19 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed | ||
| 2024-11-05 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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Description:
The compliance file only contained monitoring summaries from 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2019. No monitoring summaries were found for 2024. One staff member employed since 2/13/2020 has completed the same trainings every year to obtain her 20 hours. |
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| 2024-07-19 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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Description:
CCLS observed a child crying in a chair in the toddler room without any interaction from teachers for at least 5 minutes. Toddler room is not well-equipped and needs to have more toys added to interest areas. Plastic sand bucket broken on the playground with sharp points. |
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| 2024-04-16 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed | ||
| 2023-12-15 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed | ||
| 2023-08-16 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed | ||
| 2023-08-16 | 340:110-3-281.4(b)(2) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Per the Notice to Comply dated 10-04-23: The Program had been sending the Daily Reports for Infants & One Year-Olds via text message due to COVID. The Program will return to paper daily reports. |
| Description: Additional Non-Compliance Found During Investigation: Records-Parents were not provided a daily report for their children (ages one year & younger). | ||
| 2023-08-01 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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Description:
Two staff employed over 12 months have expired OK-PDLs. One staff employed over 90 days has not completed ELCCT. One staff has not completed the required amount of training hours. |
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