Description: The Valley School, Inc. is a Licensed Child Care Center in Ijamsville MD, with a maximum capacity of 155 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 weeks through 17 months, 18 months through 23 months, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 5 years to 15 years. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-19 | Mandatory Review | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2022-12-14 | Conversion | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2022-08-15 | Other | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2022-03-28 | Complaint | 13A.16.03.05A | Corrected |
| Findings: A full, up to date personnel list was not available at the time of the visit. Director will send LS an up to date personnel list within one week and it will be kept on site at all times. | |||
| 2022-03-28 | Complaint | 13A.16.03.05B | Corrected |
| Findings: Several classrooms had outdated staffing patterns posted. Director will ensure these are up to date in each room and will email LS staffing patterns within 5 days. | |||
| 2022-03-28 | Complaint | 13A.16.03.06A(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: There are several staff who are no longer employed at the center and LS was not informed within 5 days of their leaving. This was discussed on site and LS filled out a 1203A with end dates to delete these staff. Moving forward, director will ensure staff deletes are sent to LS within 5 days per regulations. | |||
| 2022-03-28 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.06C | Corrected |
| Findings: At the time of the visit, there were two staff working together in the Alpacas room who had not yet been cleared by OCC. During the visit, they were cleared by OCC staff, so this was corrected. | |||
| 2022-03-28 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: The Alpacas room has two new staff members working, neither of whom have been qualified by OCC yet, so at the time of the visit, there was no qualified teacher in this room. At the time of the visit, the Rams 9 room had an aide alone with the children. Upon interviewing staff, it was also reported that the staff in the Piglets room break each other, leaving the group with no infant toddler teacher and out of ratio. A new staff person who has not yet been qualified by OCC started today in the Piglets room as well. Staff reported that Rabbits 5 had an aide alone in the afternoons. New staffing patterns for these rooms will be sent to LS within 5 days for review, showing how this is being corrected. | |||
| 2022-03-28 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.03A | Corrected |
| Findings: At the time of the visit, there was an aide in the Rams 9 room with school age children. Director will send a staffing pattern to show a qualified teacher in charge of this room. | |||
| 2022-02-14 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.05B | Corrected |
| Findings: Several classrooms had outdated staffing patterns posted. Director will ensure all classrooms have posted current staffing patterns and submit corrections to LS within 5 days. | |||
| 2021-08-09 | Mandatory Review | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
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