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Hello,
My name is Tyra Thomas and I'm very excited to introduce myself. I've been serving the Howard county community for over 16 years, providing exceptional child care services to families. If you're looking for a place for your child/children to grow, play and learn feel free to schedule your tour today!
Feel free to take a sneak peak on FB:"Tyra's daycare" to see why my kids are excited to come to daycare everyday!
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-25 | Mandatory Review | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2023-01-18 | Full | 13A.15.03.05C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: LS was not notified that Terry Wilson is no longer a resident of the child care home - corrected during inspection | |||
| 2023-01-18 | Full | 13A.15.06.02B(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: LS did not observe COVID training for substitutes Veronique Duvivier and Brittany Conaway - send certificates to OCC | |||
| 2023-01-18 | Full | 13A.15.06.02D(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: LS did not observe current CPR and First Aid - send copies of cards when complete | |||
| 2022-01-18 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.03.04A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: LS observed 2 emergency cards that need updating - RG and HB - update and notify OCC | |||
| 2021-01-07 | Full | 13A.15.06.02B(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: LS noted 2 hours of training for the March 1, 2019 to February 28, 2020 year from the prior inspection - 10 hours of training needed for the year March 1, 2019 to February 28, 2020 and 12 hours are needed for the year March 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021 - submit certificates to OCC | |||
| 2021-01-07 | Full | 13A.15.06.02D(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Track all training on a Professional Development Plan - submit to OCC by February 28, 2021 | |||
| 2021-01-07 | Full | 13A.15.10.01A(4) | Corrected |
| Findings: LS did not observe the Emergency and Disaster Plan updated - update plan, sign and date and submit a copy to OCC | |||
| 2020-05-26 | Other | 13A.15.03.04A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: Updates needed for 2 emergency cards - update and notify OCC | |||
| 2020-01-10 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.03.04A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: Specialist observed no evidence of one emergency card being updated annually as required. Provider shall have updated and send a letter of correction. | |||
| 2020-01-10 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.03.04A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Specialist observed no evidence of the physician's information on an emergency card for 1 child enrolled. Provider shall have parent complete and send a letter of correction. | |||
| 2019-02-19 | Full | 13A.15.09.01B(6) | Corrected |
| Findings: No evidence of policy. Submit a copy of the policy to the OCC and a written statement when policy has been given to each enrolled child's parent and a copy is retained on file. | |||
| 2019-02-19 | Full | 13A.15.03.03A | Corrected |
| Findings: No evidence of pet presence in the written agreement. Submit written statement when agreement has been revised. | |||
| 2019-02-19 | Full | 13A.15.10.01A(4) | Corrected |
| Findings: No evidence of plan for review. Submit written statement when plan has been located and updated. | |||
| 2019-02-19 | Full | 13A.15.10.01A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: No evidence of emergency and disaster drills practiced with children. Submit written statement ensuring compliance. | |||
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I enrolled our child with Tyra. She agreed to take him even though he is in virtual school and needs special care. He is in special education and needs lots of reinforcement. Tyra did not log my son in for all his classes. ( his teacher told me) she also did not help him do his assignments or have him log in to do them. She obviously didn’t have the time to help him. When I asked her if she could make sure he logs in she rudely answered me that she has been Logging him in, but his teacher takes Attendance..There was no math work done. She also failed to tell me she was taking every Friday off for 6 weeks. She told me the First Friday morning I was going to bring him in. She claims because I was off on Fridays that I didn’t want to take care of my son( very rude.)Clearly this lady is unprofessional and doesn’t care about her parents. Her home smells of toxic glade chemicals which are very bad for growing children to smell constantly. I would not recommend her.
My wife and I are both essential workers; she is a nurse at an assisted living facility and I work for a company that supports critical infrastructure sectors. We registered our then unborn daughter with Tyra back in January, securing her place with a registration fee/deposit, and we were glad we did when everything started shutting down due to the pandemic. My wife contacted Tyra shortly after the shutdown began, and she assured her that she was open to care for the children of essential employees. My wife again contacted Tyra about two weeks before she was due to return to work, and Tyra again said she would be able to take our daughter, although she was having some trouble getting her money from the state grant program that was set up to pay childcare providers. I thought it was odd that she would mention that, as it had nothing to do with us, but did not think much of it. My wife is due back to work on 5/21. She emailed Tyra last week inquiring about what supplies we needed to bring before baby's first day and to make sure everything was still good, and she heard nothing back. She being the type of person that does not like to bother anybody assumed Tyra was busy and would get back to her. I convinced her to get back up with Tyra yesterday, three days before she was due back to work, and Tyra for no valid reason whatsoever told her that she was not taking our daughter after all but would be willing to accept her in a month when she knew we could pay her since the state grant had only paid her one time. This after repeatedly saying everything was okay. Now my wife may lose her job if they do not have an alternative night shift for her to work because we were left without childcare--childcare that we registered for almost five months ago. It seems that Tyra does not care about the families whatsoever and only cares about the money. She has dropped a bomb into two essential workers' lives and has no remorse whatsoever. Avoid this heartless person.
There are so many awesome things I can say about this provider! The list would be entirely too long. To all the parents looking for the best quality and loving care for your child, this is the home daycare you’ll need. Being a parent , it’s stressful when it comes to leaving your child with another person . You want your child to be treated as you would , and provide the best of everything . Tyra ,has done just that for my family . Going on three years , and she’s provided nothing but the best . The center is clean, she works by the books and most importantly loves our children as her own . It’s giving me so much peace to know that I trust my children’s life in her care . Thank you for being the amazing provider that you are , and for always trusting us to work with you . Thank you for calming my fears as a parent, thank you for always listening to your parents needs and wants. Thank you for loving my babies the way you do and I appreciate you always! If I could give this 10 stars , I would . I’m a happy parent every time I do drop offs and pick ups .