Golden Star Learning Academy

Of the eight children's records evaluated, one lacked the phone number for a person that can pick up the child. This was corrected at inspection.

A caregiver is placing toddler age children in time out for 5 minutes. Time out is limited to one minute of the child's age.

Of the six personnel records evaluated, all lacked documentation that a copy of the operational policies were received,

Of the eight children's records evaluated,, three lacked the admission date. This was corrected at inspection.

Children are not going outside twice a day weather permitting. Infants are required to go outside at least once a day as well.

The operational policies is lacking the following information: 1. Promotion of outdoor and physical activity 2. Staff vaccination policy

Of the six personnel records evaluated, three lacked documentation of how they meet the education requirements.

The director and van driver are not current with their transportation safety training. This course must be completed annually.

Staff do not have current CPR training. All staff completed CPR training on-line. CPR training can't be completed on-line, it must be an in-person training.

The director did not complete 30 clock hours of annual training for the June 2020-June 2021 training year.

Of the eight children's records evaluated, four lacked the address for the emergency contact. This was corrected at inspection.

Four staff did not complete the 24 clock hours of annual training as required for their respective training year.

A list of current employees is not posted.

Of the six personnel records evalauted, all lacked a hire date.

Of the eight personnel records evaluated, five did not complete 24 clock hours of pre-service training.

Cleaning supplies such as cans of Lysol and containers of disinfecting wipes were accessible to children in care. This was corrected at inspection.

A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required.

During the follow up inspection, there is still broken fences, and active ant beds.

The caregiiver in the pre-k room did not know the ages of the children he was caring for and did not have a list of children.

There is no documentation showing the smoke detector had been tested,

Both classrooms did not have adequate lighting during naptime. I had to adjust my eyes as I walked through the room and could not see the children laying down. This was corrected when the lights were turned on.

The front area where the children are playing does not have a 4 feet gate surrounding it and is near a main street.

Three infants were observed sleeping a crib with blankets covering them.

The last fire inspection was conducted on 3/6/2020 and has expired.

The alley that leads to the outdoor play area is not safe and there are many hazards that are exposed to the children. The alley is a long distance from the actual operation to the playground.

The outdoor play area is inhabitable. The grass is tall, there is trap filled with water, broken fences, and play equipment that is broken and rusted.

A caregiver in the pre-k classroom was not present in the room while the children were taking a nap.

Two infants were observed sleeping in a bouncer that was placed inside of a crib. The infants did not have a sleep exemption form. This was corrected when the infants were removed from the bouncer.

There is no documentation showing the carbon monoxide detector had been tested.