Star Kiddos Child Care Center

The use zones for the slide is less than six feet required.

The toddler playground equipment does not have the required amount of loose fill of 6 inches,

The use zones for the slide is less than six feet required.

2 out of 3 infants did not have their feeding instructions signed or dated by the parent.

In the infant room, there is no chair or rocking chair available in the area.

There was no current fire inspection available for viewing. The last fire marshal inspection was on 6/16/2022.

Walkthrough was not made throughout the vehicle, to ensure all children were drop off at school.

Operation did not notify parents of child being left on the school bus.

The bus driver did not ensure and verify all children were accounted for when dropping off the children at school and as result a child was left on the bus.

The Safety Alarm on bus was turned off.

The food menu differed from the one posted at the operation. Note: The director corrected it at inspection time.

The operation does not have a current annual fire inspection since 10/21/2020.

The operation does not have a current annual sanitation inspection since 04/01/2020.

Ten children files were review. Nine of the ten children files do not have a statement of the child health from a medical professional.

A child was seen running out of the classroom by himself to the director office.

One child was observe playing a video game name Fornite on their hand-held device.

One operational staff was observed texting a family member during the inspection.

A child can be seen leaving the classroom without proper adult supervision.

The operational staff do not have the required annual training clock hours for guidance and discipline.

An operational staff is seen grabbing a child wrist during an argument.

An operational staff can be seen mimicking a child behavior during an argument.

During the interview an operational staff stated that she use food as a bargain chip in order to get the children to compiling the center.

Six employee files were reviewed. There were no complete files to review. Six of the files did not have documentation of graduating high school or its equivalent. One of the files did not have an affidavit. Four of the files did not have acknowledgment of receiving a copy of the center policies. Three of the files did not have acknowledgment of receiving a copy of the personnel policies. Two of the five files did not have a copy of an ID or driver's license. Three of the five files did not have documented orientation.

Eight children's files were reviewed. None of the files were complete. Four of the files did not have documented immunizations. One of the files did not have an admission date. Three of the files did not have home addresses listed. Two of the files did not have emergency contact information completed. Five of the files did not have the transportation question answered. Four of the files did not have the field trip question answered. Two of the files did not have doctor statement or documentation from the parent stating the child is healthy. Eight of the files did not have emergency care authorization forms completed. Four of the files did not have documented immunization records to review. Six of the files did not have documentation that the operation policies were received by the parents.

A child was observed in a chair with straps and the straps were not fastened. This was corrected at inspection.

The caregiver did not know the number of children in the classroom.

The infant room had 2 written feeding instructions that have not been updated. One of the forms was last updated in January 2021 and another had not been updated since April 2021.

The operation allowed a caregiver to have direct access to children in care prior to receiving a background check determination of Eligible, Provisional Eligibility with Conditions, or Eligible with Conditions. The background check has been entered and the fingerprints have been completed. The operation has not received an eligible email for the caregiver.

A child was in the crib with a pillow. This was corrected in inspection.

The nap room caregiver did not know the ages of the children. They had access to the information but did not utilize it.

The two classrooms did not have adequate lighting in the room during naptime. This was corrected at inspection.

A child was observed asleep with a propped bottle in a restrictive device.

Classrooms were observed to be out of ratio.. This was corrected at inspection when an additional caregiver went into the classroom.

A child was observed sitting in a restrictive device while being fed.

A child was observed being fed with a propped bottle. This was corrected at inspection.

Two classroom caregivers in two different classes did not know the age of the children. They had access to the information but did not utilize it.

The class was not in ratio. This was corrected at inspection when an additional caregiver went in the classroom.

A child was in the classroom alone while the classroom was outside with the caregiver. The child was unsupervised. Four after school children arrived and walked to the classroom without a caregiver. The children were in the classroom alone for five minutes.

The caregiver with 25 children in her care was not aware of the ages of all the children in her care. She did not have access to any documentation with the names and ages of the children.

Five employee files were reviewed. There were no complete files to review. Three of the five did not have a begin date. Two of the five did not have documentation of graduating high school or its equivalent. One of the five files did not an affidavit. One of the five files did not have acknowledgement of receiving a copy of the center policies. One of the five files did not have a copy of an ID or driver's license. Two of the five files did not have documented orientation.

There was one caregiver to 25 children with a specified age group of 3. The class was out of ratio.

Eight children's files were reviewed. None of the files were complete.Eight of the files did not have documented immunizations. Eight of the files did not have health statements or documentation from the parent stating the child is healthy. One of the eight files did not have release information documented. One of the eight files did not have health care information documented. Eight of the files did not have emergency care authorization forms completed.

The caregiver was not aware that she had 25 children in her care. She stated that she had 24 children in her care.