Kings Kids Academy

The operation was unable to provide records of a child.

A caregiver threatened a child in care with corporal punishment and pushed another child in care.

Fire drills are to be conducted monthly. The most recent fire drill was conducted in February.

There are infant feeding instructions but there is no date provided to ensure when it was provided along with lacking a signature from the parent.

Upon review of children's records, three children files did not have an emergency contact address stated on record.

Upon review of children's records, a child's records observed to not have emergency medical information available.

This standard was evaluated in regards to a report and determined deficient. A ten year old child was riding in the front passenger seat during afternoon transportation on at least two occasions.

This standard was evaluated in regards to a report and found deficient. The director and one staff member did not have current transportation training prior to transporting children to and from school.

Five booster seat systems used while transporting children have expired.

This standard was evaluated in regards to an investigation. The permit holder was not ensuring the minimum standards were being followed and ensuring staff were transporting children appropriately or in a safe manner according to the law.

Four children between the ages of 4 and 7 years old and under 4 feet and 9 inches were transported with out a booster seat. The children were observed only wearing a seat belt.

Three caregivers did not have documentation of orientation training with in 7 days of employment.

All staff currently employed did not have current pediatric CPR training.

Six staff members did not have 24 hours of required training hours available for review during the inspection for their last training year. Two caregivers in the infant classroom did not have current SIDS, Shaken Baby and Brain development training.

During the inspection it was determined only one fire drill has been conducted during 2021.

The emergency preparedness plan did not state how staff will continue to care for children when relocating in an emergency and waiting on parents to arrive.

All staff currently employed did not have current First Aid training.

The carbon monoxide detector was not in working order at the time of inspection. This was corrected during the inspection when new batteries were installed and documented.

The director did not have 30 training hours on file for her previous training year.

The director is not ensuring the operation has maintained compliance with the minimum standards, as demonstrated by 21 deficiencies cited during the inspection. Some examples include: The director created training records for staff members when the training had not been conducted. Emergency drill documentation had been completed and staff members could only recall one fire drill being conducted this year. Safety hazards were observed through out the building while children were in care. All caregivers present caring for children did not have current pediatric CPR and first aid.

A television was observed not anchored on a cabinet in the infant classroom. This was corrected when the television was removed from the classroom.

The loose fill in the use zones of required equipment measured less than one inch during the inspection. Pea gravel was observed on the playground in the use zones and require 6 inches of loose fill based on the height of the highest platform of 5 feet.

Three out of ten children immunization records on file were not up to date based on the child's age.

During the inspection a door was observed leaning on the wall in the hallway and not secured on the hinges. A construction saw with a blade present was observed sitting on the playground along with construction debris. There was a panel of the fence missing from the playground area causing an open space. The sink in the kitchen was observed with rust around the handle to turn on and off the water. Electrical outlets were observed with masking tape over the holes of the outlets. This was corrected during the inspection when plastic outlet covers were replaced.

The emergency preparedness plan did not state how the staff will reunify the children with their parents after the lock down, relocation or evacuation emergency has been lifted.

The last three months of attendance records for the director were not available for review during the inspection.

School age children were served lunch and were observed eating their lunch without washing hands.

Documentation for severe weather and lock-down drills for 2021 has not been completed.

The person in charge during the director's absence was observed conducting administrative duties such as answering the phones and conducting work in the front office, while also being counted in ratio in the infant classroom. The infant classroom had 6 children present with a specified age group of 12-17 months. A caregiver was using her personal cell phone and looking at social media while supervising a group of school-age children

The use zone for the parallel bars and a climbing structure were overlapping use zones by one foot on the playground. Both pieces of equipment require a six-foot use zone in all directions. A yellow car that requires climbing had one side measuring 2 feet and 10 inches from the playground fence.

One caregiver did not have information showing each child's age in the school age classroom.

Three caregivers did not have documentation of pre service training or exemption based on their years of experience.

The director stated that the operation only provides daily reports to children 12 months and younger. Informed the director that the standard requires this for all infants which means birth to 17 months.