Alphabetz Montessori Culebra LLC

Child Care Regulation was not notified of an incident where a two year old child was left unsupervised for one minute.

Caregivers failed to conduct their routine name to face checks when transitioning their class from the playground to the classroom, which resulted in a 2 year old child being left unsupervised on the playground for one mintue.

Operation failed to report a situation to parents where a two year old child was left unsupervised for one minute.

An Incident report was not generated for an incident that involved a two year old child being left unsupervised on the playground.

The complex knots created on the ribbon used as a locking mechanism prevents the gate that leads into an outdoor activity from being opened immediately in the event of an emergency.

The flexible baseboard was observed detached from the bottom of the wall causing the paint to chip off.

A signed incident reports is still not available for review.

The operation was still not able to provide an incident report when asked by this inspector.

A caregiver did not know how many children they were responsible for causing a four-year-old child to be left unsupervised for 49 seconds.

A four year old child was left unsupervised in the classroom for 49 seconds.

The operation was not able to provide an incident report when asked by this inspector.

A signed incident report was not available for review.

Two classrooms had trash container with soiled diapers without a trash lid making the contents accessible to children.

A caregiver was observed in the Pre-K2 classroom interacting with children and did not have an active background check. Corrected at inspection: The person was asked by the director to leave the operation until the background check cleared.

A caregiver miscounted the number of children in her care and left a child in the bathroom for 7 seconds unsupervised.

The operation failed to provide the parents with an incident report when their child was left unsupervised.

A child was left unsupervised for 7 seconds when the classroom transition from inside to the playground.

The operation did not fill out an incident report for a child left unsupervised.

The parents were not notified of a situation placing their child at risk until the following day.

A three year old child was left unsupervised for undetermined amount of time ranging from five to forty minutes.

Operation failed to report a situation to parents where a three year old child was left unsupervised for undetermined amount of time ranging from five to forty minutes.

A caregiver did not exercise good judgement when failing to notify management of a child missing resulting in a three year old child being left unsupervised for an undetermined amount of time on the playground.

An Incident report was not generated for an incident that involved a three year old child being left unsupervised on a playground.

Caregivers failed to conduct their routine name to face checks when transitioning their class from the playground to the classroom, which resulted in a 3 year old being left outside unattended.

Operation failed to report to Child Care Reguation a situation where a three year old child was left unsupervised for an undetermined amount of time ranging from five to forty minutes.

During the course of the investigation it was determined that the director did not question staff about a child being left unattended on the playground. The director also did not make a self-report to licensing and she did not notify the parents that their child was placed at risk.

Two staff did not have current First Aid training.

Paint was observed chipping of the wall in one of the children's restrooms.

Two out of the ten staff files reviewed during inspection did not have current transportation training.

Based on the information gathered, a child was left unsupervised on the playground for approximately 35 seconds. Note: Caregiver was reprimanded.

Based on information gathered, parent was not informed immediately that child was left unsupervised on the playground.

The center did not share the incident report with parent within 48 hours of when the incident was reported to the center.

The operation did not have a current fire inspection.

Based on the investigation, there is sufficient evidence to state the walls are not in good repair as the paint was observed chipping in several of the children's restrooms.

It was determined that the caregiver forcefully picked up the child by the arm an sat the child down. The caregiver proceeded to put their face in the child's face and point a finger at the child.

It was determined that a caregiver hit the child on the legs as a form of discipline.

The emergency evacuation and relocation did not have the designated location inside the operation were children and staff take shelter from threatening weather.

The operation has not had a fire inspection conducted annually.

The lighting in the two year old classroom was not adequate. Note: This was corrected at inspection as the director turned on the light located in classroom's restroom.

A child's hands were not observed wash after a diaper change. Note: This was corrected at inspection as the child's hands were washed during inspection.

The operation did not inform the parent at pick up that their child had sustained an injury while in care.

The operation is not conducting monthly checks of all smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

Fire extinguishers are not being inspected monthly. The fire extinguisher in bus that transports children is due for service.

Two chlldren have a known food allergy although there is no food allergy plan on file.

Two of ten children's records lacked an immunization record on file.

Four infant written feeding schedules were not updated every 30 days.

Due to recent heavy rain there is an area of soil that has been depleted on the far corner causing a drop from the leveled ground located near the pre-school/after-school playground. (Note: children are not allowed in this area of the outdoor play area.)

The prospective pre-school/school age playground fence has a 6 inch gap.

There were small screws and brackets on top of the 18 month- 3 year old playground plat form. Corrected at time of inspection whent the director removed the screws and brackets from the playground platform. There are several high weeds in the prospective toddler classroom.