Cadence Academy

At time of inspection, operations last fire inspection was conducted on 11.4.24 that required corrections made and have not been completed.

Caregivers exhibited lack of judgement by failing to notify the parents and their administration of a child that exhibited and expressed signs of being injured. The child had been intermittently crying for from 850AM until 5PM . The child was later diagnosed with a dislocated and fractured finger.

Throughout the investigation, it was noted that caregivers did not assess the child when they were crying and holding their arm.

Throughout the investigation, it was noted that a toddler displayed signs of a possible injured finger. The child cried intermittently through out the day about their finger. The caregivers did not notify the parent of the injury. The child had a dislocated and fractured finger.

Three out of ten staff files reviewed were missing training over handling and storing of hazardous materials training.

A trash can in the Pre-School 1 classroom that had diapers in it did not have a lid making it accessible to children. This was CORRECTED AT INSPECTION when the trashcan was replaced with a new one that has a lid.

A child was on a device called the "spinning dummy" with another child and caregiver was not nearby for supervision.

There are concerns in regard to a caregiver's tone and yelling when addressing children in her care.

The operation failed to submit a background check for a governing body designee tasked with overseeing day-to-day operations as the regional manager of the LLC that owns the operation.

Operations school-aged playground chain link was not properly secured in which allowed a child to exit the play area.

During inspection it was observed one out of the three buses used at operation, a seatbelt was not working.

Operation failed to report to licensing that a child was left unsupervised for around five minutes in the playground in the older toddlers classroom.

During the investigation, it was verified a 20-month-old child was left unsupervised in the playground on 6.13.23.

During the investigation, it was verified that on 6.13.23 caregivers did not conduct a name-to-face count in a toddler class verifying all children were present when they noticed the class back door open.

During the investigation, it was determined caregivers have not worn seat belts as required when transporting children in care.

During the investigation, it was determined children have not worn seat belts as required when transporting in operations buses.

At the time of inspection the caregiver in the infant and toddler room did not know how many children were in her care. She stated there were 8 children in her care when there were 9 in infant room and in toddler room she stated 16 and there were 17. The director corrected it during inspection by recounting children and rooster making sure all children were accounted for.