Pinnacle Montessori Academy of Alamo Ranch

Bolts were observed to be protruding from the PVC pipe that utilized as a barrier. Chicken wire was observed to be on the ground on the playground.

A nine month old infant, who does not walk, was observed to be utilizing a cot for napping.

An investigation revealed that caregivers were utilizing personnel devices, such as cell phones, for non-job-related activities, including viewing camera footage and sending text messages.

It was determined in an investigation that a caregiver was using prohibited punishment by yelling at children as a form of discipline.

Operation did not have a Sleep Exception Form completed for the two month old infant observed asleep in a restrictive device.

The electronic child safety alarm was observed not functioning in one of the operation's vans used to transport the children in care.

Loose fill observed by the slides on the playground did not meet the required 6 inches of dept.

The operation did not obtain a fire inspection within the last 12 months.

The automatic door closer that is meant to close classrooms doors was not working properly in room 112.

During the course of this investigation, it was determined that supervision was not appropriate when a 14 month old child was able to leave a classroom unattended. Caregivers were unaware the child left until the child was brought back 5-7 minutes after the child exited the classroom.

While viewing video for an investigation, a caregiver was observed not washing her hands after changing a child's diaper.

While viewing video for an investigation, a child was observed to not have their hands washed after a diaper change.

A cot was observed to be leaned up against the backdoor of the classroom, blocking its use as a fire exit. Note this was CORRECTED AT INSPECTION when the cot was moved.

A bottle of Lysol was observed on a shelf in the bathroom that was within children's reach. This was CORRECTED AT INSPECTION when the Lysol was moved to a high shelf.

A parent was not notified of a situation that placed their child at risk until the day after the incident.

A child was left unsupervised.

The electronic child safety alarm was observed not functioning in one of the operation's vans used to transport the children in care.

A four year old child was left unsperviseed in the classroom for six minutes.

The operation did not have a current fire inspection.

Based upon information gathered and interviews conducted the incident report wasn't signed or a copy provided to the parent until after 48 hours of the incident occurring. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection.

Based upon information gathered and interviews conducted this incident was reported to Licensing more than two days after the incident occurring.

Based upon information gathered, surveillance and interviews conducted supervision was determined to have occurred when a child left the classroom to go into the gym unsupervised.

Two of the four incident reports were unavailable for review. NOTE: One of the two incident reports was corrected at inspection.

Two of the four children incident reports were not shared with the parents. NOTE: One of the two was corrected at inspection.

Based upon information gathered, surveillance and interviews conducted inadequate supervision was determined to have occurred when children were left on the playground unsupervised as the caregiver went back into the classroom. In addition to several children running outside the classroom door into the playground unsupervised to get water bottles.

There was a slide on the Pre-K playground that had half of the screws missing making the slide not secured in place. Note: This was corrected at in inspection when the operation's maintenance personnel applied the screws to secure the slide in place.

In the course of this investigation, information gathered determined a lack of judgment by staff to immediately notify the parent of a child in distress. Parent was contacted approximately two hours after staff observed the child limping.

A child was not adequately supervised on the playground. They were able to leave their playground and reach a different one on the other side of the daycare and caregivers were not aware until the child was brought back by the director.

It was determined that the operation failed to adequately supervise a child in care when they left the child on the playground for approximately 2 minutes by themself when the group returned to their classroom.

Based on information gathered, a caregiver whose background check is provisionally eligible with conditions was left alone with children in a classroom. This was corrected when a caregiver with an eligible background check returned to the classroom.

Based on information gathered, two caregivers did not use good judgement when it was decided to take an infant who was experiencing symptoms of allergic reaction to the child's relative who is an employee at the center versus following operational procedures and specific emergency instructions on the child's food allergy emergency plan such as immediately calling 911, administering epi-pen, keeping child warm, and avoiding unnecessary movement. Caregivers did not use good judgement when a known food allergen was served in an infant classroom where an infant with that specific diagnosed food allergy was present. Although food wasn't directly served to the infant, the infant was sitting at a table with other children eating the food allergen. Shortly after, the child started experiencing symptoms an allergic reaction.

A child's hands were not washed after diaper changing. Note: This was corrected at inspection as the caregiver washed the child's hands.

A Lysol and a pink disinfect bottle were observed accessible to the children in care as it was located on a top of a child's height bookshelf within their reach. Note: This was corrected at inspection as the caregiver moved the disinfectant bottles to a high shelf.

The operation staff did not generate an incident report at the time a three year old child placed a piece of dissolvable disinfectant tablet in their mouth while in care.

Caregiver did not exercise good judgment when failing to ensure the disinfectant tablet completely dissolved in the water before allowing children to use it, resulting in a three year old placing a small piece of the tablet in their mouth for a couple of seconds.

The operation staff did not report a situation where a child was placed at risk. The operation staff did not report an incident where a three year old placed a small piece of a disinfectant dissolvable tablet in their mouth while in care that required a call to poison control.

The lack of supervision enabled two children to display inappropriate sexual behavior on each other while on the playground.

Based on the information obtained for this investigation, the director failed to communicate truthfully with the parents and attempted to withheld information on two children who had physical contact with each other while on the playground. Director did not follow up with staff to collect more information on the incident. Director failed to notify licensing on the incident and neglected to create an incident report.

The operation failed to create an incident report on the specific date and time the incident occurred with two children on the playground.

The operation failed to notify licensing on an incident that happen on the playground with two children.

The parents of two children involved with an incident on the playground regarding child-on-child contact were not properly informed.

A toddler walked behind the building from the toddler playground to the preschool playground unsupervised. The toddler was on the preschool playground for approximately less then five minutes unsupervised.

The operation failed to notified licensing on a toddler who wandered off to the preschool playground and was on the play structure that is not age appropriate.

Information gathered for this investigation determined a licensing incident report was not created for the child who was found unsupervised on the preschool playground.

Information gathered for this investigation determined an incident report was not shared with the parent when a child was found unsupervised in the pre-school playground.

Information gathered for this investigation based on footage determined one staff was sweeping the play structure platform while the other staff was walking around the playground holding a cell phone and glancing at it when the toddler was observed walking away from the play area.

A caregiver was observed out of ratio when observed caring for 18 children. The three year old ratio is 1 to 15. Note: This was corrected it at inspection as another caregiver stepped in the classroom.

The plastic steps on the playscape were observed broken as gaps were seen where children stepped on to them.

The wooden fence observed dividing the playground space is not in good repair with many wooden boards missing and gates not properly attached to the wooden beams.

Hazards were not removed or repaired promptly after noticing the hazards during their required active play inspections.

Nails were observed protruding from the broken wooden fences that divides the playground spaces.

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.

The operation did not report two positive COVID cases to Child Care Regulation within 48 hours

Wax burners were observed in two classrooms. Only one class had it plugged in with hot liquid that was accessible to children. This was corrected at inspection when the caregivers agreed to remove the wax burners from the classroom.

The loose-fill surfacing in both playgrounds measured less than 3 inches in depth. Director stated mulch has been ordered and will be installed by the end of the month.

At least two classrooms had a plugged in wax burner with hot liquid that was accessible to children.

Three caregivers do not have current pediatric CPR and First Aid training.