St Marys Child Development Center

There was 1 classroom that was out of ratio. The classroom had 7 children with one caregiver in the room, while the other caregiver was throwing the trash away. The other caregiver came back into the classroom to bring the deficiency into compliance.

It was determined the operation did not notify Child Care Regulation within 48 hours as required. The incident occurred on 3/29/23 and Child Care Regulation was not notified until 4/11/23.

It was determined during the interviews that a caregiver inappropriately disciplined a child by popping the child on the bottom, swatting at his hand and yanking the child off the table.

The operation had not completed/documented a fire drill since February 2021.

There were 4 children observed in a bucket seat that manufacturer required safety straps and the safety straps were not observed to have been put on the chairs in order for the children to be fastened.

There were 7 infants in care that did not have an updated infant feeding instructions on file.

There were 5 caregivers that did not have a high school diploma or equivalent on file available for review.

Two caregivers, in 2 separate classrooms were observed on their cell phones while supervising a group of children during nap time.

It was observed and determined through the investigation, the outdoor play equipment layout does not allow for adequate supervision of children.