Loading
Loading facility…
Pulling inspections, violations, and complaints.
Loading
Pulling inspections, violations, and complaints.
Home › CA › American Canyon › Napa Valley Montessori Learning Center - P/S
120W AMERICAN CANYON ROAD M 11, American Canyon CA 94503 · License #283008069 · Center · Day Care Center
Not published by the state. Owners can add hours via profile claim.
When they operate
Ages served
101226(e)(3)(B) · Health-Related Services (3) Prescription medications may be administered if all of the following conditions are met: (B) For each prescription medication, the licensee shall obtain, in writing, approval and instructions from the child's authorized representative for the administration of the medication to the child.
Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which 3 childrens records (C1 - C3) did not have written approval or instructions from the child's authorized representative on when and how to administer medications which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 12/06/2024
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
101229(a)(1) · (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time …Supervision shall include visual observation.
Director stated they will always have 2 teachers supervising the children at all times. Director also stated they have just recently hired a new teacher. Director stated they are going to have a staff training. LPA gave Director the Active Supervision Toolkit and Active Supervision-at-a-glance handouts for staff and to discuss in detail at the training. Director will email LPA Mohr the date of the training at Melinda.Mohr@dss.ca.gov Based on interviews the licensee failed to ensure staff were providing visual supervision of the children resulting in a child's injury. This poses an immediate Health, Safety or Personal Rights risk to the children in care.
Disposition: Substantiated
Disposition: Unsubstantiated
Disposition: Substantiated
Generated from this facility's specific inspection record
Data synced from California DSS, Community Care Licensing Division on Jul 8, 2026 · Source records · Report an error
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
101216.3(b) · The licensee may use teacher aides in a teacher-child ratio of one teacher and one aide for every 15 children in attendance.
Based on LPA's observation of S1 & S2 left alone to supervise 21 children at 9:27am. This poses/posed a Licensee shall not accept children when the facility is at ratio or would hire additional staff. Licensee shall produce a written statement detailing the exact steps and strategy the facility intends to utilize to ensure and prevent violation of ratio requirements. Licensee shall submit POC to the Department by 03/29/24 via mail, email or fax. potential health, safety and/or personal rights risk to the children in care. Fax: 707-588-5080 Email: Melinda.Mohr@dss.ca.gov
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
101162(a)(1) · Licensees shall reveal each child care center license number in all advertisements in accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 1596.861.
Based on LPA's observation of several brochures and business card the facility used to advertise with the intent of attracting The Licensee shall ensure all documents including the facility website used to advertise shall contain the facility number, and Licensee shall produce a written statement detailing describing the steps the facility would take to comply with the regulation. client(s), however; the brochures and cards did not contain the facility number. This poses a potential health, safety and/or personal rights risk to the children in care. Fax: 707-588-5080 Email: Melinda.Mohr@dss.ca.gov SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Leslie Lepori
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
101170(e)(1) · 101170(e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: (1) Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department S1 stated A1 has a criminal record clearance as of 02/08/2024.
Based on record review and interviews conducted A1was working in the facility without a clearance from 02/01/2024-02/07/2024. This poses a immediate health and safety risk to children in care. SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Leslie Lepori
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
101215.1(b) · 101215.1(b) All child care centers shall have a director.
S1 stated she will send in all of her required paperwork to LPA by 02/22/2024 by email to: Melinda.Mohr@dss.ca.gov Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as they have been operating without a Director which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Leslie Lepori
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
101170(e)(1) · 101170(e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: (1) Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department D2 obatained a criminal record clearance on 06/06/23 and is cleared.
Based on interviews conducted D2 was previously uncleared to be in the facility alone while supervising children from 07/05/2022 through 06/06/2023. . This poses a immediate health and safety risk to children in care. CCR SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Leslie Lepori
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
101216.1(j) · 101216.1 (j) Each teacher shall visually observe aides under his/her supervision whenever the aide is working with children, except as provided for in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1).
Director stated S2 is currently enrolled in courses to complete 12 units of ECE. D2 stated they will develop a staffing plan to be in compliance with regulation and will email LPA Mohr @ melinda.mohr@dss.ca.gov within 10 days. Based on interviews conducted it was corrobored that an aide (S2) was left alone and was providing care and supervision to children. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Leslie Lepori
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
101226.3(b) · Any unusual behavior, any injury or signs of illness requiring assessment and/or administration of first aid by staff shall be reported to the child's authorized representative and recorded in the child's record.
Parents will be contacted the day of injury, staff will call in the incident within 24 hrs and do written report within 7 days. Based on interviews conducted and record review there was enough evidence to support claims about the facility not reporting all injuries or incidents requiring assessment to the child’s authorized representative. This poses/posed a potential health, safety and/or personal rights risk(s) to children in care.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
101229(a)(1) · 101229(a)...licensee shall provide... supervision...to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except... Supervision shall include visual observation.
We will always make sure we have a qualified teacher always with the children. We will keep eyes on the children at all times. Based on interviews and observations the licensee failed to ensure staff were providing visual supervision of the children which resulted resulting in children’s injuries. This poses an immediate Health, Safety or Personal Rights risk to the children in care.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
101212(d) · 101212(d)… during the operation of the childcare center of any of the events… a report shall be made to the Department by telephone or fax within the next working day and during its normal business hours. In addition, a written report containing the information … shall be submitted to the Department within seven days following the occurrence of such event. We will report all incidents to CCLD, and will call the OD line if we have any questions in regards to reporting.
Based on interviews and facility record review, the center has not notified and submitted any Unusual Incident Report’s to CCL in the past six months when incidents did in fact occur. This poses a potential Health and Safety risk to children in care.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
101223(a)(1) · To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons.
View Video: Taking care of ourselves: https://www.ecmhc.org/documents/TakingCare_ProviderBk_final.pdf “Tell Me What to Do Instead!” Communication is Key Handout (copy provided) Once training has been completed by 09/29/23, submit a signed and dated statement including the names of the staff that have been trained on Self-Care and Communication concepts. Melinda.mohr@dss.ca.gov Based on interviews conducted and observations evidence confirmed D1 and S1 have yelled at day care child(ren) in care on more than one occasion, which poses a potential personal rights risk to the children in care. SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Leslie Lepori
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
101238.2(a) · There shall be at least 75 square feet per child of outdoor activity space based on the total licensed capacity.
Director stated she will make a outdoor playyard schedule. This will make sure that no more than 19 children are on the playyard at any given time. Director will email the outdoor playyard schedule to LPA at: melinda.mohr@dss.ca.gov Based on LPA's observation of 21 children on the playground this is in viloation of the existing waiver that allows up to 19 children on the playground at any given time. This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care. SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Leslie Lepori
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.