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Home › CA › West Covina › Montessori Academy Of West Covina
1030 E. MERCED AVENUE, West Covina CA 91790 · License #198010716 · Center · Day Care Center
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101215.1(f)(1) · Child Care Center Directors Qualifications and Duties: (f) When the child care center director is absent from the center, arrangements shall be made for a ..substitute (1) If the child care center director is absent for more than 30 consecutive calendar days, the substitute director shall meet the Interim Director Zeenat stated she will take the Step II CCC Orientation and submit a copy of Certificate of Completion by the POC date. qualifications of a director.
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LPA did not observe Certificate of Completion for Step II CCC Orientation which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
101212(b) · REPORTING REQUIREMENT: The name of the child care center director, and any fully qualified teacher(s) designated to act in the child care center director's absence, shall be reported to the Department within 10 days of a change of child care center director or designee (s). This requirement is not Interim Director states will develop and submit a written plan identifying how all administrative changes will be reported and supported within 10 days of the administrative change to the department. Submit plan and supportive documents to LPA by POC date. met as evidenced by: LPA did not observe a copy of the LIC 308 Designation of facility responsibility for the interim Director and was not submitted to the department which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Christina Gabelman NAME OF LICENSING PROGRAM MANAGER Cynthia Reyes NAME OF LICENSING PROGRAM ANALYST LICENSING PROGRAM ANALYST SIGNATURE DATE 06/16/2025 I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my appeal rights as explained and received.
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Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
101216.3(a) · Teacher-Child Ratio: There shall be a ratio of one teacher visually observing and supervising no more than 12 children in attendance,
Interviews and documents reviewed and received showing, on 09/23/2024 in the morning, there were only Per Director she is actively trying to hire additional teachers/teacher aides. Per director she will revise the staff to child ratio schedule and will submit a copy to the department, as well as be trained and train the staff regarding teacher child ratio by reviewing the state laws and regulations 2 teachers with 33 children in one class room before the next staff person arrived to work. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care and the department website to review the teacher child ratio videos and submit a copy of the staff names and dates of when each staff member was trained. POC date 10/11/2024
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Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
101239(e)(4) · Fixtures, Furniture, Equipment and Supplies All toilets, handwashing and bathing facilities shall be maintained in safe and sanitary operating condition.
LPA obsered a toilet not working properly and per interviews it was stated one or more toilets are always Director states will have the maintenance service repair the toilets and will submit a copy of the work orders. Director will also submit a documented new procedure for ensuring there is enough daily supplies such as hand soap are always available. POC date 10/11/2024 not working properly or not at all. Interviews also stated that supplies such as soap to wash hands are not always available. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care
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Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
101219(f) · Admission Agreements: (f) The licensee shall comply with all terms and conditions set forth in the admission agreement.
, the facility advised the parent to take her child home and not follow the schools suspension and expulsion policy Director states will write up a detailed plan on how the school will ensure the suspension and expulsion policy is utilized correctly and the steps that are taken before the suspension and expulsion policy is used. Send by the POC date of 08/16/2024. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care
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Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
101223(a)(1)(2)(3) · Personal Rights--To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons. To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs.To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, Per the Director she will have all staff review the departments website video regarding children personnel rights and will have each staff write a statment on what they learned from the video and have them sign and date. (Name: Full signatiure and printed) intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse, or other actions of a punitive nature, etc...
, around August 2022, staff #2 pulled a child's hand out of staff #1 hand and when doing that staff #1 hand flew and hit a door and staff #2 yelled at staff #1 in front of a child :Each staff must complete by July 21, 2023, and Director will submit all by July 24, 2023.
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Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
101616.5(f)(2) · Teacher-Child Ratio: One teacher may supervise 12 napping preschool-age children without assistance provided that the remaining staff member(s) necessary to meet the overall ratio specified in Section 101616.5(c) is immediately available at the center Per Director she is actively trying to hire additional teachers/teacher aides. Per director she will have a meeting with staff on classroom teacher child ratio. Director will submit a copy of the staff roster and meeting agenda and will submit written documentation on how they will ensure they are in ratio at all times. ,
Interviews and documents reviewed and received showing, During nap time one teacher was alone with the 20 children and a few of the children were awake and were not able to sleep. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care
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Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
101238(a) · Buildings and Grounds. The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors. The
LPA observed tiles on the ceiling in several of the class rooms and Per conversations with the Director and Administrator during the walk though it was stated that they have already placed work orders to have several items at the day care fixed and some of the items being fixed are the Plumbing, Roof, Electric, wood on bungalows for termites & parking lot repaving hallways to the class rooms had stanied water damaged and some tiles hanging down from the roof from rain buildup. LPA also observed a couple of toilets not working properly (Flusing slowly). This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care. LPA was provided with several documents for all the items listed that are being fix. All items will be completed by the end of March 2023 and facility will provide proof of all items completed.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.