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Martin Luther King Montessori School
6001 South Anthony, Fort Wayne IN 46816 · License #166575 · Licensed Center
Contact
- Director
- Jamkia Gates-Smith
- Phone
- (260) 423-4333
- Website
- Add via profile claim
- Address
- 6001 South Anthony, Fort Wayne IN 46816 · Directions
Hours
Not published by the state. Owners can add hours via profile claim.
Care & schedule
When they operate
Ages served
- 4-Star quality rating
- Accepts CCDF child care assistance
- Licensed for 92 children
How this facility compares
Violations per inspection, 3-yrInspection history & violations
Source: Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-94(n) · There shall be a soft sanitizable pad on the table with a clean strip of waterproof, disposable paper to cover the entire pad. Caregivers shall place a new, waterproof, paper strip on the pad after each diaper change
Waterproof paper not being used while changing diapers in COC room.
Corrected by Feb 5, 2026
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-3(d) · Only areas licensed and approved by the division may be used by the licensed child care center
At time of consultant's visit program was using office space to care for a child, office space is not approved child care space.
Corrected by Feb 5, 2026
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-93(a) · The center schedule shall include provisions for supervised personal hygiene, washing hands before and after meals, and washing hands after using the toilet facilities
Room 102, toddler hands were not washed between meal time and nap.
Corrected by Feb 5, 2026
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-114(d) · The center shall use an antiscald valve approved by ISDH to maintain water temperature between one hundred (100) degrees Fahrenheit and one hundred twenty (120) degrees Fahrenheit on all hot water supplied to sinks, bathing, and washing facilities used by children.
Classroom handwashing temperature 125 degrees throughout building. Maintenance turned down temperature while consultant present.
Corrected by Feb 5, 2026
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-100 · Poisons, chemicals, and hazardous items
Items accessible to children that say Keep Out of Reach of Children: Room 102 - Items under unlocked changing table - Lysol spray, hydrocortizone cream, Aquaphor. Room 101 - Lysol wipes, Lysol spray, and teacher purses accessible in unlocked cabinet.
Corrected by Feb 5, 2026
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-32(a)(7)(a) · Prior to having direct contact with children or food, the following training or information shall be provided to all staff and volunteers according to the specific responsibilities assigned to that particular staff member or volunteer: Training in universal precautions. A person trained annually in universal precautions shall repeat this training annually for all child care staff and include the following topics: Blood borne diseases and their transmission, work practice controls, and the use of personal protective equipment as required by the OSHA and ISDH
Four of ten employee files reviewed are missing documentation of current Universal Precautions training.
Corrected by Jan 15, 2025
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-48(a) · Child/staff ratios shall be maintained during all hours of operation
While consultant was present, a school age child was in the main hallway with no caregiver supervision to fill his water bottle in drinking fountain. This left the child out of ratio with a ratio of 1 child to 0 qualified caregivers.
Corrected by Jan 9, 2025
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-32(c) · Documentation shall be available at the child care center showing that all applicable orientation topics are covered and the dates of when the training was provided
Seven of ten employee files reviewed had no documentation of orientation on file.
Corrected by Jan 14, 2025
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-72 · Transportation in child care center owned or leased vehicles
Program could not produce current inspections on either bus used to transport children.
Corrected by Jan 12, 2025
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-114 · Water Supply and Plumbing
Water temperatrue should be 100-120, it is over in all rooms with Room 105 the highest at 128.6.
Corrected by Jan 9, 2025
- Violation
IC 12-17.2-4-3.5(a)(1) · A child care center shall, at no expense to the state, maintain and make available to the division upon request a copy of drug testing results for an individual who: is employed
Two of ten employee files reviewed do not have documentation of a drug screen.
Corrected by Jan 14, 2025
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-85(1) · Within thirty (30) days of employment, newly employed staff, volunteers, substitutes, student aides, and any other personnel having direct contact with the children or providing food service shall have the following: Written verification of a physical examination by a physician or nurse practitioner that provides evidence that there is no known communicable disease in an infectious state or physical or mental conditions which could affect their ability to perform assigned duties in the child care center
Five of ten employee files reviewed did not have documentation of a physical exam.
Corrected by Jan 12, 2025
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-41(a)(7) · Records, kept at the child care center, shall document the following for all current staff, substitutes, and volunteers: Verification that staff is free of tuberculosis within thirty (30) days of employment and annually thereafter
Two of ten employee files reviewed did not have documentation of a current TB test.
Corrected by Jan 14, 2025
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-109 · Garbage and refuse
All trash cans that have food waste need to have lids. Trash in Room 105 does not have a lid and there was food waste present.
Corrected by Jan 9, 2025
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-13 · Reporting child abuse or neglect
Four of ten employee files reviewed missing documentation of current child abuse and neglect training.
Corrected by Jan 16, 2025
- Violation
3-4.7-1(24) (1) · All child care providers are at least eighteen (18) years old and have a HS Diploma or equivalent.
Two of ten employee files reviewed are missing documentation of a diploma or equivalent.
Corrected by Jan 10, 2025
- Violation
While consultant was present, a school age child was in the main hallway to fill his water bottle from drinking fountain with no caregiver supervision.
Corrected by Jan 9, 2025
Questions to ask on your tour
Generated from this facility's specific inspection record
- 1The Feb 4, 2026 inspection noted: “Waterproof paper not being used while changing diapers in COC room.” — what has changed since then?
- 2The Feb 4, 2026 inspection noted: “At time of consultant's visit program was using office space to care for a child, office space is not approved child care space.” — what has changed since then?
- 3The Feb 4, 2026 inspection noted: “Room 102, toddler hands were not washed between meal time and nap.” — what has changed since then?
Data synced from Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning · Source records · Report an error