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Worcester MA 01602 · License #P-210752 · Center · Center-Based Care
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Staff Records
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Children's records and checklist
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Indoor Space
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Fall zones adequate depth of impact absorbing material
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Medication Storage; Medication Container/Label
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Disposition: Yes
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Violation
Proper sanitizing techniques; Bottles labeled and out of children's reach
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Violation
6 staff files were reviewed, and the following was noted: 1. 4 files did not have evidence of a yearly evaluation for 2025.
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Violation
8 children's files were reviewed, and the following was noted: 1. 1 child's physical exam was not current it expired 7/3/25. 2. 3 children did not have evidence of a current lead screening.
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Violation
A large white cabinet in the Toddler 2 classroom was not secured and potentially tippable.
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Violation
The plastic Simplay 3 climber/slides did not have the required 9 inches of impact absorbing material in the 6-foot use/fall zone surrounding it.
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Violation
1 child's [REDACTED] prescription stated to discard after 8/31/25.
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Violation
Diaper changing surfaces were not disinfected appropriately. The Educators did not allow the bleach/water to remain wet/air dry, and they were using the bottle labeled "weak" solution which is not considered a disinfectant.
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Children's Records - R Apr 2025
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Staff Records - R Apr 2025
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Staff First Aid Training - R Apr 2025
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Attendance Recording and Group Sizes/Ratios
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Indoor Space
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Outdoor Space - R Apr 2025
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Emergency Evacuation - R Apr 2025
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Emergency medications readily available
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Violation
2 children's files were missing a signed/dated off site consent form.
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Violation
1 staff file was missing evidence of an updated [REDACTED]
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Violation
1 Educator did not have valid First Aid training, it expired 2/23.
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Violation
The PS 3 which is currently licensed as a T/PS grouping had 7 children in attendance with only 1 Educator. 1 child was not yet PS age and was not developmentally placed at the time of the visit.
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Violation
When observing in classrooms the following was noted: 1. A grate on the infant room floor is bent up and starting to rust. 2 screws were sticking out of the bottom of the cabinet in the kitchen area in the PS 4 classroom. 3. A rusted grate was found in the PS 4 bthroom.
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Violation
The lattice behind the stairs leading from the playground up into the building is broken and in need of replacement.
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Violation
Children's cots and a bag full of high chair trays were in the way of the emergency evacuation route for the infant classroom.
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Violation
1 child's IHCP stated to[REDACTED]l and the parent did not provide any to the program.
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Children's Records - R Apr 2025
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Unsupervised contact with children
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Attendance Recording and Group Sizes/Ratios
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Supervision of Children
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Bottle Feeding
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Indoor Space
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Adequate supervision
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Emergency Evacuation - R Apr 2025
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Violation
Infection Control/Hand Washing - R Apr 2025
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Violation
3 children's files were randomly reviewed, and the following was noted: 1. 2 files were missing evidence of a progress report. 2. 2 files were missing evidence of an updated lead screening,
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Violation
When the Licensor entered the program, the mailman was standing in the PS doorway unsupervised with 12 children, the Educator was upstairs in the office making a photocopy for the mailman. The mailman is not an employee of the program and does not have the required Background Record Check to be in an unsupervised capacity with children.
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Violation
The PS classroom was not in ratio; one Educator was alone with 12 children until the Director arrived.
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Violation
An Educator in the PS classroom was not supervising the children when she went upstairs to the office to make a copy of something for the mailman, leaving 12 PS children alone in the classroom.
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Violation
At the time of the visit an infant was lying on a boppy pillow with a bottle propped in its mouth.
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Violation
When observing in classrooms the following was noted: 1. Microwaves stored on top of the mini fridges were not secured. 2. Water coolers were not secured. 3. Children's feet did not touch the floor when seated at the tables for snack in the Toddler room.
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Violation
At the time of the visit the program did not have enough Educators to ensure adequate supervision of the PS classroom at all times.
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Violation
At the time of the visit the preschool cots were stored in front of the door of the secondary evacuation exit for the Infant classroom.
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Violation
At the time of the visit the T/PS classroom had the children wash their hands for snack and then sit back on the rug to look at books, this is not appropriate infection control.
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Violation
Evacuation procedures posted at each exit
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Violation
Infection Control/Hand Washing - R Apr 2025
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Toxic Substances
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Child Guidance & Interactions
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Outdoor Space - R Apr 2025
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Violation
An educator was observed picking a preschool aged child up off the floor by their wrist. The same educator was observed redirecting children with phrases such as "walk away" and "all done", without giving clear guidance on what was expected of the child.
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Violation
* The front steps leading up to the entrance have a large crack which poses a tripping hazard. * The lattice on the back steps leading from the playground is broken, creating a gap causing a tripping hazard.
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Violation
Evacuation procedure was missing from one exit in the upstairs preschool classroom.
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Violation
An educator was observed wiping one child's nose and then moving onto another child and wiping their nose. The educator instructed the children to wash their hands but did not wash her own hands.
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Violation
Diaper cream was observed stored in the upstairs preschool room within reach of children.
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Violation
Staff:child ratios and groupings: Fixed
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Accurate attendance; arrival/departure times
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Staff:child ratios and groupings
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The program director was observed overseeing a classroom of 13 preschool aged children.
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Violation
A review the Bees preschool class showed four children signed in, but six children present.
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Violation
Staff BRC - R Sep 2025
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Violation
A review of the BRC's showed a recently hired educator is being used in the program without the provisional approval.
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Indoor Space
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Violation
At the time of the visit, the Licensing Specialist observed a microwave in the classroom that was not secured to the cart that it was placed, on.
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Stairways
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Violation
A gap was observed between the top of a step and the wood siding that that protect open side of the interior stairwell. This gap posed an entrapment hazard. There was also an area of this same stairwell that did not seem to have a railing for children to hold onto while using this route. The stairwell will be re-inspected during a subsequent in person visit scheduled for 8/21/2020.
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Staff Records - R Apr 2025
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Individual Health Care Plan (IHCP) - R Apr 2025
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Violation
Staff and children wash hands: after contact with bodily fluids
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Violation
Through a review of eight staff files one of the files did not have evidence of a current [REDACTED]: [REDACTED] and a completed program orientation.
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Violation
Through a review of two individual health care plans there was no evidence of the following information on the plans: 1) What the side effects are of the prescribed medication 2) What the consequences are if the medication is not administered as outlined in the plan 3) Whom the [REDACTED] authorizes to train the staff at the program
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Violation
An Educator in the toddler classroom did not wash her hands or the hands of Child A after she helped Child A blow his nose
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