Sandy Knoll Elementary School

R 400.8125(1) · R 400.8125(1) Staff; volunteer; requirements. All staff and volunteers shall provide appropriate care and supervision of children at all times.

Inappropriate contact between same age children was handled appropriately by the CCSMs. There is no evidence to support improper supervision of the children.

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R 400.8125 · R 400.8125 Staff; volunteer; requirements. .............................................................. ....... ................. ..... ........................................................................................... (1) All staff and volunteers shall provide appropriate care and su ervision of children at all times. 5

On March 16, 2021, at approximately 9:30 a.m., Amy Ahola, Licensee Designee, phoned that an incident had occurred at Sandy Knoll Elementary School of two children being alone outside without supervision for approximately five minutes. An incident report was received on March 17, 2021. The incident report described that: Rylee Perry, staff member texted Amy Ahola, licensee designee at 9:11 a.m. on March 16, 2021 that two students were left on the playground for approximately five minutes that morning when they were transitioning inside to go to school. The licensee designee notified the consultant via phone on March 17, 2021 and also notified Child A's parents and Child B's parents, the principal of the school building and the assistant superintendent of the Marquette Area Public School (MAPS) 2 district. The school district is the licensee. Ms. Ahola is the program director and licensee designee. Ms. Ahola's report continued that at approximately 8:10 a.m., Amber Baker, staff member, brought the majority of the children outside. Cooper Smith, staff member, stayed inside the gym of the building to assist three other children getting ready. Child A and Child B were having trouble transitioning and were not listening when asked to get ready to go outside. The three remaining children went outside with Mr. Smith. By that time, two additional children had arrived and joined the original three children with Mr. Smith. Ms. Perry stayed inside to clean and continue to manage children's arrivals. There were 15 children scheduled for the before school session on March 16, 2021. Two children did not arrive, but three staff members remained, per usual staffing at this site. Mr. Smith and Ms. Baker continued to monitor the outdoor play area and observed that Child A and Child B had played by the playground tires while they were outdoors. Mr. Smith also stated that he did not know at that moment how many children were outside. Ms. Ahola notes on her report that in hindsight, Mr. Smith indicated that there should have been better communication among the staff in regard to that number. At approximately 8:40 a.m., Ms. Baker took a special needs child inside to get her ready and escort her to class. That child and Ms. Baker signed out of the program at 8:46 a.m. At approximately 8:45 a.m. Mr. Smith called for the children to line up. Not knowing the exact number of children present, he asked the children, "Is everyone here?" When they said yes, the group went inside the school building. The routine after play time is for the children to use the bathroom, wash their hands, gather their things, and line up for school. When children were lining up Ms. Perry noticed that Child A and Child B were missing. She did not find them in the bathroom and told Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith went out to the playground and found Child A and Child B hiding and playing in the tire structures. They had been away from the group for approximately five minutes. Child A and Child B told Mr. Smith that they did not hear the call to go in and were not aware that everyone had gone inside. The children were brought inside to line up with the group and all children transitioned to their classrooms. Ms. Ahola also stated that the standard protocol for monitoring the number of children was not followed that morning. Typically, the first person to go outside will count the children they are taking out and communicate that number to the other staff members. Then when another staff member goes outside with more children, the new total number of children is shared among staff. For example, you had 7, I brought 5 and now we have 12. When a staff member is monitoring the door, and they escort children outside, they say how many children are being sent out. The 3 staff outdoors then incorporate the new number into the total. On March 16, 2021, no additional children joined the outdoor play area after the first two groups went out with staff members. Ms. Ahola notes that expected (scheduled)

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