R 400.8182(4) Ratio and group size requirements. Children who have reached 33 months of age may, when developmentally appropriate, be enrolled in a 3-year-old classroom with written parental permission. The ratio listed in subrule (3)(c) of this rule applies.

There were three children in the preschool classroom that were less than 3 years old and did not have a waiver to remain in the classroom with staff to child 3-year-old ratio.

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R 400.8176(2) Sleeping equipment. Heavy objects that could fall on a child, such as shelving and televisions, must not be above sleeping equipment. Bureau

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R 400.8182(5) Ratio and group size requirements. Children who have reached 45 months of age may, when developmentally appropriate, be enrolled in a 4-year-old classroom with written parental permission. The ratio listed in subrule (3)(d) of this rule applies.

There were five children in the 4-year-old classroom who were less than 4 years and had no waiver to remain in the classroom with staff to child 4-year-old ratio.

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R 400.8350(4) Toilets; hand washing sinks. 2 LANDMARK BUILDING • 105 W. ALLEGAN STREET • LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 Michigan.gov/MiLEAP Hand washing sinks for children must be accessible to children by platform or installed at children's level.

There were no step stools in the toddler A, Infant C and twaddler rooms for the children to access the hand washing sinks.

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R 400.8110 Applicant; licensee; licensee designee; requirements. (13) Smoking and vaping must not occur in or during both of the following: (a) In the child care center or on real property that is under the control of the center and upon which the center is located. 5

On 9/22/21, the department received a complaint stating that a staff member dropped a vape a couple of times when she was working with the children in the classroom and on the playground. The concern is also that the same staff member vaped in front of the children. This was brought to the program director's (Leslie Garbacz) attention and no action was taken about it. The staff members that are aware of this issue are Ms. Jackson, Ms. Givens, Ms. Lund, Ms. Lavely and Ms. Miller. Ms. Larsen was the staff member using the vape. There was no further information regarding the dates and times of the incidents since there was no contact information for the complainant. On 9/24/21, I conducted an unscheduled onsite visit at the center. I interviewed all the staff members that were listed in the complaint. Ms. Larsen was hired to work at the center the first week of September 2021. Ms. Larsen works in Twaddler room A as an assistant child care staff member. 2 On 9/24/21, I interviewed the lead caregiver in Twaddler A, Ms. Givens, who said that in the first week of September, on Ms. Larsen's second day at work, she saw a vape on the floor during nap time. Ms. Givens did not know what it was at first but later understood that it was a vape. She picked it up from the floor and left it on the counter. The vape was a dark, purplish color. Ms. Givens said that she did not say anything about this to anybody or ask Ms. Larsen about the vape. Ms. Givens did not see Ms. Larsen pick up the vape from the counter. Later when she heard about the vaping from other staff members and realized that it was a vape. On 9/20/21 01 9/21/21, she saw that Child A had something in his hand, and Ms. Larsen went up to him, pulled it from Child A's hands and walked away to put it in her purse. As Ms. Larsen was walking by her, she could smell something fruity. Ms. Givens said that she did not actually see what Ms. Larsen had in her hand. This time Ms. Givens decided to talk to Ms. Garbacz and told her about the incident 3 weeks ago and the current incident. Ms. Garbacz asked her some specific questions about the incidents and told her that she would talk to Ms. Larsen about it. Ms. Givens said that she had not seen Ms. Larsen drop the vape on the playground or see her vape in front of the children. On 9/24/21 I interviewed Ms. Jackson who said that some days ago, when the toddlers were on the playground in a combined class, she saw a vape in Ms. Larsen's hand. As Ms. Larsen walked around her in the playground, she could smell something fruity around her, like a grape flavor. Ms. Jackson said that she works in Twaddler B, and they come together for outdoor play with Twaddler A classroom. Ms. Jackson said that she had only seen the vape in Ms. Larsen's hand once and had never seen it dropped on the playground or seen her vape. Ms. Jackson said that the vape was a purplish color and had a fruity flavor to it. Ms. Jackson said that she had heard from Ms. Miller and Ms. Givens that Ms. Larsen had dropped her vape in the classroom in front of the children but had not seen that herself. On 9/24/21, I interviewed Ms. Lund who works in the Twaddler B classroom. Ms. Lund said that on 9/20/21, she had seen a vape in Ms. Larsen's hand. The vape fell out of Ms. Larsen's pocket 3 to 4 times and Ms. Larsen would pick it up and put it in her pocket, when they were on the playground with the children during outdoor play. Ms. Lund said that she did not talk to Ms. Larsen about it or say anything about it to anybody since she was aware that Ms. Givens had spoken to Ms. Garbacz about it. Ms. Lund said that she had not seen Ms. Larsen vaping or a child getting any access to it. Ms. Lund said that the vape is a purplish pink color. On 9/24/21, I interviewed Ms. Lavely who works in the Twaddler A classroom as an assistant child care staff member. Ms. Lavely said that she had seen Ms. Larsen vaping outside on the playground on September 16 at about 4:30 pm when children were outside. Sh

................................................. ......................... .......................................................................................................................... R 400.8182 Ratio and group size requirements. .................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... (3) In each room or well-defined space, the maximum group size and ratio of child care staff members to children, including children related to a staff member or the licensee, must be as shown in Table 4. b) Preschoolers, 30 months of age until 3 years old shall maintain a child care staff member to child ratio of 1 to 8 with a maximum group size of 16. ........................... ... ....................................._................................................................................................................. .....................

On 08/04/2021, the Prepper room (ages 30 months to 3 years old), did not meet the child care staff member to child ratios. This classroom had 1 staff member alone with 12 children during nap time. 08/19/2021, this classroom met ratio requirements.

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1 R 400.8182 Ratio and group size requirements. (3) In each room or well-defined space, the maximum group size and ratio of child care staff members to children, 7 ..... ....... ......... ................................. ....... ............................ including children related to a staff member or the licensee, must be as shown in Table 4: (e)school age children shall maintain a child care staff member to child ratio of 1 to 18, with no maximum group size.

On 08/04/2021, the School Age room (ages 5 years through 12 years old), did not meet the required child care staff member to child ratios. This classroom had 1 staff member alone with 12 children during nap time. On 08/19/2021, this classroom met ratio requirements.