Swimming pool requirements are as follows: wading pools that are 24 inches or less, are filled as needed, are portable, and do not have a filtration system are prohibited.
Cease the use of wading pools.
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License #070900199 · Center · Child Care Center
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Cease the use of wading pools.
Ensure that all exits and egress areas are unobstructed, wherein Room 5 blocked their emergency exit door with furniture. Note, violation is being abated as furniture was moved during inspection.
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Repair/paint walls throughout center, including in room 12.
Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean and operating condition. Clean vents throughout the center and replace filters as needed.
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required.
Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families and staff the center's policy on the release of children and will maintain on file signatures from all parents and staff attesting to the receipt of the policy.
Develop and distribute to all families and staff a social media policy and maintain on file signatures from all families and staff attesting to the receipt of the policy.
Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families the center's communicable disease policy and maintains on file the signatures of the parents attesting to their receipt of the policy.
Ensure that all exits and egress areas are unobstructed and that the emergency exit doors are easily operable. Ensure that staff do not block the exit door in room 16 with furniture and napping children.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. Based on information, ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. Staff were observed leaving the classrooms to do other things, leaving the rooms out of ratio.
Per the NJ Department of Health COVID-19 Public Health Recommendations pursuant to Executive Order No. 149, ensure that all health and safety guidelines are adhered to as required. Based on information, ensure that a safe environment is maintained at all times throughout the center. Children were observed striking each other, falling on each other and pushing each other without the staff intervening.
Ensure that the center's fire protective systems are operative at all times. The panel was reading trouble.
Repair the torn resilient surfacing on the playground.
Clean dusty bathroom vents in rooms 6, 8, and 10.
Clean the bathroom walls in room 12. Repair the wall near the sink in room 8. Repair the blue cushions in room 9. Clean the dusty green leaves near the flag pole in room 6.
Replace the burned out light bulbs in room 16.
Ensure universal health records are obtained at enrollment, maintained on file and updated yearly.
Provide adequate lighting as required in Room 10 bathroom.
Provide and maintain a fence for the center's outdoor play area; replace broken sections of the fencing.
Ensure all outdoor hazards are removed from the outdoor play area as required including removing all broken toys, broken spring riders and broken storage bin.
Ensure all bathroom doors and door frames are repaired or replaced as needed throughout the classrooms, including in Rooms 12 and 13.
Identify and submit education documentation for two group teachers.
Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for 5 name staff members. 8.11.25- 1 CHRI is needed.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff for the center's license renewal.
Post a diagram of all approved areas AND ensure that all rooms approved for use by children are labeled with the corresponding OOL approved numbers.
Replace the deteriorating infant bucket seat swings in the outdoor playground.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for 3 named staff members.
Ensure diapering surfaces are washed and disinfected after each use.
The center currently has a licensed capacity of 225 children. The center must ensure that all classrooms that are have a licensed capacity are set up as a classroom or submit a request through NJCCIS to have them removed from the licensed capacity, The center is currently using one room as a second indoor gym and three others as storage, staff lounge or empty.
Maintain the building structure to prevent water from entering, excessive drafts or heat loss, and infestation from rodents and insects by ensuring that all gaps at the bottom of the classroom doors exiting into the playground are properly sealed.
Ensure soiled diapers are placed in a closed container that has a leak proof lining.
Ensure that children are adequately tracked at all times and staff are aware of the number of children in their care. In room 5A, staff counted and stated 9 children were present, wherein 10 children were in the room. 8.11.25- Staff in room 9 stated 14 children were present wherein 15 children were present.
Provide age-appropriate seating for children who no longer need to be held for feeding in Room 6. Additionally, ensure that children seated in high chairs or bucket table seats are secured with the required safety seat belts.
Ensure tables are washed and disinfected before each meal.
Complete and maintain on file, a current Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Ensure that blinds are maintained in good repair and that all blind cords are inaccessible to the children in Room 8.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times. In room 8, 11 children (3 years old) were alone with 1 staff member, wherein 2 staff were required.
Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection. Submit a copy of the public school's drinking water test results.
Ensure that completed fingerprint and CARI clearances are maintained on file at the center, wherein, there were no fingerprint clearances on file for any staff members during inspection.
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility, and job descriptions.
Identify and submit education documentation for two head teachers.
Ensure that all indoor equipment is sturdy, safe, free of hazards and used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Cease the use of the indoor rock climbing wall in Room 11/gym until manufacturer's instructions are received and verification of compliance is confirmed.
Identify and submit education documentation for two program supervisors.
Ensure Cubbies are secured to a stable surface in Room 1/district classroom.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times. In room 5A, 16 children were present with 1 staff member, wherein 2 staff were needed to maintain ratio.
Ensure that children are directly supervised at all times, wherein a child in Room 11/gym was observed at the top of an indoor rock wall with his head touching the ceiling and a bunch of children on the wall and the floor below him without staff intervening.
Ensure Epi-pens are stored in their original boxes with the child's name and prescription, and both epi-pens are present when two are required for one named child.
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication.
Ensure that the center develops and implements job descriptions, titles and qualifications for all center staff.
Ensure that the center updates the Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. Based on complaint-21284, ensure that the Staff Records Checklist is complete.
Ensure that the director meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. Based on complaint #21110, ensure that the director meets the requirements.
Ensure that the group teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. Based on complaint #21110, ensure that the group teacher meets the requirements.
Ensure that the program supervisor meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. Based on complaint #21110, ensure that the program supervisor meets the requirements.
Complete and submit a DCF Renewal Attestation and all required documents.
Complete radon testing in every room on the lowest floor used by children and post the results in a prominent location.
Ensure that all outdoor hazards are removed as required. Paint the bucket seats on the swing.
Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection.
Based on report, ensure that the staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center.
Ensure that garbage receptacles are maintained as required, including being covered securely.
Develop and maintain on file an expulsion policy and maintain on file signatures from all families attesting to the receipt of the policy.
Ensure that the head teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. Based on complaint #21110, ensure head teacher meets the requirements.
Ensure that parents are notified of injuries not requiring immediate notification by the end of the day.
Based on report, retrain the named staff on the center's discipline policy.
Ensure that a Universal Health Record is completed upon enrollment and updated annually, including the immunization records and special care plans as required.
Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families and staff a copy of the Information to Parents document and maintains on file signatures of all staff and families attesting to the receipt of the policy.
Based on complaint-21284, ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required. Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required for the center's license renewal.
Ensure that the staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. Based on information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. A named staff was playfully roughhousing with a named child by taking the named child by the legs and pulling him across the artificial turf to get the named child to comply with directives.
Ensure that adequate procedures for incidents are adhered to at all times throughout the center, including recognizing and reporting possible incidents of child abuse and neglect. Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for incidents are adhered to at all times throughout the center, including recognizing and reporting possible incidents of child abuse and neglect as required.
Complete accident reports as required, including the date the report was completed. Based on information, ensure that incident reports are completed as required.
Based on information, retrain all staff on 1. The center's supervision policy, 2. Maintaining adequate staff/child ratios, 3. Maintaining a safe environment, 4. Recognizing and reporting possible incidents of child abuse and neglect, 5. The health and safety guidelines, including staff and children wearing masks, 6. The center's discipline policy and 7. The center's policies and procedures for incidents, including completing incident reports as required.
Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. Based on information, ensure adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. Children were observed walking in and out of the classroom from the playground unsupervised.
Repair the cracks on the climbing structure. Repair the platform on the climbing structure.
Repair broken exit light in room 15.
Ensure all bottles are labeled in room 3.
Repair the broken fence on the playground.