Montessori School of Charlottesville

8VAC20-780-70 · Staff shall have, name, address, and telephone number of a person to be notified in an emergency which shall be kept at the center.

Staff # 1 did not have emergency contact at the center. Staff has been employed for a month.

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8VAC20-780-560-F · A menu listing foods to be served for meals and snacks during the current one-week period shall.

The upstairs classroom did not have a menu posted of the snacks being served.

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8VAC20-780-550-G · Documentation for evacuation drills shall include all components.

The evacuation drill log was missing the following: number of staff participating, time it took to complete the drill, any special conditions, problems encountered, and method used for notification of the drill.

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8VAC20-780-340-A · REPEAT VIOLATION

Based on interview, the center failed to always ensure sight and sound supervision for children under the age of 10. Evidence: 1. On 05/23/2024, Staff 2 opened the locked door to allow entrance to Child 1 (age 3 years) who was being dropped off by the parent. Staff 2 left Child 1 unsupervised at that time and child 1 walked up the stairwell. Child 1 was standing alone at the top of the stairwell for under a minute before the child was seen by Staff 3.

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8VAC20-780-60-A · Based on a review of children?s records, the center failed to ensure that each child's record contained the required information.

Evidence: 1. The record of Child 3, did not contain documentation of the following information: the child's first date of attendance. 4. The record of Child 4, did not contain documentation of the following information: the child's first date of attendance. 5. The record of Child 5, did not contain documentation of the following information: the child's first date of attendance.

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63.2-1509-A* · Based on document review and staff interview on 02/16/2023, staff who had reason to

suspect that a child is abused or neglected failed to report the matter immediately to the local department of the county or city wherein the child resides or wherein the abuse or neglect is believed to have occurred or to the Department?s toll-free child abuse and neglect hotline. Evidence: 1. An email received by Staff 6 from parent of Child 1 sent on 02/05/2023 at 4:15 p.m. expressed concerns that Staff 3 was ?squeezing the children?s hands hard? and Child 2 stated it ?hurt her body?, noting ?the possibility of physical punishment an emotional abuse happening is a real concern.? 2.Staff 1 reported the incident to the Licensing Inspector on 02/09/2023 and verified that they had not reported to the local department or county.

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22.1-289.035-B-4 · Based on staff record review and interview, the center did not obtain the required out-of-state background checks from any state in which a staff member had resided in the preceding five years within the required time frame.

Evidence: 1. The record for Staff #2, hired on 09/01/2022, indicated the staff had resided in another state outside of Virginia within the last five years. The results of the criminal history record was dated 09/29/2022. 2. Administration confirmed the out-of-state criminal history record background check was not obtained for Staff #2 within the required time frame.

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