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Home › VA › Shenandoah › Moving Mountains Academy of Early Learning, LLC
300 First Street, Shenandoah VA 22849 · License #1109567 · Center · Child Day Center
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8VAC20-780-40-E · The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center?s activities are maintained in compliance with the center?s own policies and procedures that are required.
The center?s written playground safety procedures states ?NO CELL PHONE USE WHILE OUTSIDE, unless you are using it for an emergency.? When the licensing inspector entered the playground, Staff #4 was talking on a cell phone and not interacting or comforting an infant, eight months old, that was in a stroller crying. Staff #4 was the only staff member present with four infants and toddlers.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-140-A · Each child shall have a physical examination by or under the direction of a physician before the child?s attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance.
Child #2, who had been attending for more than three months, did not have documentation of a physical exam on file.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
Staff Quality/Training
Disposition: Reported/Valid
Records
Disposition: Reported/Valid
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Data synced from Virginia Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing on Jul 9, 2026 · Source records · Report an error
8VAC20-790-600-D-1 · All staff who work directly with children shall have within 90 days of the date of employment current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The training shall include an in-person competency demonstration.
Staff #6?s current CPR certification did not include an in-person competency demonstration.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
22.1-289.035-B-1 · The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee's first day of employment.
Staff #3, employed for five months, did not have a completed sworn statement on file.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-160-A · Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening at the time of employment and prior to coming into contact with children.
Staff #1, employed for more than two months, did not have a TB screening on file. Staff #2, employed for two months, did not have a TB screening on file.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-40-M · The center is required to keep, in a way that is accessible to all staff who work with children, a current list of all known allergies, sensitivities, and dietary restrictions in each room or area where children are present.
There was no list in the school age classroom.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-240-B · REPEAT VIOLATION
Staff shall complete orientation training no later than seven days of the date of assuming job responsibilities. Staff #3, who had been employed for five months, did not have documentation of completed orientation on file.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-280-B · Hazardous substances must be in a locked place that prevents access by children.
In the school age classroom, the bleach spray was in an unlocked cabinet within reach of children. In the bathroom, the bleach spray was in an unlocked cabinet, out of reach of children.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: physical safety. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-330-B · Where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing shall comply with minimum safety standards and shall be under equipment with climbing apparatus to create a fall zone free of hazardous obstacles.
The climber in the outdoor play space was three feet from the fence creating a hazard within the required six-foot fall zone. The resilient surfacing around the climber included less than one inch of mulch, bare ground, grass and gravel which did not meet the minimum safety standard of six inches of mulch in the six-foot fall zone around the climber.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: physical safety. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-560-G · When food is brought from home the food container must be clearly dated and labelled in a way that identifies the owner.
In the school age cubbies, there was two lunchboxes without names or dates and one lunch box without a date.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: nutrition. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-410-1 · The following actions or threats of thereof are forbidden: Striking a child.
Child #1 threated to punch Staff #2 and Staff #2 told Child #1 that they would clock out and whip Child #1?s behind.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-240-B · Staff shall complete orientation training in section C of this section prior to the staff member working alone with children and no later than seven days of the date of assuming job responsibilities.
Staff #5 completed orientation training three months late.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-500-A · Children?s hands shall be washed with soap and running water after toileting. Staff shall wash their hands with soap and running water after a diaper change.
Staff #1 did not wash hands after changing Child #1?s diaper on 10/04/2024. Staff #2 did not wash hands after changing Child #1?s diaper on 10/04/2024.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: physical safety. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-270-A · Based on observation and interview, the center failed to ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and out, is maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition.
Evidence: 1. In the 3?s and 4?s classroom, there was an outlet cover that was broken in two places and exposing the outlet box behind the cover. 2. The two six seated strollers had crumbs in the seats, trash and crumbs in the bottom basket area and visible dirt on the seats and straps. 3. On the outside play area, there was three large flowerpots with standing water, one trashcan with standing water, one trike with rusted bolts and a broken canopy and an extension cord stretching across the play area from the main building to the garage building creating a tripping hazard.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: physical safety. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-340-D · Based on review of records and interview, the center failed to ensure that in each grouping of children at least one staff member who meets the qualifications of a program leader or program director is regularly present.
Evidence: 1. Staff #3 and Staff #7 were observed to be the only staff in the two-year-old room. Neither Staff #3 or Staff #7 met the qualification of program leader or program director. 2. Staff #4 and Staff #8 were observed to be the only staff in the school age room. Neither Staff #3 or Staff #7 met the qualification of program leader or program director. 3. Staff #1 confirmed that Staff #3, #4, #7 and #8 did not meet the qualification of program leader or program director and that there was no other staff the met the qualification of program leader or program director regularly present in either classroom.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-550-P · Based on interview and document review, the center failed to main a written record of children?s serious and minor injuries in which entries are made on the day of the occurrence and contain the required information.
Evidence: 1. On 04/11/2024, on Brightwheel (a communication app), the center informed the parent of Child #1 of an injury that occurred to Child #1 while at the center. There was no written record of the injury on file with the required information. 2. On 06/21/2024, on Brightwheel (a communication app), the center informed the parent of Child #1 of an injury that occurred to Child #1 while at the center. There was no written record of the injury on file with the required information. 3. On 07/17/2024, on Brightwheel (a communication app), the center informed the parent of Child #1 of an injury that occurred to Child #1 while at the center. There was no written record of the injury on file with the required information.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-70 · REPEAT VIOLATION
Based on a review of staff records, the center failed to ensure all required information was in the staff records. Evidence: 1. Staff #1's date of hire was 04/09/2024. Staff #1's record only contained one reference as to character and reputation as well as competency were checked prior to employment.. 2. Staff #2's (date of hire 04/18/2024), and Staff #3's (date of hire 04/08/202), records did not contain documentation of two references as to character and reputation as well as competency were checked prior to employment. 3. Administration verified that the records was missing references for Staff #1, #2 and #3.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-130-A · Based on review of children records, the center failed to ensure that immunizations were on file before a child's first date of attendance.
Evidence: 1. Child #5's date of enrollment was 01/23/2024. The immunizations in the record were dated 03/13/2024. 2. Administration verified the date of enrollment and the date on the immunizations.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-580-I · Based on interview, the center failed to ensure that before leaving on a field trip a schedule of the trips events and locations shall be posted and visible at the center.
Evidence: 1. On 02/09/2024 Staff #1 and Staff #1 took approximately 13 children (ages 3/4/) on a walking field trip to the local playground. They did not post a trip schedule at the center of the walking field trip. 2. Administration #1 stated on 02/20/2024 that they have never posted a field trip schedule when classrooms are out on walking field trips.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-280-B · Based on observation, the center failed to ensure that all hazardous materials shall be kept in a locked location.
Evidence: In the School Age area there was a bottle of bleach water in a closet that was not locked and the closet was standing open.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: physical safety. Open / not marked corrected.
22.1-289.058 · Based on observation and interview, the center failed to ensure that a carbon monoxide detector was installed in facility if it was built before 2015 and serves preschool-age children.
Evidence: 1. The center did not have a carbon monoxide detector. Agent #1 verified with the local fire department that the building did not have a carbon monoxide detector. 2. The certificate of occupancy states the building was built in 1978 and had repairs completed in 1997 and 1998.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: physical safety. Open / not marked corrected.