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Home › VA › Suite 600 › Sterling Early Learning Academy
46586 S Cottage Road, Suite 600 VA · License #1108976 · Center · Child Day Center
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8VAC20-780-40-M · The center is required to keep a current list of all known allergies, sensitivities, and dietary restrictions in each room or area where children are present. The list must be dated
and kept confidential. There was no current list of all known allergies, sensitivities, and dietary restrictions posted in the Pre-K classroom. The Director was reviewing children?s records to create a list which was dated March 19, 2026. The allergy list was not posted in the classrooms on the day of inspection March 20, 2026.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
22.1-289.035-B-1 · Complaint Related
The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee's first day of employment. The sworn statement for Staff #1, who was working at the center on 2/16/2026, was dated four weeks after their first day of employment.
Medication/Medical Issues
Disposition: Not Reported/Found
Supervision
Disposition: Reported/Valid
Physical Plant
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
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8VAC20-780-380-A · Centers shall have a posted daily schedule that allows for flexibility as children's needs require. On January 22, 2026, in the toddler classroom, the posted daily schedule was not being followed by Staff 1 and 2. Staff stated they were not following the schedule because they were working with a new child. Staff 1 was on the floor with 9 children and Staff 2 was standing to the side watching the children. Neither staff were observed working with the child and this child was standing in the room crying.
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22.1-289.011-F · Repeat Violation
The license and any other documents required shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. The findings from the most recent inspection, dated 10/09/2025 and the was not posted .
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22.1-289.011-F · The license and any other documents required shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. The findings from the most recent inspection, dated 7/09/2025 and the provisional license, were not posted .
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22.1-289.035-B-3 · Repeat Violation
Systemic Deficiency The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee's first day of employment. Staff 2, who had been employed for two weeks, did not have a central registry search requested.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: background checks. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-130-A · The center shall obtain documentation that each child has received the immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center. Child #4, who had been attending for 11 months, did not have documentation of an immunization record on file.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. 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. The sworn statement for Staff #1, who is currently working, did not have a sworn statement completed prior to employment.
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8VAC20-780-500-B · Based on observation and staff interview, the diapering surface was not cleaned with soap and at least room temperature water and sanitized after each use.
Evidence: 1. In the Two's A and B classroom, the bottle did not have the daily mix amount of bleach solution to sanitize the diapering surface. 2. The bleach solution was made on 8/26/2024 and it did not have any bleach solution to sanitize the diapering surface.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: physical safety. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-280-H · Based on observation and staff interview, staff purse was not stored in a area inaccessible to children.
Evidence: 1. In the Two's B and Pre-K B classroom, a staff purse was on the shelf. The classrooms are accessible to children.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
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8VAC20-780-130-E · Based on children record review, 2 out 5 records, the center didn not obtain documentation of additional immunizations once every six months for children under the age of two years
Evidence: 1. Child #1 (date of enrollement 5/18/2023) did not have documentation of immunization once every six months for children under the age of two years at the time of inspection. 2. Child #2 (date of enrollment 1/18/2022) did not have documentation of immunization once every six months for children under the age of two years at the time of inspection
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
22.1-289.035-B-4 · Based on staff records review, 4 out 7 records, staff did not Authorize the child day center to obtain a copy of the results of a criminal history record information check, a sex offender registry check, and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.
Evidence: 1. Staff #2 (date of employment 6/06/2023) did not have documentation for a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from West Virginia (WV) in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. 2. Staff #3 (date of employment 6/14/2023) did not have documentation that a search for a the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry in Virginia. 3. Staff #4 (date of employment 7/18/2023) did not have documentation for a search for a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from Utah (UT) in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. 4. Staff #5 (date of employment 8/14/2023) did not have documentation for a search for a child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from Virginia in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: background checks. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-190-A-1 · Based on staff records, 1 out 2 records, the center did not obtain documentation that program leaders had a graduate degree in a child-related field such as, but not limited to, elementary education, nursing, or recreation from a college or university and six months of programmatic experience
Evidence: 1. Staff #2 (date of employment 5/18/2022) did not have a graduate degree in a child-related field 2 Staff #2 did not have documentation in record of six months of programmatic experience.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-160-A · Based on staff records review, the center did not obtain documentation that each staff member and individual from an independent submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening.
Evidence: 1. Staff #1 (date of employment 2/20/2023) did not have documentation of the screening at the time of employment an prior to coming into contact with children.
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Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-210-A · Based on staff records, the center did not obtain program leaders have fulfilled a high school program completion or the equivalent.
Evidence: 1. Staff #1 (date of employment 8/20/2021) did not have documentation of program leaders shall be at least 18 years of age, have fulfilled a high school program completion or the equivalent
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.
22VAC40-185-140-A · Based on children records, 1 out 3, the center did not obtain documentation that each have a physical examination by or under the direction of a physician before the child's attendance or within one month after attendance.
Evidence: Child #3 (date of enrollment 3/22/2021) did not have a physical examination in file available for review during the inspection.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.