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Home › VA › Suite K › The Merit School of Arlington (#69)
2201 North Pershing Drive, Suite K VA · License #1107541 · Center · Child Day Center
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8VAC20-780-180-A · Staff shall be capable of communicating effectively both orally and in writing as applicable to the job responsibility.
Staff A cannot communicate orally as applicable to the job responsibility.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Supervision
Disposition: Reported/Valid
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8VAC20-780-80-A · Based on record review, there was no documentation of a written record of daily attendance.
Evidence: The attendance record documentation did not accurately reflect the numbers of children in the center in four rooms (Infant, Stepping Stones, Montessori A and B) at the time of inspection.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-240-B · Based on a review of staff records, the director did not ensure that all staff completed the orientation training in subsection C no later than seven days of he date of assuming job responsibilities.
Evidence: Staff #2 (date of hire 11/14/2022) and Staff #4 (date of hire 6/23/2021) did not have documentation of the VA orientation training on file during the inspection.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-790-600-F · Based on a review of staff records, the director did not ensure all staff received all required training annually.
Evidence: Staff #1 had the 10 hour preservice course dated 2/22/22. Staff #5 had the 10 hour preservice course dated 1/23/2022. They did not have the 3 hour health and safety update on file during the inspection.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-60-A · Based on a review of child records(1 of 6), the center did not maintain a separate record for each child containing the required information.
Evidence: Child # 1 did not have documented proof of identification. Child # 1 was missing 1 emergency contacts address.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-280-B · Based on observation, hazardous substances such as cleaning materials were not kept in a locked place.
Evidence: Sanitizer and Windex were in a lower unlocked cabinet under the diaper station in the older side of the infant classroom.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: physical safety. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-60-A · Based on record review, 1 of 5 children's records was incomplete.
Evidence: Child #1 was missing proof of identity verified within 7 days of attendance (date of attendance 4/4/2022).
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.