Incident investigation·October 14, 2025

An unannounced case management inspection was conducted today at 3:45pm by Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), Tammy Dutra. LPA met with facility representative Amy Beth Ahl-Wright in response to an Unusual Incident that occurred today, 10/14/25 at approximately 10:00am where five children in care and one staff member were stung by what they believe to be wasps. All children were stung multiple times and staff was stung once while trying to escape the attack. Facility representative Amy Beth Ahl-Wright was off site and received the information via phone call. Facility representative was told that multiple children and one staff were stung. Facility representative had not established where the nest was on the playground. LPA, staff and facility representative investigated the outdoor area and discovered a hole near the playground with wasps. Facility representative contacted maintenance to order pest control and have the nest removed. Facility representative will not allow children outdoors until the area is deemed safe. During today\342\200\231s inspection, the facility was toured and the outdoor area was inspected and photographed. LPA reviewed staffing and class ratio and discovered that the facility was operating within ratio requirements. There were 13 children with three staff members when the incident occurred. LPA requested a copy of the unusual incident report, incident reports that were provided to parents including their contact information and contact information for the staff stung during the incident. LPA also requested follow up information from pest removal after the playground has been cleared. Due to insufficient information at this time, further investigation is needed. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with the facility representative Amy Beth Ahl-Wright. Appeal Rights were provided. A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days. Failure to comply with posting requirements shall result in an immediate civil penalty of $100.