December 18, 2025
What Happened
Case management inspection found substantiated Type B citation for unsupervised child incident. Child left unattended in playground during parent interaction regarding outside food policy, with staff and video accounts differing on supervision duration.
Observations
- Child left unsupervised in playground during parent interaction regarding outside food in classroom
- Staff accounts of supervision duration ranged from 2-15 minutes; supervisor video review indicated less than 1 minute
Inspector Focus
Citations Issued
101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time...Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement has not been met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when C1 was left unsupervised for 1 minute which poses an potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.
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