Incident investigation·November 17, 2025

on 11/17/25 at 10:15am Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Jeanine Lipsey conducted an unannounced follow up case management inspection from 11/6/25 to follow up on an incident that was reported to the Department. LPA met with Pricipal Viken Kazariann, who guided LPA on a tour of the facility. There were 71 children and 19 staff present upon arrival. During todays inspection, LPA obtained a copy of an emergency card, written expectations for students and staff and conducted an interview with Staff #3 S3. On 10/28/25 two children were playing in the sandbox being supervised by 1 staff. Child #1 C1 hit Child #2 C2 on the head with a small shovel and C2 sustained a cut and contusion on the left side of the forehead. Per staff the child's head turned reddish purple and swell. A small amount of blood was seen from what look like a scratch. Per C2 The teacher was standing right thier looking at them in the sandbox when the incident happen. Per staff the incident happened in an instance and they immediately went to the child's aid after it happened. The staff called the parent, and sent photos through "Class Dojoe". Staff applied ice to the injury and after an hour the swelling went down. The parent arrived later to pick up the child. The child did not go to the doctor and returned to school the following day. The shovel was a small kid size, hand size, metal shovel with a wooden handle and green tip. Per Staff #2 S2 the shovel was purchased to dig in the garden and they did not know how it ended up in the sandbox. Per Staff #1 S1 they did not realize the shovel was metal and thought it was plastic and removed it from the sandbox immediately after the incident. Per S3 they purchase tools for the students to use as apart of the outdoor nature activity to help with their fine motor skills. Per S3 to prevent this type of incident from happening again, the staff will continue to closely supervise the children when playing with the tools, They will continue to go over the expectations with the children before they go out, give the children steps they can take if the have a disagreement with their friends. They will remove the metal shovels from the sandbox and only use them when the children have direct supervision while planting plants. Although the child was injured it was determined that it was not for lack of supervision. There were no deficiencies cited during today’s inspection. A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with Pricipal Viken Kazarian.