Facility-requested visit·March 10, 2022

On March 10, 2022 at 10:00AM, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Monique Ayala and Licensing Program Manager (LPM) Mariela Ramon conducted a Case Management inspection for the purpose of meeting with the facilities compliance team. Upon arrival LPA and LPM were greeted by Head of School who guided LPA and LPM on a tour of the facility. LPA and LPM observed 61 children with 6 fully qualified staff. LPA and LPM conducted a walk through of the facility play yard. LPA and LPM observed the play yard has an elevated grass area that is in the middle of the play yard and leads down to the play structure and into the remainder of the grass area. LPA and LPM advised head of school to establish a plan to level the area to ensure the health and safety of children. Head of school was advised to provide to the department a written plan that explains in detail what steps will be taken to flatten the elevated area of the play yard grass area. The plan must be completed and submitted to the department for review no later than March 18, 2022. Meanwhile Head of school will ensure that, there be staff member on each side of the elevated area to prevent children from having access to this area. An alarm will be placed at the gate leading to the facility parking lot, to prevent children from exiting the facility play yard into the parking lot. No violations were observed during this Case Management inspection. An exit interview was conducted and a copy of this report was provided along with a Notice of Site Visit to Head of School.