Incident investigation·July 18, 2025

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Anomeh Eivazian conducted an unannounced case management inspection on 07/18/25 due to an incident that occurred on Thursday, 07/10/25. LPA arrived at the facility at 9:10 AM and met with Deidre Corwin, Program Director who guided analyst on a tour of the facility. This is a preschool program which consists of 4 classrooms: Room 101, Room 104, Room 105, and Room 108. Effective 07/14/25 this program is closed until January 2026. During this inspection no children were present on site. There are school age programs and Elementary program on this site. All the programs are under Glendale Unified School District. Alleged Incident took place on Thursday 07/10/25. The incident was reported via email to the department on Friday 07/11/25. The facility reported the incident within the required 24-hour time frame. LPA Eivazian conducted an interview with staff#1. LPA watched facility video footage for 07/10/25 from 2:26:56 p.m. to 2:35:46 p.m. from facility camera 5 on staff#1 laptop. During this inspection Deidre Corwin, Program Director emailed LPA Eivazian 07/11/25 video footage and program director internal investigation notes. Based on an interview that was conducted with staff#1, on 07/10/25 at the time of the incident there were total of 8 children present in Room 105. Seven children transitioned from Room 105 to 104 at 2:26:56 p.m. , with 2 staff, staff#2 and staff#3. At 2:27:27 p.m., staff#2, entered Room 105, carrying her purse and closed the door behind her. Her scheduled workday ended at 2:30 p.m.. At 2:31 p.m., a parent entered Room 105 to retrieve their child’s belongings. The room was dark, based on the video footage. Child#1 in the restroom was not seen or heard. At 2:35:46 p.m. staff#4 entered Room 105 to begin her break. Upon hearing running water, staff#4, investigated, the Room 105 restroom door was not closed, it was a little bit open and found child#1, alone in the Room 105 dark restroom flushing second toilet which is close to Room 108 and stated, “the teacher left me going potty”. REPORT CONTINUES ON NEXT PAGE 1 OF 2 Per staff#1, staff#4 checked on the child#1 and child#1 was unharmed. Per staff#1, child#1 is really verbal and clearly stated to mother the teacher left child#1 in the bathroom alone. Per staff#1, facility has been closed effective 07/14/25 till January 2026. Teachers are getting training to be ensure they are ready prior reopening of this site. Based on LPA observations and interviews which were conducted and record reviews, the preponderance of evidence standard has been meet, therefore the above incident that occurred on 07/10/25 and child#1 was unsupervised, alone and left unattended in Room 105 bathroom from 2:25:56 p.m. to 2:35:46 p.m., for 9 minutes is found to be Substantiated at this time. California Code of Regulations, 101229(a) (1)-- 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, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation and Personal Rights-- 101223(a)(2)--Per The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (2) To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs are being cited on the attached LIC9099D. LPA Anomeh Eivazian informed Program Director, Deidre Corwin that this report dated 07/18/25 documents 2 of Type A citations. Type A citations which shall be posted for 30 consecutive days as there is immediate risks to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care. Also, LPA Anomeh Eivazian informed the Program Director, Deidre Corwin to provide a copy of this licensing report dated 07/18/25 that documents 2 Type A citations to parents/guardians of all children currently enrolled by the next business day or the next day the children are in care, and to any newly enrolled parents/guardians for 12 months from the date of this report. A signed Acknowledgement of Receipt of Licensing Report (LIC 9224), or other written statement, must be placed in the child's file for verification. The Notice of Site Visit (LIC 9213) was given and must remain posted for 30 days. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with the Deidre Corwin, Program Director. REPORT END 2 of 2