complaint·October 4, 2022

The Director stated she chose to not pay for the subscription fee to this company and decided to work with a different company for video recordings. This decision was made prior to the alleged incident involving Child#1 and Staff#1 on 08/24/22 and the video footage being requested on 08/25/22 per Director. During interviews the Director and Staff members stated that children are not forced to sleep during nap time. The children are asked to lay down on their mats during nap time by the classroom teacher. If a child does not want to sleep during nap time, than they are provided with a book to read by the teacher. Staff interviewed stated that a child has the option to read the book sitting or laying down on his or her mat, but are asked to not get up and walk around, or go to a table, or make too much noise since it will disturb the other children who are sleeping during this time. The facility explained that since tables have just been cleaned prior to nap time, the children are asked to not use it to read their book during nap time. Although it is possible that Child#1 was handled in a rough manner and forced to nap, there is not enough evidence found during this investigation that supported the allegations. The evidence provided by the facility regarding the camera footage not being accessible does line up with the forwarded email from the video footage company provided to LPA Lee during the investigation. The stated policy for children who do not wish to nap during nap time does not seem to violate any personal rights of children in care. It is not clear based on the information provided in the details of the allegation whether Child#1 had any objections to laying down on her mat during nap time since the complaint just stated that Child#1 allegedly did not want to sleep but was forced to. The staff member specified in the complaint stated in an interview that Child#1 did go to her mat and went to sleep after laying down for a few minutes. Based on the evidence collected during the investigation, the allegations that staff handled child in a rough manor and forced child to take a nap may be valid. However, there is not enough preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violation(s) did or did not occur, therefore at this time the above allegations are found to be unsubstantiated. Exit interview conducted with Director Megha Sahni. Appeal rights discussed and explained. The notice of site inspection must remain posted for a period of 30 days during hours of operation. Failure to maintain posting will result in a civil penalty of $100.00 dollars.