Incident investigation·December 14, 2023

On December 14, 2023, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Garcia made an unannounced case management visit to the child day care facility listed above and met with Site Manager, Alida Leon. Purpose of the visit was explained to the director. The case management visit is from a self reported incident that occurred on 12/6/2023. The facility had 29 children and 9 teachers in total on site. The day of the incident, December 6, 2023, the student shared with her mother that a teacher from room 3 allegedly pushed the child's head down to the mat during nap time. The facility's Human Resources department and site leadership teams are conducting their own investigation about the incident and the teacher in question is currently on administrative leave. LPA Garcia interviewed the site manager and gathered the written statements that she conducted with the staff members in that classroom. Based on the interviews conducted by LPA and documents obtained, children's personal rights were violated. Type B Violation for violating child's Personal Rights. A copy of this report was given to the Licensee and a site visit notification must be posted for 30 days. Failure to comply with posting requirements shall result in an immediate civil penalty of $100. Exit interview was conducted and report was reviewed with Site Manager, Alida Leon