complaint·July 24, 2024

There is an assigned staff at the facility who is responsible for refilling the bottles with the bleach solution and dropping them off every morning to the respective classrooms. Interviews further revealed that the staff of each classroom are responsible for dropping off the bottles daily and placing the correct date on the bottles every morning. Facility Director submitted the log that the center keeps tracking the mixing of the bleach solution by staff. The second allegation is Staff do not ensure food waste is properly disposed of. Interviews revealed that once lunch time is over, all leftover lunches/food are disposed of into the trash cans with tight fitting lids in the classroom. During the tour of the facility LPA did not observe any open food on the counter or in the classrooms. During the visit LPA also observed staff having their lunches in the staff lunch area located next to the kitchen. Interviews further revealed staff do not keep their lunches on the counter uncovered in the classrooms. The third and final allegation is Licensee does not ensure disaster drills are conducted in a timely manner. Interviews revealed that each classroom conducts their own emergency evacuation drill every month but do not document the dates. The facility does conduct its fire and disaster drill as a whole at least every 6 months as per the licensing requirements and documents it. Facility Director submitted the log for the Emergency disaster and fire drill for the year 2024 and LPA confirmed that it was up to date. From the information received by interviews with staff, and facility documents the above allegation cannot be verified. Although the allegations may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the allegations did or did not occur, therefore, the allegations are UNSUBSTANTIATED. An exit interview was conducted with facility director Ms. Marcella Arnold, a Notice of Site Visit posted, and a copy of this report was provided to the facility on this date and time.