Incident investigation·October 29, 2024

S1= Staff 1; S2= Staff 2; S3= Staff 3; C1= Child 1 On October 29, 2024 at approximately 1:15pm, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Catrina Quimbo conducted an unannounced, case management visit in regards to an incident that was self-reported to department October 16, 2024. LPA met with site supervisor, Marilyn Lazana, and explained the purpose of the visit. Present during LPA's visit included 25 preschool children and 6 teaching staff. On October 15, 2024 at approximately 4:15pm, all enrolled children and two teaching staff were present in the outdoor area. S1, S2, and C1 were present in preschool classroom #2. C1 utilized children's restroom that is located and shared between preschool classroom #1 and preschool classroom #2. As C1 was using children's restroom, S3 also entered the children's restroom. S3 used the children's restroom simultaneously while C1 used the children's restroom. On October 16, 2024, teaching staff on site reported incident to Peninsula Family Service program director. Program director conducted an internal investigation. On October 16, 2024, S3 was terminated from facility. C1's authorized representative was informed of incident on the same date. On October 18, 2024 an informal staff meeting was held. During today's visit, LPA conducted staff interviews and inspected children's restroom. LPA observed 4 toilets in children's restroom, aligned right next to each other. LPA did not observe any privacy between children's toilets. LPA observed doors to children's restroom to be half-partition doors to maintain supervision. LPA determined C1's personal rights were violated on October 15, 2024 when S3 utilized children's restroom while C1 utilized children's restroom. Facility is being cited under Title 22, Division 12, Chapter 1. See 809D for details. A hard copy of today's report was provided to site supervisor as well as appeal rights. A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with site supervisor, Marilyn Lazana.