Incident investigation·August 8, 2024

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Marilou Monico conducted a Case Management inspection in response to an incident that was reported by the facility to Licensing on August 5, 2024. LPA met with Site Director, Tim Harper, and explained to him the purpose of today's inspection. LPA toured the facility, interviewed staff, reviewed a file, and obtained copies of documents. Based on interviews and available evidence, a teacher (S-1) was witnessed speaking harshly to a preschool child, pushing the same child and withholding food to the child on the morning of August 5, 2024. Site Director was informed of the incident and the teacher was placed on administrative leave effective that same day. The teacher is still on administrative leave. As a result of this inspection, Type A deficiency was cited on the following page. Assembly Bill (AB) 633 was provided and discussed with Site Director. LPA informed the Site Director to provide a copy of this licensing report dated 08/08/24 that documents a Type A citation to parents/guardians of all children currently enrolled no later than the next business day or the next day the children are in care, and to parents/guardians of any newly enrolled children for 12 months from the date of this report. A signed Acknowledgement of Receipt of Licensing Report (LIC9224) must be placed in the child's file for verification. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with Site Director, Tim Harper. A Notice of Site Visit was issued and must remain posted for 30 days.