Incident investigation·March 6, 2025

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Glenn Ouye arrived unannounced to conduct a case management visit regarding a self reported incident where child C1 was unsupervised in a classroom for a short period of time and for a incident where child C2 was riding a scooter ran into the a fence and sustained a laceration on his forehead. The incident with C1 occurred on 2/26/25. C1 was in the outdoor activity area with all of the students and staff. It appears that C1 entered room 9 at approximately 11:10 for no longer than a few minutes when a teacher left the empty classroom with another child who was using the restroom to relieve another teacher for a lunch break. When the second teacher was entering classroom 9 she saw C1 in the classroom alone. C1 told the staff that it was too noisy and she wanted to go where it was quite. C1 was no injured or in distress. C1 went back to the outdoor activity area to resume playing. The parent and Community Care Licensing were notified of the incident. The facility has developed an extensive plan of correction to prevent a reoccurrence of the incident. The plan includes a face to name check during transitions, Utilizing walkie talkies when a teacher leaves a classroom on duty which includes taking children to and from the bathroom. Lock all classroom doors except for room 8 which is used for toileting. This prevents children from entering other classroom without supervision. Room 8 has the best view to maintain visual supervision if a child does need to be taken to the bathroom. The program has removed any objects in areas that may hinder visual supervision. Staff are also required to routinely scan environment for the supervision of all students which also includes counting the number of children which matches the prior count of students. A deficiency is being issued for the lack of supervision, however there was not an immediate health and safety risk to the C1. On 3/3/25 child C2 was riding a scooter at approximately 9:30am when C2 crashed into the fence with the scooter. C2's forehead hit the handle bar of the scooter which caused a laceration. C2's laceration was treated at a local emergency room. C2 also appeared to have concussion symptoms. The site supervision indicated that she has currently removed the scooters until she can get enough helmets for the children riding the scooter. The staff will also encourage the children to ride the scooters at a slower rate of speed. The following deficiency is being cited (see LIC 809D). Appeal Rights were provided via email. A notice of site visit was given via email and must remain posted for 30 days. Failure to comply with posting requirements shall result in an immediate civil penalty of $100.