Carmel Valley Preschool

... 1 Director stated she would report the unexplained injury that occurred to child C1 by 11/8/24 and e-mail the LIC624 Unusual incident report to: SDIncidentreports@dss.ca.gov Based upon Director interview, an incident report was not provided to Licensing regarding an unexplained injury that occurred to a child in care. The facility became aware of the unexplained injury when a parent reported it to a staff member, but did not report it to the licensing department which is a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.

Based on interviews with staff and parents and review of documentation, visual supervision was not sufficiently maintained to prevent inappropriate interaction between children on the playground. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.

Director has provided correction on today's visit. She will ensure that in the future incidents are reported on the duty line (619)767-2248 and submit an incident report by email to SDIncidentReports@dss.ca.gov or by Fax at (619 767-2203 within 24 hours by phone and 7 days by mail/email of occurring. Licensee will also provide written statement explaining that she will submit future reports per the required time frames. This requirement was not met as evidenced by the department did not receive an incident report within 7 days.

Based on observation during the facility tour, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that four rooms had items that state "keep out of reach of children" in areas that are accessible to children. In each case, the item was either under a sink or in the back corner of a counter near a teacher which posed a potential rather than immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.

Staff did not prevent children from engaging in inappropriate behaviors.