Great Foundations Montessori-woodbury · Preschool, Irvine

101223(a)(3) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (3) To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a The two (2) teachers involved with the incidents have been terminated, effective 09/16/2025. District Manager states that they will re-train staff on Personal Rights and positive Teacher-Child Interactions. Proof will be submitted to LPA by email. punitive nature including but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living including eating, sleeping or toileting; or withholding of shelter, clothing, medication or aids to physical functioning. 8

(a) There shall be a ratio of one teacher visually observing and supervising no more than 12 children in attendance, This requirement is not met evidenced by: 1 Assistant Director states they will submit a written plan of how the facility plans to maintain ratio at the facility at all times to LPA via email by due date. Based on LPA's interview with Staff 5 interview and LPA's observations of the facility operating out of ratio (1 teacher with more than 12 preschool children) which posed an immediate risks to the health, safety and personal rights to the children in care. 8

101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. This requirement is not met evidenced by: 1 Director states she will submit a detailed plan to ensure staff take appropriate actions to meet the children's need on the playground, to LPA by due date. Based on LPA interviews and record review, S1 failed to provide care and supervision as necessary to meet C1's safety needs resulting in C1's injury after jumping off the play structure multiple times. This posed a potential safety risk to children in care. 8

101212 Reporting Requirements (d)... a written report shall be submitted to the Department within seven days following the occurrence of such event. (1) Events reported shall include...(B) Any injury to any child that requires medical treatment. This requirement is not met evidenced by: Director will submit a detailed plan to ensure all incidents are being reported according to Title 22 Reporting Requirements, to LPA, by due date. Based on interview and record review, Director confirmed that due to miscommunication, an incident which occurred on 03/11/2024 was not reported to CCL until 04/25/2024, this posed a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to the the children in care. 8

101227(7) Modified diets prescribed by a child's physician as a medical necessity shall be provided.(B)A child shall not be served any food to which the child's record indicates he/she has an allergy.This requirement was not met by evidence of a child being served The director stated she retrained the kitchen staff to re-read and follow directions given to the facility by the parents regarding food restrictions and allergies. The director stated moving forward they have now implemented putting the main teacher assigned to the classroom be present during mealtimes. food to which the child’s records indicate they are allergic. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to children in care. 8

101230 Activities (b)All children shall be given an opportunity to nap or rest without distraction...(3) No child shall be forced to stay awake or to stay in the napping area longer than the normal napping period. This requirement was not met evidence by: 1 The director stated that she will be giving children in RM10 (Kinder) the option to rest and relax as needed. Then for the other classroom, the director stated she will have enough staff to do quiet activities with other children. Based on LPA's observation during the visit conducted on 9/12/2023 it was observed that children were layin in their beds awake during the facilities "nap time". Children were not observed to have additional activities provided to them and were observed to be in their mat or redirected to their mat. 8

101230 Activities(c) A teacher-child ratio of one teacher supervising 24 napping children is permitted provided that the remaining teachers necessary to meet the overall ratio specified in Section 101216.3(a) are immediately available at the center. This was not met by evidence of LPA observing... 1 The director stated that she will be giving children in RM10 (Kinder) the option to rest and relax as needed. Then for the other classroom, the director stated she will have enough staff to do quiet activities with other children. The director stated she has enough staff to support classrooms. children laying in their cots awake during the facilities nap time. RM 10 had all children(C) awake and 1(S), Rm9 23 children(1 awake) 1(S): Rm8 23 C/6awake/1T: R724C/6awake/1S: R6 2S/17C/3awake R5: 23 Children/4awake/1T R4: 19C1T/3awake R3 21C/3awake 1 T 8

Based on review of video of an incident, 1 The facility reported the incident to Licensing office within 24 hours, and has trained all preschool staff on conducted name to face procedure both indoors and outdoors when transitioning. Additional attention is being payed to child #1, most notably when transitioning and possibilities of hiding from staff at that time. Proof of this correction was LPA determined that a child #1 was in a classroom #7 unsupervised for 90 seconds. This is a potential threat to the children's health and safety. 8 gathered at the time of today's inspection on 8/5/22.

Staff did not prevent child from sustaining injury.