Next Generation Educational Center

Director states that she will conduct an all staff meeting reqarding incidents that are required to be reported per licensing regulations. Director states she will send a copy of the signed agenda to the department by 6/15/26 During an investigation it was discovered that the facility failed to report two incidents that occurred on 4/20/26, where in two children were unsupervised for approximately two mintues. This poses a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to children in care.

(a)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... This requriment was not met as evidencyed by: 1 Director states she has a staff meeting scheduled for 06/13/26 regarding personal rights. Director states she will send a copy of the signed meeting agenda by POC date 6/15/26. Based on staff interviews, it was disclosed that staff (S8) physically restrained a child (C1) and held them down in their cot against there will. LPA determined that this is a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to children in care. 8

Based on staff interviews, it was disclosed that on 4/30/26 children (C2) & (C3) left the supervision of the classroom for approximately 2 minutes. LPA determined that his is a potential heatlh, safety, and personal rights risk to children in care.

Based on interviews conducted by LPA several classrooms and carpets/rugs within the facility smell on occasion and are in need of cleaning and/or repair. This poses a potential, health, safety or personal rights risk to the children in care.

Based on water testing results and interviews, facility tested over the Action Level Exceedance level at one drinking fountain. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.

Based on interviews conducted and director statement parents were not notified of the lead exceedance and the results were not posted. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.

Based on interviews conducted by LPA daycare children were allowed to drink water with lead that exceeded 5 ppb. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.

Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section above. Two trikes were missing a handle bar covers. An exposed handle bar poses the risk of thermal burn injury to children at play.

Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. There were several gaps in the play area that poses a tripping hazard to children at play.

Facility is not maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.

California Lead Action Level at Child Care Centers: Facility water has lead in it.

Personal Rights: Facility staff allowed daycare children to drink/consume water with lead in it.

Lead Action Level Exceedance Response Requirements: Facility did not inform daycare children’s parents of the presence of lead in the water at the facility.