Slater Montessori Academy

Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above. During staff file review, LPA observed two out of the three staff were missing mandated reporter certification. Staff was unable to provide current and a mandated reporter certification which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

101212 Reporting Requirements (d) Upon the occurrence...(d)(2) below shall be submitted to the Dept within seven days...(1) Events reported... (D) Any suspected physical or psychological abuse of any child. This requirement is not meet by: 1 Director stated they will make sure they report any unusual incident within 24 hours via phone call and submit a written incident report within 7 days. Director have already submitted LIC624 Unusual incident report for this incident on 08/30/23. Based on interviews conducted by LPA, it was determined that the facility did not report the alleged child abuse or police incident to licensing or to Child Protective Services (CPS) when staff informed the director in a timely manner. This is a potential Health and Safety risk to the children in care.

101227 Food Services (a) In childcare centers providing meals to children, the following shall apply. This requirement was not met evidence by: 1 The facility replace a new fridge for the facility. Based on LPA’s observation on 8/17/23, it was determined that the facility fridge has mode on the fridge walls, and the bottle two drawers are chips and broken. This is a potential Health and Safety risk to the children in care. 8

Based on LPA’s interviews, three staff members disclosed C1 was left in the kitchen unsupervised for about 1 minute. This poses an immediate safety risk to the children in care.