Brookside Childrens Early Education Center · 675 N Brookside Rd, Allentown

There is Albuterol HFA medication for child # 1 that state discard after 4/9/24 on the medication label.

Facility staff # 2 did not have a health assessment conducted ion over 24 months from 9/3/20 to 6/18/24.

Facility did not conduct fire drills in over 60 days from 4/1/24 to 6/3/24.

Facility did not test the alarm system in over 30 days from 5/7/24 to 6/7/24.

Facility staff # 4 does not have 12 hours of annual childcare training completed.

Facility staff # 2, 3, 5,6 & 7 did not complete fire safety training in over 12 months from 5/9/23 to 6/17/24.

Facility staff # 1 & # 2 hired and working in childcare, does not have 2 references on file.

During the renewal inspection, staff person #6 had expired PA State Police, Child Abuse and FBI clearances on file. The dates of the clearances on file were 4/23/18, 5/23/18, and 4/16/18, respectively. Staff person #11 did not have a dated and signed disclosure statement on file.

During the renewal inspection, staff person #8, an aide, was observed in Preschool alone with 4 children.

During the renewal, the emergency plan on file did not include continuity of operations and volunteer emergency preparedness.

During the renewal inspection, all staff excluding staff person #11 did not have annual emergency plan training on file. The date of the last emergency plan training was conducted on 5/11/22.

During the renewal, the plastic window covering located on the walkway to the playground was cracked and had exposed sharp corners.

During the renewal inspection, the following children did not have the listed immunizations according to recommendations of the ACIP: Child #1 - DTAP #4 and influenza; child #7 - influenza.

During the renewal inspection, the Avi-Q that was observed in the classroom of child #11 stated to use by 2/21/23 and is therefore expired.

During the renewal inspection, there was no medication log signed by the parent for child #11's Avi-Q. There was no medication log signed by the parent for child #12's Epi-Pen and liquid Allergy medicine.

During the renewal inspection, staff person #1, staff person #5, staff person #9 and staff person #13 did not have a current health assessment on file. The health assessments on file were dated 3/19/21, 6/19/20, 6/29/20 and 9/1/20, respectively.

During the renewal inspection, there was no documentation showing that the local traffic safety authorities are notified annually in writing of the location of the facility and the program's use of pedestrian and vehicular routes around the child care facility. The safe routes including pick up and drop off procedures were not posted.

During the renewal inspection, staff person #1 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): Health and Safety training

During the renewal, staff person #13 did not complete the required one-hour 2022 update to the health and safety training by 12/30/2022.

During the renewal, staff person #15 has not completed mandated reporter training within the last 60 months. This is evidenced by the previously documented mandated reporter training on file being dated 10/19/15.

During the renewal, staff #15 did not have documentation of 2 years (2,500 hours) of child care experience to accompany the high school diploma and therefore is not qualified as an assistant group supervisor

During the renewal inspection, staff person #3 did not have any education on file and therefore is not qualified as an aide.

During the renewal inspection, child #2 and child #7 did not have the address of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released on the emergency contact form.

During the renewal inspection, there was no file for staff #18.

During the renewal, staff person #16's file only contained one written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person.

During an onsite inspection on 6/1/22, staff #8 had mandated reporter training on file dated 2/22/20. The prior mandated reporter training was taken on 2/17/15. This shows a lapse in the training dates and was not completed within the 60 month requirement. Staff #13 and staff #19 did not have a completed NSOR on file (see code sheet for date of hire).

During an onsite visit on 6/1/22, in the Pre-K 1 room, there was a water damaged ceiling tile.

During an onsite visit on 6/1/22, there was peeling paint in the Preschool 2 room.

During an onsite inspection on 6/1/22, there was a broken toy bin in the Pre-K 2 room. The television was placed on a shelf and was not securely mounted, this poses a hazard to children playing in that area.

During an onsite inspection, child #1 did not have a health report that included a statement that the child is able to participate in child care and appears to be free from contagious or communicable disease.

During an onsite inspection on 6/1/22, there was no written documentation that the facility is conducting emergency drills annually.

During an onsite inspection on 6/1/22, staff #10 did not have an approved Pediatric First Aid/CPR curriculum on file and has been employed for more than 90 days (see code sheet for date of hire).

During an onsite inspection on 6/1/22, staff #13, staff #17 had not yet completed training relating to Health and Safety Pre-service training topics and Pediatric First Aid and Pediatric CPR and have been employed for more than 90 days (see code sheet for date of hire).

During an onsite inspection, child #2 did not have a date of admission on the agreement form.

During an onsite inspection on 6/1/22, child #3 did not have the address of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released on the emergency contact form.