Creative Kids Ed CTR LLC at McAuliffe Heights-PM
Creative Kids Ed CTR LLC at McAuliffe Heights-PM is a certified child care center in Altoona, PA. It holds a Keystone STAR 2 rating. Since August 2021, Pennsylvania certification staff have inspected it 4 times. The state cited 3 violations, 1 of them core-safety (supervision, staff ratios, discipline, background checks, child protection or safe sleep). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by topic-weighted citations per inspection, it is #3 of 22 centers in Altoona and has fewer citations per inspection than 89% of Pennsylvania certified centers.
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It was observed on the day of inspection, when certification representatives arrived at the facility, staff person #1 was present with two children in care. Staff person #2 arrived when the third child entered the facility.
At the time of the renewal inspection, there was not a written agreement between the school and the child care program's legal entity documenting the school's process for the disposal of trash daily and weekly.
The facility did not have an emergency plan that provides for accommodations for evacuation of children from the facility building and evacuation of children to a location away from the facility premises.
“Core safety” marks citations about supervision and staff ratios, discipline and caregiver conduct, background checks, child protection and safe sleep, the topics our score weights most. Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity. “Follow-up” marks a violation re-cited at a follow-up visit, counted once. How scores work.
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Has Creative Kids Ed CTR LLC at McAuliffe Heights-PM had any serious violations?
Pennsylvania cited 1 violation since 2021 on the topics Daycare Record treats as core safety (supervision, staff ratios, discipline, background checks, child protection or safe sleep). The most recent, on Oct 21, 2024 (staff ratios): “It was observed on the day of inspection, when certification representatives arrived at the facility, staff person #1 was present with two children in care. Staff person #2 arrived when the third child entered the…” Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity; each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Creative Kids Ed CTR LLC at McAuliffe Heights-PM?
Pennsylvania lists no complaint investigation that found a violation at Creative Kids Ed CTR LLC at McAuliffe Heights-PM since 2021. Its search shows these “verified complaints” but not what a complaint alleged, or whether every violation relates to it.
What is Creative Kids Ed CTR LLC at McAuliffe Heights-PM’s Keystone STARS rating?
STAR 2, effective Oct 28, 2025. Keystone STARS is Pennsylvania’s quality rating program for child care, from STAR 1 to STAR 4. It measures program quality, not inspection results, so read both.
How does Creative Kids Ed CTR LLC at McAuliffe Heights-PM compare with other daycares in Altoona?
It is #3 of 22 centers in Altoona by topic-weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 89% of Pennsylvania certified centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Creative Kids Ed CTR LLC at McAuliffe Heights-PM last inspected?
Oct 27, 2025 (renewal). No violations were cited during that visit.
Who runs Creative Kids Ed CTR LLC at McAuliffe Heights-PM?
The legal entity on its Pennsylvania certificate is Creative Kids Education Center LLC.
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Citations are quoted from Pennsylvania Department of Human Services inspection records (Office of Child Development and Early Learning, Bureau of Certification Services), including each finding and the center’s plan of correction. Rule numbers refer mostly to 55 Pa. Code Chapter 3270, the rules for child care centers; a few cite Chapter 20, which covers every certified facility. Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity; the “core safety” label and the score are Daycare Record’s.
To check the state’s own record, search the center’s name on COMPASS Child Care Provider Search and open its inspection history. Data refreshed Oct 16, 2026.
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