Economy Elementary School

The files for staff #2 and 3 lack an FBI clearance.

On 4/4/24, observed staff #4 walk out of the library and to the front entrance of the school to answer the door. Six young school age children were observed alone in the library for approximately one minute. Ratio 0:6.

On 4/4/24, observed staff #4 walk out of the library and to the front entrance of the school to answer the door. Six young school age children were observed alone in the library for approximately one minute.

On 4/4/24, observed staff #4 walk out of the library and to the front entrance of the school to answer the door. Six young school age children were observed alone in the library for approximately one minute.

The most current emergency drill on file lacked the number of children participating in the drill.

The facility lacked an annual traffic letter within the past year.

The files for staff #2 and 3, who hold the title of assistant group supervisor, lack documentation of a high school diploma or general education development certificate. There are 2 years of experience on file.

Emergency contact information on file for child #1 lacks the address of the child's physician and the enrolling parent's home and work telephone numbers.

The file for staff #1 lacks 4 of the required 12 annual hours of childcare training.

The staff file for Staff person #1 was observed to lack a valid State Police and Child Abuse clearance; the State Police clearance on file is dated 8/15/17 and the Child Abuse clearance on file is dated 8/22/17 which are both more than 60 months old. Staff person #1 was also observed to lack a valid DHS FBI clearance; Staff person #1 provided a DOE FBI clearance dated 8/4/22 which is not an accept FBI clearance per the Child Protective Service Law (CPSL). The file for Staff person #3 and Staff person #4 were observed to lack a valid DHS FBI clearance on file. Staff person #3 provided a DOE FBI clearance dated 1/19/21 and Staff person #4 provided a DOE FBI clearance dated 9/21/22 which is not an accept FBI clearance per the CPSL.

The staff file for Staff person #3 through Staff person #6 contained a signed disclosure statement on file however it was not dated thus making is difficult to determine if the disclosure statements were signed at time of hire.

The staff file for Staff person #1 and Staff person #2 contained documentation of having participated in emergency plan training however the documentation was not dated thus unable to determine if the training was done annually. The staff file for Staff person #3 through Staff person #6 contained documentation of having participated in emergency plan training however the documentation was not dated thus unable to determine if the training was done within 90 days of hire.

The file for Staff person #5 was observed to not contain documentation of a health assessment being completed within 12 months prior to date of hire (See IS CODE SHEET). The health assessment on file for Staff person #5 was dated 10/3/22.

The file for Staff person #5 was observed to not contain documentation of a tuberculosis screening completed within 12 months prior to date of hire (See IS CODE SHEET). The tuberculosis screening and results on file for Staff person #5 was dated 10/3/22.

The staff file for Staff person #4 contained a current health assessment dated 8/16/21 that lacked an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination. The staff file for Staff person #6 contained a current health assessment dated 9/26/21 that lacked an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination.

The child file for Child #1, was observed to not contain documentation of an initial health report within 60 days of enrollment (See IS CODE SHEET). An initial health report dated 12/13/22 is on file.

The facility lacked a handwritten policy and procedure identifying the prevention of shaken baby syndrome, abusive head trauma, and child maltreatment. Staff person #1 and Staff person #2 had not completed the one-hour Pennsylvania Health and Safety Update 2022 training by 12/30/22 as required per announcement C-22-06; Staff person #1 completed the one-hour training on 2/24/23 and Staff person #2 completed the one-hour training on 1/17/23.

Staff person #4 had not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): Health and Safety Training; Staff person #4 completed Health and Safety training on 1/19/23. Staff person #4 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): Pediatric First Aid/CPR. Staff person #3, and Staff person #5 have not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): Health and Safety Training and Pediatric First Aid/CPR.

The staff file for Staff person #2 was observed to lack a written staff evaluation for 2022; the last documented staff evaluation on file was dated June 2021.

The file for Staff person #3, who is functioning as an assistant group supervisor, lacked documentation of 2 years experience with children. The file for Staff person #6, who is functioning as an assistant group supervisor, lacked documentation of high school diploma and 2 years experience with children.

The facility was observed to lack a written plan of daily activities posted in the childcare space.

The child file for Child #2 contained a financial agreement and an emergency contact information form that were not reviewed and updated by the parent at least once in a 6-month period; the two most recent updates for the financial agreement were 3/7/23 and 8/16/22 and for the emergency contact information form were 3/2/23 and 8/16/22.

The staff file for Staff person #5 lacked one non-family references.

The facility was observed to lack a means to provide the parent of each child enrolled with information on how to access the regulations in this chapter electronically.

There was no emergency drill conducted and documented at the facility.

The file for staff #1 contained a Pediatric Frist Aid/CPR training date that expired on 12-9-2021 and has not been renewed since.

The file for staff#1 (See US Code Sheet) did not contain Health and Safety training which was to be completed by the mandatory training date of 6-17-2021.

The file for staff #2 who was hired prior to 12-19-2020 contained 10 hours of training by the mandatory training date of 12-19-2021. The file for staff #1 and staff#3 who were both hired prior to 12-20-2020 did not contain any training hours by the mandatory training date of 12-19-2021.