Excel Academic Center

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the date of hire. Staff #7 was not hired correctly per the CPSL and regulation. Staff #7 worked in child care prior to receiving a child abuse clearance. Staff #7 did not receive a child abuse clearance until 6/18/26. Staff #4 did not complete the mandated reporter training within 90 days of their date of hire. Staff #4 completed mandated reporter training on 6/19/26.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A physical site review was conducted. During a walkthrough of the second level of the facility, a school age child was observed unsupervised using the middle of the building bathroom. It was later determined that this child was under the supervision of Staff #2 who was in the preschool #1 class which was down the hall and around corners. Staff #2 was not properly supervising this school age child.

/A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Regulation requires staff to review the facility's emergency plan on an annual basis. The following staff did not review the facility's emergency plan on an annual basis: Staff #4 (previous 3/19/25, current 5/11/26) and Staff #5 (previous 3/19/25, current 5/11/26).

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A physical site review was conducted. The following classrooms were missing outlet covers and children were observed receiving care that were under the age of 5: infants, pre k #1, and pre K #2.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A physical site review was conducted. In the young toddler #2 room, a child's backpack was observed accessible to children. This backpack contained items that indicated the need to be kept out of the reach of children. These items were as follows: 3 sunscreens, chest and foot rub, vapor rub and Aquaphor. Children were observed receiving care in this room during this inspection.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A physical site review was conducted. A cracked light cover was observed in the young toddler #1 room. Children were observed receiving care in this room during the inspection. A rusty metal baseboard heater was observed in the bathroom off the infant class that is used by children.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A physical site review was conducted. The outdoor play area contained a step 2 climber, and the top of the slide was observed crack and a crack was observed near the green slide.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A physical site review was conducted. The refrigerator in the young toddler #2 classroom was missing a thermometer. The temperature of the refrigerator was unable to be determined. The refrigerator in the kitchen contained a broken thermometer and the temperature of the refrigerator was unable to be determined.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A physical site review was conducted. During this inspection the formula and feeding schedules of infants were requested for review. Staff indicated that the facility did not have written formula and feeding schedules for the enrolled infants.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. The following staff did not participate in annual fire safety training as required by regulation: Staff #1 (previous 1/16/25, current 6/19/26), Staff #2 (previous 9/26/24, current 6/19/26), Staff #4 (employed for more than a year and did not complete training until 5/16/26), Staff # 5 (employed for more than a year and did not complete training until 5/16/26) and Staff #6 (previous 8/29/24, current 3/31/26).

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. The file of Staff #2 was missing a staff evaluation. The files of Staff #3, #4 and #5 contained staff evaluations, however, they were not conducted on an annually as required by regulation.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children's files was conducted. See the code sheet for the date of enrollment. The following children are enrolled at the facility for more than 6-months and files did not contain a child service report: Child #2 and Child #5.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. At the time of the inspection, the following staff files were missing complete 12 hours of annual child care training as required by regulation: Staff #1 (missing 10 hours), Staff #2 (missing 8 hours) and Staff #4 (missing 2 hours).

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the date of hire. Staff #1 was not hired correctly per the CPSL. Staff #1 worked in child care prior to receiving an NSOR clearance. At the time of the inspection, Staff #1 did not have an NSOR clearance on file.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A physical site review was conducted. At the time of the inspection, staff were observed changing diapers in the infant room. This diaper changing area did not contain a source of running water for handwashing.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children's files was conducted. Regulation requires children's agreement and emergency contact forms to be updated at least every 6-month period. The following children's forms were not updated at lest every 6-month period: Child #1 (emergency contact previous 622/24, current 3/17/25 and agreement previous 7/1/24, current 3/17/25) and Child #2 (emergency contact previous 8/15/24, current 3/19/25 and agreement previous 8/15/24, current 3/19/25).

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children's files was conducted. The following children's files were missing the amount of the fee to be charged per day or per week: Child #2 and Child #3.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children's files was conducted. The file and agreement form for Child #2 was missing the date on which the fee is to be paid.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children's files was conducted. The following children's files were missing the children's arrival and departure times: Child #2 and Child #3.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children's files was conducted. The following children's files were missing the date of the child's admission: Child #2 and Child #3.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children's files was conducted. The following children's files were missing consent for emergency medical care: Child #2 and Child #5.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children's files was conducted. The following children's files were missing consent for first aid: Child #2 and Child #5.

An unannounced inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Staff person #1 has not completed the following required pre-service training and was not supervised by an appropriate staff person (see LIS code sheet): pediatric first aid/CPR.

An unannounced inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Staff #1 was hired as a provisional hire and did not have proof of applying for or the state police clearance in the file, as required by the CPSL, prior to working in a child care role at the facility. Staff #1 was observed working alone with children during this inspection.