Lehigh Childrens Academy

The cots in the Pre-K A classroom are not labeled for each individual child.

There is no thermometer in the Pre-K A classroom refrigerator.

Child # 1 does not have a written consent form with the epipen in the classroom emergency bag with the medication. Child # 4 has expired Baby organic sunscreen. The sunscreen expired 5/2024.

Facility staff person # 6 has pediatric first aid and cpr that expired on 10/1/24.

The emergency contact forms in the emergency binders for child # 2 and # 3 have not been updated in over 6 months.

Facility staff # 1did not have pediatric first aid and cpr until more than 90 days from DOH on 2/27/25. Facility staff # 2,3, & 4 do not have pediatric first aid and cpr and were all hired more than 90 days ago.

At the time of the inspection, staff person #4 did not have a witness signature on the disclosure statement at time of hire (see LIS code sheet for date of hire).

At the time of the inspection, staff person #1 and staff person #28, both qualified as aides were observed to be working together unsupervised in the young toddler room during rest time.

At the time of the inspection, the facility did not have their own file to keep child incidents, accidents and illness reports in.

At the time of the inspection, the lid to the plastic toy bin in the school age room was cracked posing sharp corners.

During the renewal inspection on 3/22/24, the large, embedded climber in the play yard had a fall height of four feet high and was required to be installed on top of six inches of shredded rubber mulch. There was only three inches of shredded rubber mulch at the base of the slide.

At the time of the inspection, there was no medication log signed by the parent for child #11's Epi-Pen that was present at the facility.

At the time of the inspection, staff person#31 has not completed Pediatric First Aid/CPR training within the last 60 months. This is evidenced by the previously documented Pediatric First Aid/CPR training on file being dated 10/13/21.

At the time of the inspection, staff person #36 and staff #37 did not complete the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): Health and safety training. This is evidenced by the health and safety training on file dated 9/1/23 and 3/12/24, respectively.

At the time of the inspection, the emergency contact form and/or agreements for child #2, #3, #4, child #6, child #7, child #8, child #9 and child #10 were not updated every 6 months as required. This is evidenced by a current review date of 3/1/24, 2/9/24, 2/29/24, 3/5/24, 3/6/24, 2/29/24, 3/6/24 and 3/6/24, respectively. The previous date of review was documented as 5/24/23, 5/23/23, 5/1/23, 5/5/23, 5/19/23, 5/18/23, 6/21/23, 5/24/23, respectively.

During the renewal inspection on 6/7/23, the large, embedded climber in the play yard had a fall height of four feet high and was required to be installed on top of six inches of shredded rubber mulch. There was only two inches of shredded rubber mulch underneath the climber. A plan of correction was received stating the correction would be implemented on 6/30/23. A follow-up inspection occurred on 7/5/23. The surfacing under and surrounding the large, embedded equipment did not measure 6 inches of loose fill material. Areas directly under the equipment measured between 3 and 5 inches of rubber mulch.

During the renewal, staff person #1 did not have a signed disclosure statement on file. Staff person #5 did not have clearances from the state of New York on file at initial employment and has last resided in New York in 2016 (see LIS sheet for date of hire). Staff person #19 did not have clearances for the state of Maine on file at initial employment and has last resided in Maine in 2015 (see LIS sheet for date of hire).

During the renewal, the emergency plan on file listed responsibilities for staff members who have not been employed at the facility since March 2023. The plan was not updated when the staff members left the facility.

During the renewal, staff person #1 did not have documentation of emergency plan training in her file and has been employed for more than 90 days (see LIS sheet for date of hire).

During the renewal inspection, the outdoor climbing equipment located on the preschool playground contained wooden logs that are used as top handrails for the children. The logs are splintered and pose a hazard to children.

During the renewal, the large, embedded climber in the play yard has a fall height of four feet high and is required to be installed on top of six inches of shredded rubber mulch. There is only two inches of shredded rubber mulch underneath the climber.

During the renewal, child #1's immunization record was missing the following vaccinations: DTAP #2, DTAP #3, HIB#2, PNUMOCOCCAL #2, PNUEMOCOCCAL #3 and POLIO #2. Child #6 was missing the influenza vaccine and did not have an exemption letter written by the parent on file.

During the renewal, child #11 had an AVI-Q at the facility and the prescription label stated to discard after 5/14/23.

During the renewal, staff person #2's health assessment did not include a date of when the assessment was conducted and did not contain the signature must include the individual's professional title who conducted the assessment. Staff person #13 and staff person #17's health assessment did not include a date of when the assessment was conducted.

During the renewal, staff person #5's health assessment did not have an answer to the question if the person had an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination.

During the renewal inspection, the provider did not have a written policy identify the recognition of potential signs and symptoms of shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma. There was no policy addressing the prevention and identification of child maltreatment.

During the renewal, staff person #26's Pediatric First Aid/CPR certification expired in March 2023 and had not yet been renewed.

During the renewal, staff person #2 has not completed fire safety training and has been employed at the facility for more than 12 months.

During the renewal, staff person #1, staff person #2 and staff #18 have not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): PQAS approved Pediatric First Aid/CPR training. Staff person #3 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 topics.

During the renewal, staff person #1, staff person #2 and staff person #4 did not complete the required one-hour 2022 update to the health and safety training by 12/30/2022. Staff person #3 and staff person #5 did not complete the required one-hour Health and Safety training by 12/30/22. It was completed on 1/18/23 and 1/26/23, respectively.

During the renewal, staff person#4 has not completed the mandated reporter training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet).

During the renewal, staff person #11 did not have 2 years (2,500 hours) of documented prior child care experience on file to be qualified as an assistant group supervisor.

During the renewal, child #3 and child #5 did not have an update to the financial agreement 6 months after the current agreement on file. The current agreement on file is dated 8/2022.

During the inspection, staff person #2 only had 10 clock hours of child care training during their 5/22-5/23 training year. Staff person #11, staff person #16, staff person #32 and staff person #36 did not complete 12 clock hours of child care training during their 12/21-12/22 training year. They completed 9.5 clock hours, 7.5 clock hours, 10 clock hours, and 4 clock hours, respectively. Staff person #12 only had 8 clock hour of child care training during their 3/22-3/23 training year.

During the renewal inspection, staff #2 did not have a complete FBI RAP sheet to accompany the FBI clearance dated 7/21/22 and is past the 45 day provisional hiring requirement.

During the renewal inspection, the provider did not address volunteer emergency preparedness and continuity of operations in the emergency plan.

During the renewal inspection, the provider did not state the method for facility persons to contact parents as soon as reasonably possible when an emergency situation arises. The method for facility persons to inform parents that the emergency has ended and to provide instruction as to how parents can safely be reunited with their children was also missing from the emergency plan.

During the renewal inspection, staff #1 and staff #3 did not have verification of fire safety training completed within the past 12 months on file.

During an onsite inspection on 7/11/22, the provider did not have written documentation of manually testing the fire detection system every 30 days and therefore is not in compliance with ACT 62 requirements.

Staff person #12 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 topics. Staff person #17 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): PQAS approved Pediatric First Aid/CPR

During an onsite inspection on 7/11/22, staff #3 did not have verification of two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person in the file.