Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers at Avona Elem
Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers at Avona Elem is a certified child care center in Easton, PA, with capacity for 42 children. It holds a Keystone STAR 4 rating. Since August 2021, Pennsylvania certification staff have inspected it 6 times. The state cited 3 violations, 1 of them core-safety (supervision, staff ratios, discipline, background checks, child protection or safe sleep), most often for health & medication (2 of 3). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by topic-weighted citations per inspection, it is #3 of 40 centers in Easton and has fewer citations per inspection than 92% of Pennsylvania certified centers.
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On 9/5/25 facility self-reported non-compliance. On 9/2/25 Staff # 1 and # 2 were supervising 16 Pre K Counts children. Staff # 1 took 1 child to the bathroom, and 5 children followed Staff # 1 out of the classroom and went to the pick-up area downstairs in the school. Staff # 2 was unaware that 5 children were unaccounted for until Staff # 1 came back into the room with 1 child.
File for Staff # 1 did not contain verification for an updated health assessment every 24 months. Last one in file is dated 8/23/23.
Files for children # 1 and # 2 did not contain initial health assessments.
“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.
Complaint investigations and reported incidents
Pennsylvania’s search lists complaint investigations in which the state found at least one violation (“verified complaints”). It does not say what a complaint alleged, or whether every violation relates to it. Incident investigations look into something that happened at the center; self-reported violations are ones the center reported to the state itself.
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Common questions
Has Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers at Avona Elem 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 Sep 17, 2025 (supervision): “On 9/5/25 facility self-reported non-compliance. On 9/2/25 Staff # 1 and # 2 were supervising 16 Pre K Counts children. Staff # 1 took 1 child to the bathroom, and 5 children followed Staff # 1 out of the classroom and…” Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity; each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers at Avona Elem?
Pennsylvania lists no complaint investigation that found a violation at Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers at Avona Elem since 2021. Its search shows these “verified complaints” but not what a complaint alleged, or whether every violation relates to it.
What is Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers at Avona Elem’s Keystone STARS rating?
STAR 4, effective Dec 24, 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 Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers at Avona Elem compare with other daycares in Easton?
It is #3 of 40 centers in Easton by topic-weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 92% of Pennsylvania certified centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers at Avona Elem last inspected?
Sep 22, 2026 (renewal). No violations were cited during that visit.
Who runs Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers at Avona Elem?
The legal entity on its Pennsylvania certificate is Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers INC.
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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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