Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers at Towamensing Ele
Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers at Towamensing Ele is a certified child care center in Lehighton, PA, with capacity for 16 children. It holds a Keystone STAR 4 rating. Since August 2021, Pennsylvania certification staff have inspected it 5 times. The state cited 5 violations, none of them core-safety, most often for building & playground safety (2 of 5). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by topic-weighted citations per inspection, it is #1 of 8 centers in Lehighton and has fewer citations per inspection than 86% of Pennsylvania certified centers.
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During the renewal inspection conducted on 4/1/25 observed the facility's emergency plan was not posted at a conspicuous location. The facility's parent letter did not explain the emergency procedures including accommodations for shelter of children during an emergency including lock-down, shelter in place at the facility and shelter at locations away from the facility premises, a method for facility persons to contact parents as soon as reasonably possible when an emergency situation arises, a 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, and accommodations for infants, toddlers, children with disabilities, and children with chronic medical conditions.
During the renewal inspection conducted on 4/1/25 observed the written notification of safe routes was not posted at a conspicuous location in the childcare facility. Corrected on-site 4/1/25.
The immunization reports on file for children # 1, 2, 3, and 4 do not have proof of the child's 2022 influenza vaccine as recommended by the ACIP.
Facility moved to a new classroom within the school building since the last inspection. Facility was operating in an unmeasured classroom.
There were two cracked plastic toy bins in the wooden block area with sharp edges.
“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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Common questions
Has Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers at Towamensing Ele had any serious violations?
No citations on supervision, staff ratios, discipline, background checks, child protection or safe sleep since 2021. It has 5 other citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers at Towamensing Ele?
Pennsylvania lists no complaint investigation that found a violation at Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers at Towamensing Ele 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 Towamensing Ele’s Keystone STARS rating?
STAR 4, effective Nov 14, 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 Towamensing Ele compare with other daycares in Lehighton?
It is #1 of 8 centers in Lehighton by topic-weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 86% of Pennsylvania certified centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers at Towamensing Ele last inspected?
Apr 22, 2026 (renewal). No violations were cited during that visit.
Who runs Lehigh Valley Childrens Centers at Towamensing Ele?
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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