Merion Elementary

At the time of inspection facility was out of ratio 1 staff to 14 children with the youngest child being in 3rd grade which is a 1:12 ratio.

At the time of inspection facility did not have their emergency plan reviewed annually.

At the time of inspection facility did not have pick up drop / off procedure posted.

At the time of inspection facility did not have accommodations for children with disabilities, and children with chronic medical conditions were not in their emergency plan.

At the time of inspection facility did not have an annual emergency drill conducted or documented at the facility.

At the time of annual inspection facility did not have emergency plan and subsequent plan updates sent to their local municipality or their county emergency management agency.

At the time of inspection facility did not have an annual written notification to local traffic safety authorizes of location of facility and program's use of pedestrian and vehicular routes around facility

At the time of inspection facility did not have written agreement between the school and childcare program for documenting the school's process for their disposal of Hazardous materials and biological contaminations. There were also no written policies on the following: 1. recognition of potential signs / symptoms of abusive head trauma, 2. Strategies for coping with a crying, fussing, or distraught child, 3. the prevention and identification of child maltreatment on file at the facility. There was also no emergency plan address continuity of operations and specifics the role of all facility persons including volunteers. Cleaning materials and toxics (floor cleaning liquid and surface shine) were accessible to children and in the childcare areas.

At the time of inspection facility did not have proof of liability insurance on file.

At the time of inspection there was no director hired at the facility.

At the time of inspection children's files did not have the dates of application, admission and withdrawal of the child.

At the time of inspection there were no staff files at the facility.

At the time of inspection facility did not have DHS contact information posted.

At the time of inspection one or more of the facility persons were not competent in pediatric first aid and CPR at the facility as there were no staff files at the facility.

While conducting the renewal inspection on 1/26/23 it was observed a total of 54 children present. Staff persons # 1 through 5 was asked for total number of children present; no staff gave the correct number of children present.

While conducting the renewal inspection on 1/26/23 it was observed the facility did not provide documentation of a fire drill being conducted within the past 60 days.

While conducting the renewal inspection on 1/26/23 it was observed child # 1 file emergency contact form did not include the address of the child's physician

While conducting the renewal inspection on 1/26/23 it was observed that individual staff files were not accessible on the premises to be reviewed by certification representative.