Parkland Preschool INC D/B/A the Goddard School

Staff person #30 was observed to be caring for children unsupervised. Staff person #30 has not completed the following pre-service training required prior to caring for children unsupervised: PQAS approved Pediatric First Aid/CPR training.

During a previous inspection on 8/28/23, in the infant room with staff person #2 and staff person #3, there were ten children. Six of the ten children were infants. In the Alliums room, staff person #1 admitted she was alone with 12 preschool age children before staff person#4 came in. In the Lillies room, staff person #5 was alone with 11 preschool age children before staff person #6 came in. An acceptable plan of correction was received on 9/7/23 stating that the plan of correction was implemented on 8/28/23. An inspection occurred on 9/27/23 and in the Lilacs room with staff person #10 and staff person #11, there were 12 toddlers. Child #1 was a part of the 12 toddlers and is not two years old (see LIS sheet for date of birth). This amount of children requires there to be three staff members. An acceptable plan of correction was received stating the plan of correction would be implemented by 9/27/23. An inspection occurred on 2/28/24. Several staff have stated that classrooms in the facility are still out of ratio between 7:30am-9:00am Staff person #5 admitted that the classrooms are out of ratio for a brief period of time in the morning while waiting for another staff person…

During a previous inspection on 11/28/23, At the time of the inspection, staff person #13's PA State Police clearance dated 3/23/22 stated "Request under review" and did not contain a dissemination date, therefore, this is not a valid clearance. Staff person #13 also did not have a signed disclosure statement at time of hire (see LIS code sheet for date of hire). Staff person #14 did not have a signed disclosure statement at time of hire (see LIS code sheet for date of hire). Staff person #16 did not have a witness signature or date on the disclosure statement. Staff person #18 did not have a signed disclosure statement, requests for or the completed Florida child abuse clearance and sex offender registry check on file at time of hire (see LIS code sheet for date of hire). Staff person #20 only had the request for the NSOR certificate and not the completed certificate on file and was observed working alone in the Gerber Daisy room. An acceptable plan of correction was received stating the plan of correction would be implemented on 11/29/23. An inspection occurred on 2/28/24. Staff person #30 did not have a completed NSOR on file and was observed to be working unsupervised in the…

During the inspection, the rest mats in the Gerber Daisy room were torn and the inside foam was exposed.

During a previous inspection on 11/28/23, staff person #13 did not have a health assessment on file at the time of hire. Staff person #14 did not have a health assessment and TB test on file dated within the previous 12 months at the time of hire. Staff person #22 did not have a tuberculosis screening at initial employment (see LIS code sheet for date of hire). A plan of correction was received stating the plan of correction would be implemented by 12/15/23. An inspection occurred on 2/28/24. Staff person #31 did not have a health assessment and tuberculosis screening dated within the previous 12 months at initial employment on file. The health assessment was dated 5/25/22 and the tuberculosis screening was dated 1/9/21 (see LIS code sheet for date of hire).

During an inspection on 11/28/23, the manual monthly monitoring log for the fire detection system was last conducted on 10/25/23 and not every 30 days as required. An acceptable plan of correction was obtained stating the correction would be implemented on 11/30/23. An inspection occurred on 1/26/24. The manual monthly monitoring of the fire detection system was last conducted on 11/30/23 and not every 30 days, as required.

At the time of the inspection, staff person #13's PA State Police clearance dated 3/23/22 stated "Request under review" and did not contain a dissemination date, therefore, this is not a valid clearance. Staff person #13 also did not have a signed disclosure statement at time of hire (see LIS code sheet for date of hire). Staff person #14 did not have a signed disclosure statement at time of hire (see LIS code sheet for date of hire). Staff person #16 did not have a witness signature or date on the disclosure statement. Staff person #18 did not have a signed disclosure statement, requests for or the completed Florida child abuse clearance and sex offender registry check on file at time of hire (see LIS code sheet for date of hire). Staff person #20 only had the request for the NSOR certificate and not the completed certificate on file and was observed working alone in the Gerber Daisy room.

At the time of the inspection, staff person #16 and staff person #17, both aides, were observed to be working together unsupervised in the Wild Roses room. Staff person #15 and staff person #21, both aides, were observed to be working unsupervised in the Baby Breath Infant room. Staff person #20, an aide, was observed to be working alone in the Gerber Daisies room.

At the time of the inspection, staff person #13 did not have a health assessment on file at the time of hire (see LIS code sheet for date of hire). Staff person #14 did not have a health assessment and TB test on file dated within the previous 12 months at the time of hire (see LIS code sheet for date of hire). Staff person #22 did not have a tuberculosis screening at initial employment (see LIS code sheet for date of hire).

At the time of the inspection on 11/28/23, the manual monthly monitoring log for the fire detection system was last conducted on 10/25/23 and not every 30 days as required.

At the time of the inspection, staff person #16 did not have any education on file to be qualified as an aide. Staff person #17 and staff person #20 had education on file from a foreign country that was not evaluated and therefore the position in which the staff person is performing could not be determined. Staff person #18 did not have a high school diploma on file to accompany the college transcripts and could not qualify for the position he was performing.

At the time of the inspection, staff person #13 only had one written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person. Staff person #15 and staff person #16 did not have any written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person on file.

During an inspection on 9/27/23, staff person #5 stated that staff person #12 left a child on the playground for approximately 5 minutes. The child was observed by her parents on the playground alone when they arrived for evening pickup at 5:00pm.

During a previous inspection on 8/28/23, in the infant room with staff person #2 and staff person #3, there were ten children. Six of the ten children were infants. In the Alliums room, staff person #1 admitted she was alone with 12 preschool age children before staff person#4 came in. In the Lillies room, staff person #5 was alone with 11 preschool age children before staff person #6 came in. An acceptable plan of correction was received on 9/7/23 stating that the plan of correction was implemented on 8/28/23. An inspection occurred on 9/27/23 and in the Lilacs room with staff person #10 and staff person #11, there were 12 toddlers. Child #1 was a part of the 12 toddlers and is not two years old (see LIS sheet for date of birth). This amount of children requires there to be three staff members.

During a previous inspection on 8/28/23, in the infant room with staff person #2 and staff person #3, there were ten children. Six of the ten children were infants. In the Alliums room, staff person #1 admitted she was alone with 12 preschool age children before staff person#4 came in. In the Lillies room, staff person #5 was alone with 11 preschool age children before staff person #6 came in. An acceptable plan of correction was received on 9/7/23 stating that the ratio documentation sheets would be completed and sent to the DHS office for a period of 3 months beginning on 9/7/23. During an inspection on Wednesday, 9/20/23, staff were just receiving their ratio documentation sheets for the week while an inspection was being conducted. Count sheets for Monday and Tuesday of that week were not completed per the directed plan of correction. Multiple classroom staff admitted that the check sheets are not being completed throughout the day. An inspection occurred on 9/27/23 and in the Lilacs room with staff person #10 and staff person #11, there were 12 toddlers. Child #1 was a part of the 12 toddlers and is not two years old (see LIS sheet for date of birth). This amount of children…

During a previous inspection on 8/28/23, staff person #1 admitted to caring for children unsupervised. Staff person #1 did not complete the following pre-service training required prior to caring for children unsupervised: Pediatric First Aid/CPR training. An acceptable plan of correction was received on 9/7/23 stating the correction was implemented by 8/28/23. During an inspection on 9/20/23, staff person #7 was observed to be caring for children unsupervised. Staff person #7 has not completed the following pre-service training required prior to caring for children unsupervised: Pediatric First Aid/CPR training. During an inspection on 9/27/23, staff person #8 and staff person #9 were observed in Alliums room together and were caring for children unsupervised. Staff person #8 and staff person #9 have not completed the following pre-service training required prior to caring for children unsupervised: Pediatric First Aid/CPR training. Staff person #9 also has not completed the pre-service health and safety training.

During the inspection on 9/20/23, staff person #7's disclosure statement did not contain a witness signature or a date of the facility person's signature.

During an inspection on 9/27/23, staff person #8 and staff person #9, both qualified as aides were working together unsupervised in the Alliums room.

During the inspection on 9/20/23, staff person #8 and staff person #9 did not have a health assessment and TB screening conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a childcare setting (see LIS code sheet for date of hire).

During the inspection on 9/20/23, staff person #9 did not have two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person.

During the inspection, staff person #1 admitted to caring for children unsupervised. Staff person #1 has not completed the following pre-service training required prior to caring for children unsupervised: Pediatric First Aid/CPR training.

During the inspection, staff person #1 did not have a completed NSOR certificate on file and admitted she was alone in the Alliums room earlier that morning.

During the inspection, in the infant room with staff person #2 and staff person #3, there were ten children. Six of the ten children were infants. In the Alliums room, staff person #1 admitted she was alone with 12 preschool age children before staff person#4 came in. In the Lillies room, staff person #5 was alone with 11 preschool age children before staff person #6 came in.

During the inspection, staff person #5 admitted that her dog does come into the facility. She does not have the veterinarian's certificate of current rabies immunization on file at the facility for when the dog is present.

During the renewal inspection, staff person #4 did not update the mandated reporter training on file within 60 months of the previous training dated 6/3/18. This is evidenced by the current training date of 7/16/23. Staff #4 also did not have a date on the disclosure statement. Staff person #25 did not have a completed FBI clearance on file and has been employed for more than 45 days (see LIS sheet for date of hire). There was also no witness signature or date on the disclosure statement.

During the renewal inspection, there was no documentation that staff person #24 had emergency plan training at initial employment.

During the renewal inspection, band-aids were missing from the first aid kit in the Wild Lillies classroom.

During the renewal inspection, the changing table mat in the Infant room was ripped. The flooring under the soap dispenser in the Summer Camp room's bathroom was buckled.

During the renewal inspection, in the Wild Roses classroom, chipped paint was observed by the blue wall by the Math calendar. In the Summer camp room, the blue wall under the window had chipped paint.

During the renewal inspection, the immunization record for child #3 was missing Hep A#2 and therefore was not in compliance with the immunized status according to recommendations of the ACIP.

During the renewal inspection, the step pedal of the trash can in the infant room was broken and did not allow the lid to raise without assistance, therefore, this makes it not hands-free.

During the renewal inspection, staff person #17 did not have a tuberculosis screening at initial employment. The TB screening that was on file was dated 12/16/21 and was conducted more than 12 months of staff person #17 starting employment (see LIS sheet for date of hire). Staff person #20 did not have a TB screening at initial employment (see LIS sheet for date of hire).

During the renewal inspection, the last time that the operator notified the local traffic safety authorities annually in writing of the location of the facility and the program's use of pedestrian and vehicular routes around the child care facility was in November 2021 and not annually.

During the renewal inspection, staff person #25 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.

During the renewal inspection, staff person #25 did not have any verification of education on file to be qualified as an aide.

During the renewal inspection, child # 8 and child #10 did not have the address of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released on the emergency contact form.

During the renewal inspection, the financial agreement for child #3 was not updated in a 6 month period. The date on the agreement was 12/3/22.

During the renewal inspection, staff person#25 did not have two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person on file.

Staff person #2 stated that on 2/7/23 she observed staff person #1 pushing a child to the ground.

Staff #2 stated that on 2/7/23 she observed staff #1 blow hard into a child's face when staff #1 was reprimanding the child for spitting. Staff #2 also observed staff #1 throw objects at children.

Staff #2 stated that on 2/7/23 she observed staff #1 telling a child to "move and get out of my way!"

Staff person #2 stated that she observed staff person #1 charging her nicotine vape pen on top of the children's cubby area on 2/7/23. Staff #3 sent picture verification of the nicotine vape pen charging in the classroom while children were in care.

During the inspection, staff #1 had stated that parents pay extra money on Fridays for their child to have pizza. Staff #1 stated that it was an oversight that the overpayment from child #1's previous pizza week money was not transposed to the 1/27/23 pizza day. Child #1 was not provided a lunch on 1/27/23 and was left with only cookies and juice to consume.

Staff person #2, staff person #3 and staff person #4 did not complete the required one-hour 2022 update to the health and safety training by 12/30/2022.

During the renewal inspection, staff person #4 was observed to be caring for children unsupervised. Staff person #4 has not completed the following pre-service training required prior to caring for children unsupervised: Health and Safety training topics

During the renewal inspection, in the Gerber Daisies room, the blue wall had chipped paint.

During the renewal inspection, staff person #4 and staff person #13 have 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 inspection, child #3's emergency contact form did not include the address of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released.

During an onsite inspection on 6/7/22, multiple staff currently employed at the facility report that they have observed staff #5 calling a child a "dumb-dumb," "twat-waffle" and a "dumb-f*cker."

During an onsite inspection on 6/7/22, staff #1 did not have a signed disclosure on file. Staff #3 did not have a completed NSOR on file and is past 45 days of employment. Staff #4 had a PA State Police clearance that was of volunteer status and not for employment purposes (see code sheet for dates of hire).

During an onsite inspection on 6/7/22, the health assessment on file for staff #2 was dated 9/25/19 and was not updated within the 24 month requirement. Staff #3 did not have a health assessment and TB test on file at initial employment. Staff #4 did not have a TB test within 12 months of initial employment (see code sheet for dates of hire).

During an onsite inspection on 6/7/22, the last recorded manual monthly monitoring of the fire detection system was documented on 5/4/22 showing more than the 30 day monitoring requirement.

During an onsite inspection on 6/7/22, staff #3 did not have verification of education and or experience to qualify as a staff person.

During an onsite inspection on 6/7/22, staff #3 did not have written documentation of two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person on file.

During an onsite inspection on 4/29/22, staff #1 (see code sheet for date of hire) did not have a completed health assessment on file at initial employment.

During an onsite inspection on 4/29/22, staff #1 did not have verification of two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person.

During the inspection on 4/11/22, staff #1 (see code sheet for date of hire) did not have a completed NSOR on file as per the hiring requirements under ACT 12.

During an onsite unannounced inspection on 3/28/22, Staff #4 (See code sheet for date of hire) was observed to be working along in the Lilac classroom, but did not have a Child Abuse clearance, NSOR certificate, or a dated disclosure statement on file at the facility. Staff #7, #8, #9, all new hires at the facility who were observed to be working during the inspection, did not have signed disclosure statements on file. Staff #9 did not have an FBI clearance on file, and did not have a copy of the request for the clearance on file, as required under the CPSL and ACT 12.

During an onsite unannounced inspection on 3/23/22, classrooms were observed out of ratio. Room 12 had 12 preschool children (ages 3-5) with staff #1. Room 10 had 12 preschool children (ages 3-5) with staff #2. Room 5 had 11 young toddlers (youngest child being 19 months old) with staff #3 and #4. Room 4 had 7 young toddlers (ages 1-2) with staff #5. The infant room had 5 infants (all under the age of 1) with staff #6.

During an onsite unannounced inspection on 3/28/22, staff #8 (see code sheet for hire date) did not have initial emergency plan training within one week of hire on file.

During an onsite unannounced inspection on 3/28/22, it was observed that staff #4 did not have a completed health assessment with TB test at initial employment on file. Staff #8 did not have a date showing month, day and year of health assessment being completed. Staff #9 did not have verification of a completed TB test completed at initial employment on file.

During an onsite unannounced inspection on 3/23/22, the manual monthly monitoring of the fire detection system was not in compliance. The most current date of testing was done on 3/15/22 with a previous date of testing being 2/10/22. This shows more than a 30 day lapse of manual monthly monitoring of the fire detection system not be tested.

During an onsite unannounced inspection on 3/28/22, staff #4, 7, 8 and 9 did not have verification of education or prior child care experience on file to qualify as a staff person at the facility.

During an onsite inspection on 3/28/22, staff #4 and # 7 did not have two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person on file.

At the time of the inspection, staff #3 and 8, 18, 19 did not have a witness signature on the disclosure statement. Staff #15 did not have a disclosure statement, completed FBI clearance or mandated reporter training on file. Staff # 16 did not have a disclosure statement, Child Abuse clearance or mandated reporter training on file. Staff #20 had a PA State Police clearance that was of volunteer status and not employment. Staff #21 has a PA State Police clearance that says "Under Review" and is not a completed clearance. The FBI clearance on file is requesting additional documents from the staff person and is not a completed clearance. There is no NSOR on file for staff #21.

At the time of the inspection, in the Lilac room, staff #2 who is qualified as an aide was alone with the children in the room and was not supervised by a staff person qualified at minimum as an assistant group supervisor.

At the time of the inspection, the emergency plan on file did not include method for facility persons to contact parents as soon as reasonably possible when an emergency situation arises as well as informing parents that the emergency has ended and to provide instruction as to how parents can safely be reunited with their children.

At the time of the inspection, the staff person #2, 15, 17 did not have emergency plan training on file.

At the time of the inspection, there was chipped paint on the wall in the Gerber Daisy room, on the green wall in the Poppies room, on the blue wall of the Allium room, on the purple wall of the Wild Lilies room.

At the time of the inspection, in the Poppies room, there were soft climbing structures. The top of the larger structure was torn and the inside foam was exposed.

At the time of the inspection, the tables in the Poppies room were dirty, sticky and had food remnants on them.

At the time of the inspection, there was no influenza vaccination or exemption from the influenza vaccine for child #4, 5, 6, 7 and 9.

At the time of the inspection, in the Blazing Stars room, there was no soap for handwashing in bathroom #2.

At the time of the inspection, in the Poppies room, the changing table was dirty underneath the pad. Food crumbs and crayons were observed under and around the pad.

At the time of the inspection, staff #16 did not have an updated health assessment on file. The most current health assessment on file was dated 6-28-19 and therefore expired 6-28-21.

At the time of the inspection, the health assessment on file for staff #14 did not have the third question answered regarding the physician's or CRNP's assessment of the person's suitability to provide child care.

At the time of the inspection, there was no written notification of safe routes posted by the operator at a conspicuous location in the child care facility.

At the time of the inspection, the provider did not have receipts of installation for the inter-connected fire detection system.

At the time of the inspection, the emergency plan on file did not include accommodations for infants and toddlers during an emergency. The plan also did not include lock-down procedures.

At the time of the inspection, there was no documentation that the operator notified local traffic safety authorities annually in writing of the location of the facility and the program's use of pedestrian and vehicular routes around the child care facility.

At the time of the inspection, staff #12, 13, 16 did not have annual fire safety training on file.

At the time of the inspection, staff #8, 13, 15, 19 did not have the required Health and Safety training completed.

At the time of the inspection, a written plan of daily activities was missing from the Infant room, Gerber Daisy room and Wild Lily Room.

At the time of the inspection, the fee amount and when the fee is to be paid was missing from the agreement for child #6, 9 and 10.

At the time of the inspection, there was no arrival and departure time on the agreement for child #2.

At the time of the inspection, the admission date was missing from the agreement of child #1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 9.

At the time of the inspection, the address of the physician was missing from the emergency contact form for child # 8 and 9.

At the time of the inspection, the work address of the enrolling parent was no on the emergency contact form for child #6.

At the time of the inspection, for child #4's emergency contact form, there was no last name of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released. There was no address of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released on the emergency contact form for child #9 and 10.

At the time of the inspection, in each classroom, the emergency contact forms for the children enrolled were missing.

At the time of the inspection, a written plan identifying the means of transporting a child to emergency care and staffing provisions in the event of an emergency was not posted in any child care space.

At the time of the inspection, the Bachelor of Art degree certificate on file for staff #18 did not state the major that was obtained.

At the time of the inspection, the provider did not provide the parent of each child enrolled with information on how to access the regulations in this chapter electronically and with instructions for contacting the appropriate regional child care office.