Sunny Day Preschool and Daycare

At the time of the inspection, incident reports for child injuries that occurred at the facility were not retained at the facility in an accident file.

During the inspection on 5/12/25 at 9:06am, staff person #6 was the only staff person present in the Pre-K room with 16 preschool-aged children. This number and age of children requires there to be two staff present at all times.

Through interviews and a site visit, it was determined that at the beginning of naptime on 3/13/25, Staff #1 grabbed the arm of child #1, which left scratch marks on the child. Staff #1 is no longer employed at the facility.

At the time of the inspection on 2/28/25, staff persons #1, #4, #5, #6 and #7 did not update the NSOR certificate every 60 months prior to the expiration of the certificate on file. This is evidenced by the current NSOR certificate dates of 1/21/25, 1/21/25, 1/21/25, 1/21/25 and 1/21/25, respectively. The previous dates of the NSOR certificates on file are 11/6/19, 1/16/20, 1/15/20, 1/16/20, and 11/6/19, respectively. Staff person #8, a new hire, did not have a current NSOR certificate on file, was observed in the Toddler 2 classroom and had direct contact with children (see LIS code sheet for date of hire).

At the time of the inspection on 2/28/25 at 9:57am, child #3, an infant, was observed sleeping in a swing and not in the sleeping position recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Staff person #5 reported the child fell asleep at 9:45am. There was no medical documentation signed by a physician, physician's assistant or CRNP in the child's record at the facility for the child to be sleeping in this position.

At the time of the inspection on 2/28/25, the EPI -Pen present for child #2 in the Toddler 2 room had a manufacturer discard by date of 11/2024 and there was no written consent by the parent for the EPI-pen.

At the time of the inspection on 2/28/25, staff person #3 did not receive a health assessment and TB screening within 12 months of hire. This is evidenced by the date of the health assessment and TB screening of 11/12/24 (see LIS code sheet for date of hire).

At the time of the inspection on 2/28/25, staff person #2 has completed mandated reporter training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet), however the mandated reporter training does not meet the minimum of three hours.

Staff person #6, who's file does not yet contain all completed clearances, was observed working with children unsupervised in the school age classroom.

During an inspection on 6/10/24, staff person #3's PA State Police clearance read "Request Under Review" and did not contain a dissemination date making this an incomplete clearance. The FBI clearance on file for staff person #4 was a Dept. of Education clearance, which is not acceptable for use for working in childcare. Staff person #5, staff person #6 and staff person #8 did not have clearances on file from the state of New York and have also resided there in the past 5 years. (see LIS code sheet for date of hire). Staff person #15 did not have a current child abuse clearance on file. This is evidenced by the Child Abuse clearance on file dated 2/15/19. An acceptable plan of correction was received indicating that the staff would not be working in childcare until all clearances were on file as of 6/10/24. A follow up inspection occurred on 7/29/24. Staff persons #5, #6, #8 still did not have the Child Abuse clearances from the state of New York. Staff person #5 was observed working in the T1 classroom. Staff person #6 was observed working alone in the school age classroom. Staff person #8 was observed working in the Preschool classroom.

At the time of the inspection, staff person #3's PA State Police clearance read "Request Under Review" and did not contain a dissemination date making this an incomplete clearance. The FBI clearance on file for staff person #4 was a Dept. of Education clearance, which is not acceptable for use for working in childcare. Staff person #5, staff person #6 and staff person #8 did not have clearances on file from the state of New York and have also resided there in the past 5 years. (see LIS code sheet for date of hire). Staff person #15 did not have a current child abuse clearance on file. This is evidenced by the Child Abuse clearance on file dated 2/15/19.

At the time of the inspection, in the Preschool room, staff person #8 was alone with 11 children (3 older toddlers and 8 preschool aged children). Staff person #8 admitted that staff person #2 left the room and did not have any other staff person covering her. This number of children requires there to be two staff present in the classroom at all times.

At the time of the inspection, the emergency plan on file did not contain continuity of operations during and after an emergency that includes continuing daily operations, backing up or retrieving health and other key records/files and managing financial issues such as paying employees and bills during the aftermath of the disaster.

At the time of the inspection, staff person #1 had a health assessment on file dated 4/28/24. The date on the health assessment appeared to have been altered by changing the original date of 10/28/22 to the new date of 4/28/24. The physician's office confirmed that a physical and TB test was not conducted for this staff person on 4/28/24. The last confirmed physical from the office was 12/27/23. The health assessment and TB test on file for Staff #13, dated 8/13/22, appeared to have been photocopied after the date was altered on the original copy. The original copy of the document was observed in the file and contained a date of 8/11/20 which was altered by white out, and a date of 8/13/22 was written on top of the white out.

At the time of the inspection, staff person #2 did not have tuberculosis screening at initial employment. This is evidenced by the tuberculosis screening on file dated 10/22/21 (see LIS code sheet for date of hire).

At the time of the inspection, in the Infant room 1, there were no written statements from the parents for the formula and feeding schedules for the infants present in the room.

At the time of the inspection, an emergency drill was not conducted annually. This is evidenced by the emergency drill on file dated 2/13/23.

At the time off the inspection, the local traffic authorities were not notified annually in writing of the location of the facility and the program's use of pedestrian and vehicular routes around the childcare facility. This is evidenced by the letter to the local traffic authorities dated 4/25/22.

At the time of the inspection, staff person #5, staff person #12 and staff person #16 did not have 2 years (2,500 hours) of documented childcare experience to accompany the high school diploma on file and therefore, could not qualify for the position they were performing.

At the time of the inspection, the Director did not have written evaluations within the past 12 months for staff person #5, staff person #7, staff person #10, staff person #11, staff person #12, staff person #13, staff person #14 and staff person #16.

At the time of the inspection, child #6 did not have child service reports completed every 6 months from the date of admission. This is evidenced by the only child service report on file dated 6/10/24 (see LIS code sheet for date of admission).

At the time of the inspection, the emergency contact form for child #1, child #2 and child #4 did not include the enrolling parent's work address and/or work phone number. The emergency contact form for child #4 did not include the telephone number of the child's physician or source of medical care.

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 every childcare space.

At the time of the inspection, staff person # 9 had 1 clock hour of childcare training during the 12/22-12/23 training period.

During renewal inspection on 6/13/23 cert rep observed a gouge in the wall near the easel in the Pre-K/SA room and in the bathroom in the PS room between the sink and trash can.

STAFF #1 (see code sheet for hire date) health assessment was dated 1/10/22 and TB result was dated 1/13/22. Both are more than 12 months prior to STAFF #1 start date.

During renewal inspection on 9/12/22 cert rep reviewed several children's files. CHILD # 1 emergency contact form did not include signed parental consent for administration of minor first-aid procedures by facility staff which is required prior to admission.