Thistle Bee Discovery Center

One child's epi-pen expired in November 2025.

This investigation found that the parent was not notified of a minor injury at pick up.

The operation's last sanitation inspection was January 2024.

Supervision was compromised when a child hid in the food pantry.

There was a child that was left unattended in a classroom for 2 minutes.

Upon review of records, there were no fire, severe weather, shelter, or lock-down drills documented. This was immediately corrected during the inspection by conducting a fire drill and severe weather drill.

During the inspection a caregiver had access to children in care unsupervised without an eligible background check. This was immediately corrected during the inspection by removing the caregiver from the classroom and submitting the online background check during the inspection.

Upon review of records, Health and Safety trainings were missing in 3 out of 4 records. Also missing was the Consumer Product Annual Certification.

The last documented sanitation inspection occurred on 3/17/2022.

During the walk-through inspection, the pool gate was not locked. This was immediately corrected when a new lock was secured to the gate making the pool inaccessible to the children in care.

Caregivers were not able to intervene when a child was able to leave the playground and run into the parking lot.

Caregivers were not able to intervene when a child was able to leave the playground and run into the parking lot.

The operation did not report to Child Care Regulation when a child was placed at risk.

The sign in/sign out tracking system does not include the time of arrival, the time of departure, and initials/idintifier of person signing the child in and out.

All caregivers do not have access to the child trackiing system during the day.

During investigation, it was found that the operation's menu was not posted in an area that was easily visible to parents.

It was found during the investigation that the operation was not allowing parents into the building during operating hours.

It was found during the inspection that there was melatonin lotion in the infant room that was not labeled with the child to whom it belongs name.

Annual fire inspection was past due. -

A copy of the incident report was not available. A incident report was not completed after the incident.

A child was injured at the operation and sought medical treatment on 12/16/2021. A self-report was not made to licensing.