Tree House Academy

Promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity policy was incomplete.

One staff in charge of transportation did not have completed annual transportation training. Note: completed during the inspection time.

One child was missing feeding instructions information.

Fire extinguishers were last inspected October 2023 and require annual inspections. Annual inspection is past due.

A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.

At follow up, there was not a fire drill conducted in February 2024.

There has not been a qualified Director at the center since November 2023. Since a qualified Director has not been in charge of the center the operation has been cited for emergency practices that have been overlooked. Assistance was requested by center staff for emergency drills. The fire drill was not conducted because management did not assist the center staff.

The fire inspection was last conducted 2/7/2023 and is now expired.

5 employees hired after September 30, 2023, did not have this affidavit in their file.

Lockdown drills were not conducted 2 times in 2023.

Fire drills were not conducted between May to October 2023.

The school age playground had a lot of trash accumulated on the side in the grass. The school age child was kicking the trash during inspection.

A caregiver was present without a background check,

The pre-k playground does not have a sufficient depth of 6 inches of mulch under and around the play structure. The schooler playground does not have a sufficient depth of 9 inches of mulch under and around the play structure.

Director is missing 13.75 hours of annual training.

During inspection of the classrooms, I observed four occupied classrooms with dirty, unsanitary areas that were accessible to children. These areas included walls behind the trash where the trash can is, the bathrooms and toilets, and floor area near diaper changing table in the 2's class. The white covering on the particle board beneath the handwashing sink in the school age classroom is breaking and chipping.

A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required.

There was a 5 month old infant observed in the crib with 2 toys while sleeping.