Alphabetz Montessori Culebra LLC

The school-age children attending before school were being served cereal regularly instead of what was on the daily menu without substitutions being recorded.

The operation violated the probation conditions when they left two children unattended out on the playground, failed to notify their parents, failed to create the incident reports, and failed to contact Child Care Regulation.

The Toddler I and Toddler III classroom each left a child on the playground during transition from outdoor play to the classroom. Both children were found by other staff at the operation and returned to their assign classroom.

The operation failed to contact Child Care Regulation on two separate incidents involving children being left unattended on the playground.

There were two incidents involving children being left out on the playground unsupervised on separate occasions in which the parents were not properly notified.

The operation did not create an incident report to share with the parents of two children that were left unsupervised on the playground.

Two classrooms coming in from the playground did not wash the children's hands until they were told to do so by Child Care Regulation inspector.

An infant classroom for ages 12-17 month old infants were having circle time using a tablet.

Information obtained during a routine investigation determined a child was observed walking in and out of the laundry room accompanied by two staff members. This situation raises concerns on supervision and safety protocols.

The incident report that was created for the child being left on the playground has not been shared with the parent.

An Incident report was not generated for an incident that involved a two year old child being left unsupervised on the playground.

Caregivers failed to conduct their routine name to face checks when transitioning their class from the playground to the classroom, which resulted in a 2 year old child being left unsupervised on the playground for one mintue.

During the course of the investigation, it was determined that the director did not address a situation where a child was left unsupervised on the playground with all of the staff involved. The director also did not ensure a self-report was made to Child Care Regulation or that the parent were notified that their child was placed at risk

Operation failed to report a situation to parents where a two year old child was left unsupervised for one minute.

A two year old child was left unsupervised for one minute.

Child Care Regulation was not notified of an incident where a two year old child was left unsupervised for one minute.

The complex knots created on the ribbon used as a locking mechanism prevents the gate that leads into an outdoor activity from being opened immediately in the event of an emergency.

The flexible baseboard was observed detached from the bottom of the wall causing the paint to chip off.

The operation was still not able to provide an incident report when asked by this inspector.

A signed incident reports is still not available for review.

A caregiver did not know how many children they were responsible for causing a four-year-old child to be left unsupervised for 49 seconds.

A four year old child was left unsupervised in the classroom for 49 seconds.

A signed incident report was not available for review.

Two classrooms had trash container with soiled diapers without a trash lid making the contents accessible to children.

The operation was not able to provide an incident report when asked by this inspector.

A caregiver was observed in the Pre-K2 classroom interacting with children and did not have an active background check. Corrected at inspection: The person was asked by the director to leave the operation until the background check cleared.

The parents were not notified of a situation placing their child at risk until the following day.

The operation did not fill out an incident report for a child left unsupervised.

The operation failed to provide the parents with an incident report when their child was left unsupervised.

A child was left unsupervised for 7 seconds when the classroom transition from inside to the playground.

A caregiver miscounted the number of children in her care and left a child in the bathroom for 7 seconds unsupervised.

Operation failed to report a situation to parents where a three year old child was left unsupervised for undetermined amount of time ranging from five to forty minutes.

Operation failed to report to Child Care Reguation a situation where a three year old child was left unsupervised for an undetermined amount of time ranging from five to forty minutes.

Caregivers failed to conduct their routine name to face checks when transitioning their class from the playground to the classroom, which resulted in a 3 year old being left outside unattended.

During the course of the investigation it was determined that the director did not question staff about a child being left unattended on the playground. The director also did not make a self-report to licensing and she did not notify the parents that their child was placed at risk.

An Incident report was not generated for an incident that involved a three year old child being left unsupervised on a playground.

A three year old child was left unsupervised for undetermined amount of time ranging from five to forty minutes.

A caregiver did not exercise good judgement when failing to notify management of a child missing resulting in a three year old child being left unsupervised for an undetermined amount of time on the playground.

Two staff did not have current First Aid training.

Two out of the ten staff files reviewed during inspection did not have current transportation training.

Paint was observed chipping of the wall in one of the children's restrooms.

Based on the information gathered, a child was left unsupervised on the playground for approximately 35 seconds. Note: Caregiver was reprimanded.

Based on information gathered, parent was not informed immediately that child was left unsupervised on the playground.

The center did not share the incident report with parent within 48 hours of when the incident was reported to the center.

The operation did not have a current fire inspection.

Based on the investigation, there is sufficient evidence to state the walls are not in good repair as the paint was observed chipping in several of the children's restrooms.

It was determined that the caregiver forcefully picked up the child by the arm an sat the child down. The caregiver proceeded to put their face in the child's face and point a finger at the child.

It was determined that a caregiver hit the child on the legs as a form of discipline.

A child's hands were not observed wash after a diaper change. Note: This was corrected at inspection as the child's hands were washed during inspection.

The operation has not had a fire inspection conducted annually.

The lighting in the two year old classroom was not adequate. Note: This was corrected at inspection as the director turned on the light located in classroom's restroom.

The emergency evacuation and relocation did not have the designated location inside the operation were children and staff take shelter from threatening weather.

The operation did not inform the parent at pick up that their child had sustained an injury while in care.