Pinnacle Montessori Academy of Saginaw

A classroom transitioning back inside from the playground left a child behind and was notified by another classroom caregiver. When reviewing video of outdoor play, multiple children were observed going in and out of a door leading to a classroom restroom without adequate supervision.

During inspection walk through, caregivers in two separate classrooms stated the wrong number of children present.

One room with a specified age of 3 years old during inspection was out of ratio by 2 children.

A child was left unsupervised in a classroom for approximately 1 minute and 24 seconds during a classroom transition.

Based on the ages present with one caregiver for a two-minute period, the caregiver was out of ratio by 8 children.

Safety straps had been removed for cleaning from a feeding table and were not yet reinstalled before placing children in the seats. As a result, a child crawled out of their seat and fell off the table.

A child's accidental play injury occurred at the playground on a play structure that was not intended for the child's age, according to the play structures manual.

Two caregivers did not use good judgement by not notifying the director of a child's fall from a play structure that was high for the child's age and was not intended for the age of the child. The incident resulted in injury. One caregiver did not use good judgement by serving a child popcorn, which is a potential choking hazard for the child's age.

Based on the information obtained, it was determined that the operation was out if ratio in the infant room on the morning of 5/11/2026. There were 9 infants to 1 caregiver until the next caregiver arrived.

Two of ten children records evaluated did not have a health statement.

The operation did not provide an incident report form 7239 nor a report with the same information required by the form 7239.

The operation failed to self-report to HHS that a child was injured while in care requiring medical treatment.

An infant was sleeping in a crib swaddled with a sleeved sleep sack.

An Epi-pen stored at the operation for a child in care was expired at the time of inspection.

A nine month old infant was in a crib with a pacifier connected to their clothing with a lanyard and clip.

Director was not present at the time of inspection, and the only two caregivers present did not know who was in charge.

The operation failed to submit a background check to CBCU for a caregiver present with children at the time of inspection.

On March 5 and 6 of 2025, the infant room had 11 infants documented in care. The room was out ratio for maximum group size by 1 infant.

3 employee files did not have required notarized affidavit 2985.