Sugar and Spice Childrens Academy

Caregiver in the two-year-old classroom was supervising children during their naptime while playing a barnyard game on their cellphone. Note, this was corrected when the staff was informed that they could not be using their cellphones for personal use when supervising children. Director created a form reminding staff of the cellphone policy and had all staff signed off on it.

There was a delay in communication between a caregiver and parent to inform them that their child had an altercation with another child earlier in the day and resulted in a scratch to their face.

During the course of this investigation, it was determined a child's care services were terminated for filing a complaint.

An incident report was created, but not shared with the parent. The child is no longer enrolled.

The AM toddler caregiver did not communicate to the PM caregiver before ending their workday of a child that sustained a scratch.

There was play equipment structure that had pieces of flooring that were breaking causing pinching points. *Dir is having the equipment removed*

Three out of ten records reviewed did not have all of the required trainings complete at review.

A caregiver did not know the number of children in their care when asked.

Two classrooms did not have fire evacuation plans posted. *This was corrected when the fire evacuation plans were posted*

An infant was a sleep in a bouncer seat. *This was corrected when the caregiver placed the infant in the crib on their back.*

The transportation van did not have a thermometer in the first aid kit at time of review.

Four out of ten children records reviewed did not have current immunizations on file.

The director was missing 6 hours of face-to-face training.

This form for the 5 employees records evaluated was not available for review.

Two televisions were observed on low shelves not anchored.

A playground checklist was not available for review. Some areas of the playground did not have enough surfacing due to rocks needing to be racked in the areas. A water hose was out and accessible to children as a tripping hazard. A couple of fences were broken and unable to be closed. Two metal poles were missing covers and were sharp to the touch.

Four employees did not have an updated SIDS training.

The director was missing 6 hours of face-to-face training.

Through the investigation, it was determined that there were 24 children to one caregiver. The group's specified age was five years old. Making the group out of ratio by two children.

Two employee files reviewed did not contain current abuse / neglect training.

Two employee files reviewed did not have current SIDS and Shaken Baby Training.

At the time of inspection, there were six infants in the classroom with one caregiver, ages 12 to 17 months. This was corrected when one child unter17 months was moved for the infant room.

There were two broken boards on the playground accessible to the children in care.

At the time of inspection the playground surfacing was not maintained at its proper depth under and around the two playground play structures.

There were 17 broken pickets on the fence surrounding the playground. There was broken steering wheel on the car the child fell off of on the playground.

Based on the information gathered, the caregiver was not supervising the children on the playground when a child was injured and required medical treatment.

Based on the information gathered a child was injured when falling off a piece of playground equipment. The caregiver failed to provide first aid for the child that required medical treatment.

One van driver's transportation training was not current at the time of inspection.

The activity plan for the 12 to 24 month old class and the two year old classroom did not have current activity plans posted.

The gas test was expired.