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25 | On 01/03/2022 at approximately 9:30am Licensing Program Analysts (LPAs) Sabina Dodoo & Christina Uribe conducted an Unannounced Case Management Visit and met with Director Lauren Berman. During today’s visit there were 122 children present & 47 staff members. The purpose of today’s visit is to investigate an unusual incident which was reported to the Department on 12/10/21 in which two children (C1 & C2) left the supervised pick-up area without supervision. The children were reportedly unattended for 30 seconds, however during individual interviews with/ S1, S2, S3, & S4 it was discovered that the children were unaccounted for a longer period of time.
File Review: At 10:00am LPAs reviewed Facility Roster, Personnel Record, Sign In/Out Sheets for day of incident, list of staff present for day of incident & classroom rosters. LPA Uribe compared list of staff with association list for the facility and found that S5 did not have eligible background clearance which results in a Type A Violation which comes with an immediate civil penalty. LPAs were able to review all files from facility to aide in the inspection process for the incident in question.
Interview of Incident: LPAs interviewed all teachers in the Irit Classroom and the Director & Asst. Director starting at 12:00pm. One teacher however (S7) was not present during today’s inspection and therefore was not available for interview. S1 & S2 stated that the children were gone 1-2 minutes, S3 stated the children were gone for about 5 minutes, & S4 stated the children were gone between 10-15 minutes. After record review and comparing the children’s sign in and out sheets for the day of the incident, LPAs found the children were gone for at least 4 minutes. S4, S6, & S7 took the children out of the classroom in a single line out to the designated pick up area which is located in the courtyard of a large common area of the campus outside of the preschool gates. |