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25 | At 11:31AM on 2/16/2022, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Lissete Gonzalez conducted an announced case management inspection. Due to COVID- 19, precautionary measures were taken. LPA met with Child Development Director II, Rosa Guerra and Facilities Director II, Kevin Hobby. This is a Head Start Program housed at the Willard Elementary School grounds. The Child Development Director II has requested approval to use a temporary heating/air conditioner system from an exterior Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) unit due to a delay in repair to classroom #1’s existing HVAC unit. There were no children present.
At 11:50AM, LPA toured the facility indoors and outdoors. LPA observed the facility has installed flex ducting connected to the exterior HVAC unit. The attached flex ducting feeds from the exterior HVAC unit into the classroom through the classroom’s existing original HVAC unit opening/vent. The vent in the classroom was removed to allow the flex ducting through the opening. There are two flex ducts in the classroom; return and supply. The flex ducting in the classroom was observed to be supported by zip ties. LPA observed a barricade underneath the flex ducting located inside the classroom to prevent access. The temporary heating/air conditioner unit was in operation at the time of the visit. The noise level was minimal and will not disrupt the classroom #1’s daily instruction or activities.
The exterior HVAC unit is located outside classroom #1 in a walk path next to the children’s playground. The HVAC and flex ducting located outdoors runs through the walk path between the classroom and children’s playground however, the flex ducting was not observed to be within the children’s playground. LPA observed an orange exterior plastic safety fence/barricade with safety cones in place on the walk path by the children’s playground to prevent access to the exterior flex ducting.
The facility is requesting approval to use this temporary heating/air conditioner system from the exterior HVAC unit until repair to the existing classroom’s HVAC unit is completed. The existing HVAC unit is expected to be
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