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13 | Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Portia Bowden conducted an unannounced complaint inspection at the above facility. At 12:00PM LPA met with Director Allison, explained the purpose of the visit, and was guided on a tour of the facility. This is a single licensed facility, with an infant/ toddler program serving ages 0-36 months as well as a Preschool program serving ages 2-6 years old. LPA observed 9 infants supervised by 6 teachers in the Little Comet classroom, 7 toddlers supervised by 3 teachers in the Neptune classroom, and 45 preschoolers supervised by 3 teachers in the Jupiter/Mars/Saturn classrooms.
During the course of investigation LPA interviewed staff, parents of children in care and collected pertinent documents. The reporting party alleged Staff do not provide adequate supervision, resulting in multiple biting incidents. Per Director there was a child with biting issues in the Neptune Toddler classroom however child was disenrolled effective 5/18/26. Per Director there have been 0 biting incidents since. All staff stated they receive monthly training on how to deal with children with challenging behaviors including biting. All staff stated no child is ever without supervision in the facility. Per Director each class has extra staff to ensure ratios are maintained at all times. All parents interviewed stated they have never witnessed |