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25 | One date and time listed above, Licensing Program Analysts, (LPAs) Claudia Caywood and Justin Giese made an unannounced visit to the Facility for the purpose of following up on a submission of an Unusual Incident Report (UIR) which was received by the Department on 02/24/2023. LPAs met with Facility Director Jessica Salvador-Rivera to discuss purpose of visit.
On 02/15/2023, Staff was transitioning children back to their classroom from the play ground. UIR reported children were lined up awaiting to go inside the classroom. Staff then opened the classroom door in an attempted to go inside, two children ran out of line and back to the playground. During this time, it was disclosed staff had closed the door, but was unaware a child ran in to the classroom. UIR stated another staff in a adjacent classroom heard the child and noticed they were alone in their classroom. Facility management was made aware of incident after it occurred.
On 03/15/2023, LPAs Caywood and Giese made contact with facility/director and staff associated with events disclosed on UIR. LPAs reviewed documents and conducted interviews with pertinent parties. LPAs recorded corroborating statements from all individuals interviewed which support events reported on the UIR. Staff was transitioning children from the playground and was unaware that one child ran back into their classroom while they were redirecting two children that had ran back to the playground area. Another Staff was assisting their children with toileting when they heard a child call out to them from the adjacent classroom. Staff observed a child alone in the adjacent classroom and stated they were unaware of the length of time the child was unattended.
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