London Bridge Preschool & Infant Toddler

1240-04-01-.15 Program Language and Literacy Development

An educator inappropriately grabbed a child while lining up on the playground to go in. The educator was dismissed from the agency the same day. — Visit: Incident or Injury Investigation,Safety Plan Served,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The educator was fired immediately. Additional training will be completed with current staff.

1240-04-01-.08 Record Keeping

Children's records were not complete as required. — Visit: Safety Plan Monitoring,Follow-up visit,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The agency is completing training on records management and working to bring all records up to licensing minimum requirements.

1240-04-01-.22 Specific Requirements for Child Care Centers

Agency had a classroom where the number of children present exceeded the maximum physical capacity for that space. — Visit: Safety Plan Monitoring,Technical Assistance — Action taken: Management for the agency is correcting classroom enrollments to stay under maximum physical capacity.

1240-04-01-.12 Health and Safety

Medication was not stored or documented as required in Licensing Rules. — Visit: Safety Plan Monitoring,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The agency has updated policy, procedures, and documentation to meet licensing requirements. Staff at the agency have completed additional training on medications.

1240-04-01-.08 Record Keeping

Children's records were not complete as required - transition documentation — Visit: Safety Plan Monitoring,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The agency has updated its procedures and documentation related to transitions between classrooms to meet licensing requirements.

1240-04-01-.22 Specific Requirements for Child Care Centers

Children under 31 months old can NOT be combined with other groups of children. — Visit: Safety Plan Monitoring,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The agency is changing policy and procedures as well as notifying all teachers, to ensure that children are grouped according to the licensing rules.

1240-04-01-.08 Record Keeping

Children and staff records were not complete as required. — Visit: Safety Plan Monitoring,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The agency is completing training on records management and working to bring all records up to licensing minimum requirements.

1240-04-01-.08 Record Keeping

Multiple children with no files on-site. — Visit: Safety Plan Monitoring,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The agency is completing training on records management and working to bring all records up to licensing minimum requirements. The agency will ensure the required enrollment paperwork for all children is in place prior to the child's first day.

1240-04-01-.08 Record Keeping

No classrooms had accurate attendance lists as required. — Visit: Safety Plan Monitoring,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The agency implemented paper attendance until Brightwheel systems were updated and accurate. The agency will ensure that Brightwheel systems are accurate at all times going forward.

1240-04-01-.11 Supervision

Management of the child care agency did not maintain an attendance system that enables all children to receive the required level of supervision. — Visit: Safety Plan Monitoring,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The agency implemented paper attendance until Brightwheel systems were updated and accurate. The agency will ensure that Brightwheel systems are accurate at all times going forward.

1240-04-01-.08 Record Keeping

No documentation of transition plans between classrooms — Visit: Safety Plan Monitoring,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The agency has updated its procedures and documentation related to transitions between classrooms to meet licensing requirements.

1240-04-01-.22 Specific Requirements for Child Care Centers

Children under 31 months old can NOT be combined with other groups of children. — Visit: QRIS Monitoring visit,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The agency reviewed child birthdates and schedules to ensure appropriate age grouping in classrooms. Also, outside play schedules were revised to reflect separate playtime. The agency management will ensure adherence to classroom schedules and allowable age groupings.

1240-04-01-.11 Supervision

Required roll call procedures were NOT followed. — Visit: QRIS Monitoring visit,Technical Assistance — Action taken: Management will ensure that all staff receive Supervision training with an emphasis on correct Name-to-Face Roll Call procedures as required. The agency has also posted signs to assist with this process.

1240-04-01-.14 Equipment for Children

Not all children were provided with individual naptime equipment in their classroom. — Visit: QRIS Monitoring visit,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The agency has purchased additional nap equipment to meet licensing requirements.

1240-04-01-.08 Record Keeping

Not all classrooms had accurate attendance lists as required. — Visit: QRIS Monitoring visit,Technical Assistance — Action taken: Management has reduced enrollment and corrected attendance systems for accuracy. Management will ensure that those systems stay accurate and complete.

1240-04-01-.11 Supervision

Management of the child care agency did not maintain a system that enables all children to receive the required level of supervision. — Visit: QRIS Monitoring visit,Technical Assistance — Action taken: All staff will receive Supervision training immediately. Management will ensure that they maintain a system providing active supervision for all children in all rooms as required.

1240-04-01-.22 Specific Requirements for Child Care Centers

Agency had multiple classrooms where the number of children present exceeded the maximum physical capacity for that space. — Visit: QRIS Monitoring visit,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The agency has reduced over-enrollment to comply with capacity as required. The agency will comply with rules and regulations as required for physical capacity by not exceeding the agreed maximum again.

1240-04-01-.22 Specific Requirements for Child Care Centers

Required adult:child ratios and group sizes were NOT followed in every classroom. — Visit: QRIS Monitoring visit,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The agency has reviewed the required Ratios with all staff. They will ensure a floater is available to maintain ratios. Additional training with CCR&R is planned.

1240-04-01-.18 Emergency Preparedness

Fire drills not conducted monthly. — Visit: QRIS Monitoring visit,Technical Assistance,Complaint Investigation — Action taken: Director completed fire drill before the end of March and sent documentation to DHS. Director has shown an understanding of the requirements (Fire drills monthly; other "non-fire" drill quarterly).

1240-04-01-.10 Duty to Report Child Abuse and Neglect

Director did not follow required process for reporting serious incidents to DHS and took actions that interfered with a DHS investigation. — Visit: QRIS Monitoring visit,Technical Assistance,Complaint Investigation — Action taken: Trainings conducted by CCR&R have been scheduled to review the correct process for reporting serious incidents. Additional actions have been implemented to ensure all staff are familiar with and have immediate access to the DHS Complaint Hotline.

1240-04-01-.13 Food and Food Service

During visit on 11/15/2024, LC Shrum observed that educators failed to wash their hands and children's hands. — Visit: QRIS Monitoring visit,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The administrative staff at London Bridge have reviewed and updated procedures to maintain proper protocols.