Groomed for Greatness Learning Center II

8VAC20-780-270-A

Repeat Violation The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a safe condition. There was a staple gun in a plastic drawer, approximately 3 feet high in a preschool room.

8VAC20-780-280-B

Repeat Violation Hazardous substances must be in a locked place that prevents access by children. In a two year old bathroom, there were two cans of air freshener labeled ?keep out of reach of children? on the floor next to a potty chair, accessible to children.

8VAC20-780-500-C

Toilet chairs shall be emptied promptly and cleaned and sanitized after each use. A toilet chair in a preschool bathroom was not emptied after use. There was dried urine in the potty bowl.

8VAC20-780-550-G

Repeat Violation Documentation shall be maintained of shelter-in-place and lockdown drills that includes all of the required information. The drill logs for the shelter in place and lockdown drills conducted in 2025 did not include the number of children and staff that had participated.

8VAC20-780-150-B

Immunization records are required to be signed and dated by a physician, his designee, or an official of the local health department. The immunization record for child #1 was not signed.

8VAC20-780-270-A

Repeat Violation The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a safe and operable condition. The crib for child #4 sat uneven on the floor. A wheel was broken off one of the crib legs. The evacuation crib had a loose bolt causing the crib foot and sides to shake when moved.

8VAC20-780-550-P

Repeat Violation The center shall maintain a written record of children's serious and minor injuries in which entries are made the day of occurrence and include all of the required information. The injury records for three children did not contain all of the required information.

8VAC20-780-420-E-3

Repeat Violation Up-to-date information is required to be requested from the parent for each child's record at least annually. The information in the record of child #1, child #2 and child #3 had not been updated in over 14 months.

8VAC20-780-280-B

Repeat Violation Hazardous substances shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. In the school age classroom there was an unlocked closet with cans of latex paint and pesticide spray. In an unlocked space under the Directors desk there were cleaning products and laundry detergent.

8VAC20-780-70

Repeat Violation Staff records shall be kept for each staff person and contain all the required information. The staff records for staff #1 and staff #2 did not contain all of the required information.

8VAC20-780-60-A

Repeat Violation Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information. The record for Child #4, enrolled for ten months, was missing a parent work phone number.

8VAC20-780-160-A

Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment. The TB results for staff #1 was dated eleven months prior to date of employment.

8VAC20-780-290-A-3

In areas used by preschool age or younger children, electrical outlets shall have protective covers. There was an uncovered outlet within children's reach in the two year old room.

8VAC20-780-570-K

Staff shall feed semisolid food with a spoon unless written instructions from a physician or physicians designee state differently. The bottle for Child #2 contained a semisolid food mixed into the formula.

8VAC20-780-570-E

Prepared infant formula shall be refrigerated, dated and labeled with the child's name. There were six bottles of unrefrigerated formula in the infant room. One of the bottles did not have a name on it.

8VAC20-780-500-C

Repeat Violation Toilet chairs shall be emptied promptly and cleaned and sanitized after each use. There was dry urine on the seat and bowl of a toilet chair in the bathroom.

8VAC20-780-450-E

Repeat Violation Mattresses when used shall be covered with a waterproof material which can be cleaned and sanitized. Three crib, assigned to enrolled infants, had mattresses that were not covered in a non absorbent surface. The mattresses were soiled and stained.

8VAC20-780-450-C

Repeat Violation Crib sheets shall be clean and washed daily. The Director stated the crib sheets used in the infant room were washed weekly.

8VAC20-780-270-A

Repeat Violation The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. The carpet in the two year old classroom was bunched up and the edges were flipped up posing a trip hazard. The wall in the two year old classroom and two bathrooms contained grime. There were cracks on a play kitchen in the preschool classroom and on the lid of a bin in the two year old classroom. There were loose push pins in the bulletin boards throughout the center posing a chocking hazard. The shelves of two changing tables in the infant room contained grime and a dried cream colored substance. There was a blue chair on the playground that had cracks in the seat.

8VAC20-780-245-A

Staff shall complete a minimum of 16 hours of training annually, appropriate to the age of children in care. Staff #1 obtained 12.5 of the 16 required hours in 2024. Staff #2 obtained 15 of the required hours in 2024.

8VAC20-780-60-A

Repeat Violation Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information. The record for Child #1, enrolled for 18 months, was missing the following required components: mother and fathers work phone numbers. The record for Child #2, enrolled for 8 months, was missing the mother and fathers work phone numbers and previous child day care or schools attended. The record for Child #5, enrolled for 5 months, was missing previous child day care or schools attended.

8VAC20-780-130-E

The center shall obtain documentation of additional immunizations once every six months for children under the age of two years. The records for Child #1 and Child #2 did not contain documentation of additional immunizations once every six months. Updated immunizations for Child #1 and Child #2 were due one month ago.

8VAC20-780-60-A

Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information. The record for Child #1 was missing the parent business phone number. The record for Child #2 (enrolled for 12 months) was missing the parent business phone number and the name, address and phone numbers of two emergency contacts who are not the parents.

8VAC20-780-70

Staff records shall be kept for each staff person that contain all the required information. The records for Staff #2 (employed for 2 months) and Staff #3 (employed for 3 months) did not have the following required components: Addresses of each staff members emergency contact.

8VAC20-780-270-A

Repeat Violation The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. A hinge on the half door between two classrooms was no longer secure. The hinge and the screws had pulled out of the door. Children were observed walking through the door. There was broken plaster and rusting metal on a corner of the wall in a classroom.