The Learning Tree Children'S Academy

“Ensure maximum group size is not exceeded and supervision of children is provided by assigned staff person. LS Brey observed a child exiting the older preschool classroom unsupervised, crossing through the younger preschool classroom, and entering the bathroom in the one and two-year-old classroom. The one and two-year-old classroom was at maximum group size of 12. Retrain staff on proper supervision and maximum group size.”

“Ensure staff are fingerprinted and receive a comprehensive background check every five years. Complete fingerprinting for Staff #7.”

“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs an eligibility letter. Five staff need an updated PD plan, One staff needs CPR/FA, PD plan, two documented attempts to obtain service letters, and references. One staff person needs CPR/FA and signed PD plan. One staff needs references.”

“Ensure child files are complete. Four children need updated infant monthly feeding statements. Three children need a blood lead level test result. Two children need a health appraisal, immunizations, and blood lead level test result.”

“Ensure each child's exact arrival and departure is documented. The arrival times for every child in the three-year-old classroom was not documented. This was corrected at the visit when the times were added.”

“Ensure walls are in good repair. Repair wall in the bathroom near the toilet. Ensure outlets are protected with safety covers. Add covers to exposed outlets in the older pre-k classroom. Ensure air fresheners are not used. An aerosol air freshener was observed in the three-year-old classroom. Remove air freshener.”

“Ensure a working thermometer is in the kitchen's freezer and refrigerator. Add a thermometer to the large freezer. Ensure refrigerators and freezers maintain an appropriate temperature. Adjust temperatures.”

“Ensure rest equipment is labeled with the child's name, including infant cribs. Label cribs.”

“Ensure diaper pails are lined and foot-activated. Add liners to the infant classroom and one and two-year old classroom. Utilize diaper pail in the infant room for all diapering. Ensure diaper-changing procedure is posted. Post procedure in the one and two-year-old classroom.”

“Ensure at least one evacuation drill a year occurs during nap time. Conduct December's drill during nap.”

“Ensure nothing is added to the infants'' bottles other than prepared formula or breastmilk. LS Brey observed cereal in an infant's bottle. Inform families a physician's note is required to serve cereal in bottles. Ensure infants' bottles are labeled with their name. Label bottles.”

“Ensure renewal application is submitted at least 60 days prior to license expiration. Submit application.”

“On September 9, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding a lack of positive behavior supports. An investigation was conducted on September 10, 2025. This complaint is substantiated because Staff #1 admitted to having pulled a child by his/her leg or pants across the floor and saying no to the child in a rough voice. Other concerns noted during the investigation were nap mats not being separated by at least 18 inches in the one and two-year-old classroom and safe sleep violations which included a blanket in one crib with an infant and a binky strap still attached to an infant in another crib.”

“On March 10, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding improper discipline. An investigation was conducted on March 12, 2025. This complaint is substantiated because video footage reviewed from the bus showed a staff person roughly handling a child while trying to retrieve him/her from the bus, including lifting him/her by the arms. An additional concern noted was while reviewing the video footage, two children who exited the bus first were observed running across the parking lot toward the center unsupervised while the staff person was on the bus.”

“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs a signed professional development plan and two references. One staff needs four references. One staff needs a signed professional development plan, to complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals, one more attempt at obtaining a service letter, and two or four references depending on the service letter. Three staff need a signed professional development plan. One staff needs a staff orientation and adult health appraisal with TB screening. One staff needs to complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals, and two references.”

“Ensure staff are accurately signing in and out of the classrooms. This was corrected at the visit when a staff person corrected her time.”

“Ensure child files are complete. Two children need an updated monthly feeding statement. One child needs updated immunizations and blood lead level test result. One child needs a blood lead level test result. One child needs an updated health appraisal and blood lead level test result. One child needs hours and days of attending.”

“Ensure each child's exact arrival and departure are documented. One child was not signed into the one and two-year-old classroom and one child was not signed out of the four and five-year-old classroom. This was corrected at the visit when the attendance was updated in each classroom.”

“Ensure air fresheners are not used in child care spaces. This Specialist observed an air freshener in the bathroom off the infant classroom.”

“Ensure the refrigerator in the kitchen reads 41 degrees F or below. Ensure the refrigerator in the infant room and the top freezer in the kitchen have a thermometer and maintain proper temperatures.”

“Ensure rest equipment is free of rips and non-absorbent. This Specialist observed a nap mat with a large rip in the four and five-year-old classroom. Ensure cribs in the infant room are at least 18 inches apart and labeled with the child's name.”

“Ensure diaper changing mats are non-absorbent. Replace mat in the one and two-year-old classroom.”

“Ensure medications are stored securely with the child's name and includes a proper Medication Administration Record (MAR). This Specialist observed several bottles of baby lotion, baby oils, and baby powders in the cabinet in the infant room. None of the bottles were labeled with a child's name, nor was there an MAR for them. Dispose of bottles or label them with the correct child's name and obtain written parent consent on a completed MAR.”

“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 and Staff #2 need to complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals. Staff #1 needs to complete staff orientation, two attempts at Service Letters, Health Appraisal with TB Screening, and one more reference is no Service Letters are received. Staff #3 needs two attempts at Service Letters and two or four references based on the reponse from the Service Letters. Staff #5 needs two attempts at Service Letters and one more reference if Service Letters are not returned.”

“Ensure any person touring the facility signs the Parents Right Know Log.”

“Ensure child files are complete. Child #4 and #8 need blood lead level test results.”

“Ensure every child is signed into each classroom at the exact arrival time. This was corrected at the visit when staff signed the children in.”

“Dispose of air fresheners in each classroom. This was corrected at the visit when all air fresheners were removed from the Center.”

“Ensure all fall zones have at least 9 inches of mulch under them.”

“Ensure soap and water is available. There was no soap and water available in the one and two-year-old classroom.”

“Ensure anything applied to children, other than soap and water, has a Medication Administration Record (MAR) completed for it. Ensure all medications are labeled and stored out of reach of children. LS Brey observed nose saline, orajel, and bug spray in the cubbies and accessible to children, in the one and two-year-old classroom.”

“Ensure the first aid kit has all required items available. Add an eye patch, pen, notepad or paper, plastic bag, and scissors to the first aid kit. This was corrected at the visit when these items were added.”

“Ensure lesson plans include physical, cognitive, social-emotional, and language/literacy activities daily. Lesson plans for ages two years and older must also include weekly opportunities in food/healthy habits, science, music, and sensory. Ensure all lesson plans are posted.”

“Ensure activity areas include science and art materials that are accessible to children.”

“Ensure renewal application is submitted at least 60 days prior to license expiration.”

“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs CPR and first aid certification. Two staff members need administration of medication training or certification. Two staff members need a signed professional development plan. Three staff members need complete orientation records. One staff member needs eligibility determination. One staff needs an adult health appraisal with TB results. One staff member needs a service letter or two documented attempts and two additional references.”

“Ensure child files are complete. Two children needs updated health appraisals with immunization records. Two children need blood lead screening results. One child needs a development plan. Two children need medication permission. Three children need updated infant feeding schedules.”

“Ensure hazardous materials are stored inaccessible. Multiple cleaners were observed in an unlocked cabinet in the infant bathroom. Remove the cleaners or lock the cabinet.”

“Ensure walls are cleanable and in good repair. The drywall and chipped paint need to be repaired in the one and two-year-old classroom, main bathroom, and the infant classroom. Ensure the carpet is in good repair. The carpet under the gate in the infant classroom needs to be repaired. The carpet on the wall next to the exit door in the infant classroom need to be repaired.”

“Replenish the mulch with nine inches of mulch in the fall zone areas in the outdoor play area. Remove the broken planter from under the window.”

“Replace the ripped nap mats in the one and two-year-old classroom and the three and four-year-old classroom.”

“Purchase an emergency water supply.”

“Ensure lesson plans contain weekly opportunities for each special activity for 24 months and older. Add food/healthy habits, science, music, and sensory to the three and four-year-old classrooms lesson plan.”

“Ensure safe sleep practices are used at all times. An infant was observed asleep in a car seat covered with a blanket. The car seat was placed in the infant's crib. The teacher in the infant classroom must complete the training titled Infant Safe Sleep Practices for Childcare Providers on DEPD Now by 10/26/2022.”

“Ensure staff are fingerprinted within 5 days of their 18th birthday. A staff member turned 18 in May and was not fingerprinted.”

“Ensure fall zones are covered. A play structure was moved off the mulch fall zone area onto black top when a new larger structure was installed.”

“Ensure safe sleep practices are used. A seven-month-old was observed asleep and covered with a blanket in a crib. This was discussed with the staff and the blanket was removed.”

“Submit a revised plan review and receive approval before making additions or renovations to the outdoor play area. A new play structure was installed in the mulch area without OCCL approval. This was discussed and the administrator agreed to comply in the future.”

“OCCL received a complaint on June 21, 2022, regarding possible lack of supervision. An investigation was conducted on June 22, 2022 and a follow up visit was conducted on June 23, 2022. The complaint is substantiated because on June 22, 2022, improper staff-to-child ratios were observed when Staff #1 was observed alone with 11 children ages one through school-age and toddlers were observed being cared for in the same area as older children when 11 children, ages one through school-age, were observed in the outdoor play area. Additionally, on June 23, 2022, direct supervision was not maintained when a 12-year-old child was observed walking through several classrooms and the kitchen, unsupervised and Staff #6 left a group of four school-age children alone with an unqualified staff member; improper staff-to-child ratios were observed when a school-age child was observed alone with an unqualified staff member and seven children, age infant through four-years-old, were observed with one staff member; infants and toddlers were observed being cared for in the same area as older children when eleven children, age two through school-age, were observed in a classroom together and seven children, age infant through four-years-old, were observed in a classroom together.”

“Ensure staff attendance is accurate. Staff #1 and #2 was not signed in to the classrooms they were covering for lunch breaks. This was corrected when the staff signed in.”

“Ensure staff-to-child ratios are maintained with qualified staff. Upon arrival, two aides were observed alone with three infants while the qualified staff member was using the restroom. This was corrected at the visit when the qualified staff member entered the classroom.”