St Jerome Early Childhood Ctr

“Seven of the reviewed children files did not have a complete emergency contact address.”

“A reviewed infant feeding instruction was last updated on 1.30.26. This form was corrected during the inspection when the parent updated the infant feeding instruction.”

“The space between the seesaw and a rotating equipment is 7ft. The use zone between the equipment overlaps.”

“A caregiver was providing care for 12 two year olds. This was corrected when an additional caregiver arrived in the classroom.”

“A large hole that posed a tripping hazard was located on the playground area. This was corrected when the director covered the hole.”

“Two children did not have their food allergy emergency plan on file.”

“The operations written operational policies did not address the following required topics: Promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity. A classroom that enables a mother to breastfeed her child. Preventing and responding to abuse and neglect of children. Procedures for supporting inclusive services to children with special care needs. Parents may visit the child-care center at any time during hours of operation. A child -care center is a gang-free zone.”

“One caregiver did not have current First Aid/CPR training.”

“The testing of the carbon monoxide detector was not documented.”

“There was no documentation showing that the smoke detector had been tested.”

“The fire inspection that was available for review expired on 11/21/2022.”

“The testing of the fire extinguisher was not documented.”

“In two of the toddler classrooms the diaper changing mat had several tares in the middle of the changing mats. NOTE: Corrected at inspection when the two changing mats were replaced.”

“A three month old infant was sleeping in a bouncer. Corrected: When the caregiver took the infant out the bouncer.”

“In the toddler classroom it was dark when I walked in the classroom where it was hard to see the children. Corrected: When the caregiver open the blinds in the classroom.”

“A caregiver stated she had 10 children, when I counted they were 11 children in care the caregiver was unaware of how many children she had during nap time.”

“The caregiver was unsure of the ages of the children she had in care.”

“Two caregivers one in the infant class and one in the toddler class observed providing direct care to the infants in these classrooms prior to receiving eligibility status.”

“The toddler one class had 6 children in the group with one caregiver SAG 12-17 month of. The ratio for this class is one to five.”

“The caregiver used harsh punishment when she forcefully sitting the child down in a chair.”

“The caregiver didn't show good judgment when she yanked a child out of his seat and dragged him across the room.”