Bright Start Learning Academy

Children were served snack without washing their hands.

A 10 year old was left alone with CCR while two staff went in and out of classrooms.

The base board in the infant room is cracked with exposed sheet rock and within reach of children.

There was an uncovered outlet in the infant classroom within reach of children. This was corrected during the inspection when the outlet was covered.

A caregiver was caring for children in the pre-k classroom without an eligibility letter.

There is a leaning pole on the playground.

Four children were napping on top of a blanket on the carpet. They did not have a napping mat or cot. Follow-up inspection completed on 04/04/25. Two children were sleeping on the same mat.

2 out of 9 children's records is missing the emergency contact's address.

Teacher in the infant room who was helping in the room while the main teacher took her break. She was asked by CCR the ages of the children. She told CCR the oldest and youngest ages of the infants but did not know the ages of rest of the infants in her care.

The director is not keeping the operation in compliance with minimum standards. There were concerns of supervision and safe sleep during the follow up inspection on 2/13/25. Follow-up inspection completed on 02/24/25. Director is not following the minimum standards. There is still concern with supervision and ratio. Follow-up inspection completed on 03/04/25. There is still a concern for infant safe sleep. Follow-up inspection completed on 03/21/25. There is still a concern over ratio in the infant classroom.

4 out of 9 children's record is missing the physician's information/emergency hospital.

Three out of four employee records is missing a notarized affidavit.

Four children were napping on top of a blanket on the carpet. They did not have a napping mat or cot.

The specified age group in the infant room was 11 months. Ratio was supposed to be 1:4 it was 1:5.

The director is not keeping the operation in compliance with minimum standards. There were concerns of supervision and safe sleep during the follow up inspection on 2/13/25. Follow-up inspection completed on 02/24/25. Director is not following the minimum standards. There is still concern with supervision and ratio. Follow-up inspection completed on 03/04/25. There is still a concern for infant safe sleep.

The last time the background checks were validated were on April 4, 2024.

There was not enough walking room between napping mats.

In the nap room it was too dark. Child Care Regulation Inspector's eyes had to readjust to it being too dark. It was difficult to see the children and second caregiver.

The fence was measured with the owner and it is not 4 feet on the side of the building.

A potty chair in the bathroom had urine and feces in it. When this was brought to the attention of the provider. The potty chair was cleaned.

Upon entering the infant room the teacher had 6 infants to one caregiver when it should have been 1 to 5. A 19 month old was removed from the class to the 3's. The specified age group was 12 months.

An unanchored basketball goal was observed in the fenced area that is being temporarily used for outdoor play. Follow-up inspection completed on 02/24/25. The provider stated the playground with the basketball hoop is no longer in use. While completing a walk through CCR saw two burners in the kitchen not in use but were on. This was corrected during the inspection when the provider turned off the burners.

Upon entering the infant classroom the teacher was on her cell phone.

CCR staff oberserved a caregiver leave children unattended in line using/to use the restroom to go back to the classroom to get a students shoes. Follow-up inspection completed on 02/24/25. A 3 year old walked to class by themselves while staff were in the lobby.

The were concerns of water damage on the ceiling and baseboards, air filters filled with dirt and dust, missing floor tiles and possible mold or mildew in a restroom cabinet. Follow-up inspection completed on 02/24/25. The ceiling tiles had been repainted but were replaced during the inpsection. The air fliters are clean, new flooring has been put in place and there was no mold or mildew in the restroom cabinet.

The director is not keeping the operation in compliance with minimum standards. There were concerns of supervision and safe sleep during the follow up inspection on 2/13/25. Follow-up inspection completed on 02/24/25. Director is not following the minimum standards. There is still concern with supervision and ratio.

A training cup in use only had the first name on the cup and not the last name initial.

There is broken basket ball hoop lying on the playground.

The fenced area on the side of the building that is being utilized for outdoor play temporarily fence is now damaged with sharp edges exposed. Follow-up inspection completed on 02/24/25. The side of the building that was being used as the playground is no longer in use. The playground now in use has air conditioning units with rusted fences and exposed sharp edges. The fence on the side on the building is rusted and coming apart.

The operation did not have a current fire inspection. The last inspection was on 1/18/24.

A child younger than 12 months was observed in a play yard with a blanket. This was corrected when CCR staff asked how old the child was and informed operation staff that children under 12 months cannot have anything in their crib or play yard besides a snug fitting sheet.

The director is not keeping the operation in compliance with minimum standards. There were concerns of supervision and safe sleep during the follow up inspection on 2/13/25.

The fenced area on the side of the building that is being utilized for outdoor play temporarily fence is now damaged with sharp edges exposed.

CCR staff observed uncovered outlets. This was corrected when CCR staff asked operation staff did they have more outlets covers. The director then covered the outlets.

The were concerns of water damage on the ceiling and baseboards, air filters filled with dirt and dust, missing floor tiles and possible mold or mildew in a restroom cabinet.

The operation was out of ratio in the infant classroom 1 caregiver to 7 children. THe correct ratio for the age group present is 1 to 5.

I observed children being fed and there were no daily reports available for review for today.

The operation did not have a current fire inspection. The last inspection was on 1/18/24.

The operations fence has an opening with missing boards.

The operation had a large ant pile in the outdoor play area.

The director is not keeping the operation in compliance with minimum standards.

Caregivers were unsure of the ages of the children they were caring for and did not have accurate list to refer to.

Through out the daycare there was chipped paint within reach of children such as the cafeteria, two year old classroom, schoolers classroom, and cafeteria. The floor tile in the cafeteria is coming up. The carpet in the schoolers classroom is coming up too. The fencing on playground two needs to be replaced due to it being twisted.

In the cafeteria where the after schooler were an 11 month old was in a walker. In the 2's classroom there were 2 year olds with a 5 year old.

An 11 month old was watching TV.

Several children were playing video games on their tablets such as roblox which is not educational. This was corrected during the inspection when the tablets were put up.

The operational policies do not address Infant Safe Sleep.

A child went to the restroom and wander off to the front door to the office/lobby area. Child Care Regulation had to let the teacher know the child had wandered off.

An 11 month old was in a walker. This was corrected during the inspection when the infant was removed from the walker.

In the two's classroom there was a TV on a rolling cart not secured. The television not being anchored could have caused the television to tip over causing serious harm to a child. When this was brought to the attention of the director she rolled the cart into another area.

Three out of four staff are missing training on the required subjects: Handling, storing, disposing of hazardous material, preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction.

There are dangling wires from the TV's and the lock on a cabinet in the infant classroom does not work. Infants have access to plastic bags.

Three out of four children's records. Staff are missing pediatric first aid with rescue breathing. They just have basic life support.

The relocation diagram does not designate where staff and children will go during severe weather.

It was observed that the transportation van continues not to have the child safety alarm installed.

During the walk through it was observed that an infant 8 month was combined with school age children (oldest child 10 year old). There was total 27 children in the building. Note: This infant was moved to the designated room.

Two bottles that had milk and was used was not labeled with the child's first and last initial. Note: This was corrected when the bottles were labeled.

During the follow up, I observed an 5m old sleeping in their car seat with a blanket. The infant and car seat was observed sitting inside of the playpen.

During the follow up an 5m old infant was still observed sleeping in their car seat.

During the follow up one infants age 5m were still observed sitting in a car seat without using safety straps.

The vehicle used to transport children was not equipped with an alarm system.

Three cribs in the infant room were not properly labeled. NOTE: This was corrected during the inspection by being prpoperly labeled.

One employee was still present at the operation and counted in the child/caregiver ratio did not have an eligible background check status.

Two children under the age of two were observed watching television. NOTE: This was corrected during the inspection when the television was turned off.

The operation is transporting children from school before notifying licensing. Licensing has not come out to observe the bus, before transporting children.

An 3m infant was observed sleeping in car seat with blanket of thier face.

An 3m old infant was observed sleeping in their car seat.

I walked into a room with children sleeping and were unable to see the children sleeping due to the darkness in the room. NOTE: This was corrected during the inspection with the children being removed from the dark rooms.

One employee counted in the child/caregiver ratio did not have an eligible background check status.

Two infants ages 3m and 4m were observed sitting in car seats without using safety straps.

One infant was observed asleep alone in the room without supervision.

Upon arrival to the operation it was one caregiver with 11 children in care. The children ages are as follow 3m, 4m, 17m, 17m, 2 year, 2 year, 3 year, 3 year, 3 year, 3 year, and 4 year.

4 caregiver files did not have a signed dated statements verifying orientation training on abuse and neglect.

2 caregivers did not have pre-employment affidavits on file.

One child does not have a health statement in their file.

One caregiver had National CPR Foundation training certificate. This is an online course that does not use in person CPR training with a manikin.

One caregiver file was not available for review.

One child did not have emergecny medical authorization information.

4 caregiver files and director file did not have a notarized affidavit in their files.

One caregiver has CPR and AED training, but does not have first aid training.

The outdoor play area and fence has loose wooden boards with nails sticking out. Loose wooden boards are also on the ground and some of the boards have exposed nails pointing out.

The carbon monoxide detector was not being tested monthly. This was corrected when the director tested the carbon monoxide detector and documented the testing during the inspection.

The fire extinguisher was not being tested monthly.This was corrected when the director inspected the fire extinguisher and documented the inspection during the initial inspection.

A caregiver did not have First Aid training. Their CPR certification was for CPR and AED only.

The outside fence has broken wooden boards making a gap in the fence.

The smoke detector was not being tested monthly. This was corrected when the smoke detector was tested and documented by the caregiver during the inspection.

The caregiver did not have annual training completed.

A caregiver did not have CPR training completed in person with a manikin.