St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church

22.1-289.031-B-2 Complaint related: No

“The center is required to establish and implement procedures for appropriate supervision of all children in care. On 5/14/25, at approximately 11:00am, Staff #1 and Staff #2 transitioned their class outside to the playground where the children played for about 10 minutes. Upon returning to the classroom, the staff members found Child A, five-years-old, in the classroom, and the child stated that they had been left alone. The program’s procedure was to do a headcount prior to leaving the classroom. Staff #1 reported doing a headcount but miscounting due to the children moving around. Staff #2 reported they did not know to do a headcount.”

22.1-289.035-B-3

“The program is required to request a search of the central registry for each staff prior to employment. The program was not able to confirm if a search of the central registry had been requested prior to employment for Staff #2 who had been employed for more than three months and did not have results on record.”

22.1-289.035-A

“Based on review of three staff records, the program did not obtain documentation the results of a national, fingerprint-based criminal history record check every five years from the date of the last check for all staff. Evidence: The most recent fingerprints on record for Staff #2 were dated 8/23/18.”

22.1-289.035-B-2

“Based on review of three staff records, the program did not obtain documentation of the results of a national, fingerprint-based criminal history record check prior to employment for all staff. Evidence: The record for Staff #1, with an employment date of 1/3/23, contained fingerprints dated 1/19/23.”

8VAC20-770-40-D-2

“Based on review of three staff records, the program did not ensure that sworn disclosure statements were signed by all staff prior to the first day of employment and documentation of the results of a search of the central registry were obtained for each staff within 30 days of employment. Evidence: The sworn disclosure on record for Staff #2, with an employment date of 10/25/22, was dated 12/6/22. The central registry results on record for Staff #1, with an employment date of 1/3/23, were dated 3/30/23.”