The Community Campus

Regulation 10.9: Emergency evacuations shall be practiced with the children each month. A record of practice drills for the previous and current year shall be maintained and available onsite. Practice drills may be pre-announced. There shall be: * a system in place to assure that all children are accounted for at a predetermined safe place; * a safety plan that may include additional lock down practices and procedures.

“Upon review of the program's evacuation drill log it was identified that no drill had been conducted in the month of March 2026. Corrective Action: Plan to conduct an additional drill during the month of May 2026, to make up for the one missed in March. Develop a system to ensure that evacuation drills are conducted monthly as required moving forward. In the corrective action email provide dates in which the two (2) May drills will be conducted, and details of the system developed to ensure compliance moving forward.”

Correction date in the state record: May 7, 2026

Regulation 11.20: There shall be a conveniently located toilet and hand washing sink for every fifteen children or portion thereof. Toilets are to be used only by children, parents, Staff and volunteers of the center during program hours.

“The program has access to only one of the approved toilet and hand sinks. The program's arrangement with a co-tenant in the building had allowed for access to two toilets and sinks within that tenants space. During this visit, it was confirmed that the program has not had access to those toilets and sinks since January 2025. Corrective Action: Maintain the use of the two portable toilets and additional sinks that were present during this visit. Have a total of three (3) toilets and hand sinks available for use by children in the program and staff of the program during hours . Submit a plan with timelines and steps to be taken to have access to permanent interior toilet and sinks to the Division by noted corrective due date. Submit this plan to Licensing Field Specialist [name] at carrie.knight@vermont.gov .”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 3, 2025

Regulation 13.20: All prescription medications shall be kept in the original containers and be clearly labeled with children's name, dosage, medication name, and schedule of administration.

“Two children's emergency medications do not have labels upon the medication nor information about appropriate dosage. One medication is stored in a plastic bag with the child's name handwritten on the bag and the other is stored in an case with only the child's name written on the case. Corrective Action: Two children's emergency medications do not have labels upon the medication nor information about appropriate dosage. One medication is stored in a plastic bag with the child's name handwritten on the bag and the other is stored in an case with only the child's name written on the case.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 3, 2025

Regulation 6.2: The maximum number of children in an identified group shall be twenty six (26).

“From 3:05 p.m. to 4:31 p.m., the program was out of compliance with group size. During this time, the number of children ranged from thirty-two (32) to twenty-seven (27). Children and staff remained in the table area and grass space adjacent to the table area. Staff confirmed that the program operates as one large group with children moving from eating, art, and/or gross motor as they chose. Staff statements confirm that staff are not assigned to certain activities and/or smaller groupings of children and that children are not identified as part of smaller sub groups. This is a serious violation of group size . Corrective Action: As required during the visit, the program must maintain compliance to group size requirements. Submit to Licensing Field Specialist Knight the changes made to the program to comply with group size requirements as of 06/01/2025 and the training conducted for staff about the changes on 06/06/2025. A copy of this report is required to be sent to every child's parent enrolled. Provide Licensing Field Specialist [name] a list of children's names, their parents name and contact information once the report has been provided to them.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 3, 2025

Regulation 13.18: Written parental permission shall be obtained before administering any medication. The permission statement shall include the name of the child, name of the medication, dosage, the date and time to be given and how the medication is to be given (mouth, ear, etc.).

“Program has an assigned inhaler for a child and there is no corresponding parental permission and/or information about how/when to adminster the medication. Corrective Action: Have up to date medical information and permission for any child requiring medications while at the program. Review children's files to ensure all parental permissions for medications are up to date. Send an email confirming that a practice has been put into place to confirm all parental permissions are in place at time of accepting medication into the program.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 3, 2025

Regulation 5.34: The Program Administrator and the Site Director shall annually complete at least a minimum of twelve clock hours of Professional Development Activities which may be applied toward their Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP) or equivalent excluding any additionally required training for Specialized Child Care or First Aid and CPR.

“Review of BFIS account as well as staff files on site, in addition to on site coversation with Staff A confirms, Staff A did not complete any of the Professional Development hours required by this rule. The period reviewed for Staff A for the this visit was 8/10/22 thru 8/10/23. Corrective Action: Ensure Staff A completes the twelve (12) hours of professional development not completed during the 8/10/22 thru 8/10/23 annual period in addition to the twelve (12) hours required for the period of 8/10/23 thru 8/20/24. Create and implement a system for monitoring and tracking professional development to ensure it is completed by all staff within their respective annual periods.”

Correction date in the state record: Jun 19, 2025