Vine and Branches Lutheran Church

22.1-289.031-B-2

“The center shall ensure appropriate supervision of all children in care, including daily intake and dismissal procedures to ensure safety of children. 1. On 5/1/26, Child #1 (4 years old) was left unsupervised in the classroom for 7 minutes. 2. Based on review of video footage, at 10:01:24 am Staff #1 left the classroom to go to the multi purpose room(MPR) with 12 children. 3. Staff #2 was in the room with 5 children that included Child #1 who was using the restroom. 4. At 10:02:02 am, Staff #2 left the room with four children. Child #1 was still in the restroom, alone. 5. At 10:08:34 ama parent arrived with their child and saw Child #1 in the classroom, with no staff present. 6. At 10:09:14 am, the parent left the room with their child and Child #1 to go to the MPR. They arrived to the MPR at 10:09:55 am, where Child #1 joined the classroom and staff. 7. Both staff members stated that they did not complete the name to face count before leaving the classroom and as they each arrived to the MPR, as per the center's "Attendance Procedures for Students" policy.”

22.1-289.035-B-4

“The center must submit a request for an out of state central registry and sex offender search for an employee that has resided outside of Virginia within the last 5 years, prior to the first day of hire. 1. Staff #1and Staff #2's records indicated that they have both resided outside of Virginia within the last 5 years. 2. The out of state central registry searches for both employees were not submitted prior to their hire dates. The results have not been obtained to this date. 3. The out of state sex offender search for Staff #2 was not obtained prior to the hire date.”

22.1-289.031-B-5

“The center must ensure that all areas of the premises accessible to children are free of obvious injury hazards, including providing and maintaining sand or other cushioning material under playground equipment. 1. 3-4 year olds classroom: a. Peeling paint was found on the wall around the window, b. a broken plastic bin was found in the home living sink equipment. 2. Pre-K classroom: A broken plastic bin was found in the home living sink equipment.”

22.1-289.035-B-3

“The center must submit the request for a central registry search (CRS) prior to the first day of employment for an employee. 1. Staff # 1's CRS was submitted 6 days after the first day of employment. 2. Staff # 2's CRS was submitted one month after the first day of employment. 3. Staff # 3's CRS results have not yet been obtained by the center. Staff # 3 was observed working alone with children during the inspection.”

22.1-289.031-B-5

“The center must ensure that all areas of the premises accessible to children are free of obvious injury hazards, including providing and maintaining sand or other cushioning material under playground equipment. There was a hole in the resilient surfacing on the playground by the climbing structure.”

22.1-289.035-B-2

“The center must obtain results of a fingerprint based criminal record check for an employee prior to employment. The fingerprint results for Staff # 1 were obtained 8 days after the first day of employment.”

22.1-289.031-B-4

“The center must ensure that all children in the center are in compliance with the provisions of ? 32.1-46 regarding the immunization of children against certain diseases. The center did not obtain immunization records for Child # 1.”

22.1-289.031-B-2

“Based on staff interviews and records review, the child day center did not ensure appropriate supervision of all children in care. Evidence: 1. Staff # 1 stated that on 5/9/24 at approximately 4:55pm, 6 children (3-4 years old) were left alone and unsupervised in the Sunflowers classroom (4-5 years old), for approximately one minute. 2. Staff # 1 stated that at 4:55pm, she saw Staff # 2 preparing to leave for the day. Staff # 2 informed Staff # 1 that she dropped off 6 children in the Sunflower room. 3. At 4:56pm Staff # 1 was informed by a parent that children were alone in the Sunflower classroom. Staff # 1 made her way towards the room immediately and found 6 children with no staff present. 4. One of two witnesses stated that when she arrived to the classroom at approximately 4:55pm, she saw 6 children in the classroom with no staff while another parent was also there picking up. The witness stated that the children stated , "We don't think there is a teacher in here". 5. Staff # 2 stated that she had asked Staff # 3 if she could take the children to Staff # 3's classroom as Staff # 2 was about to leave for the day. Staff # 2 stated that she had this conversation while Staff # 3 and Staff # 4 were still on the playground and about to return to their room. 6. Staff # 2 stated that at approximately 4:55pm when she brought the children to the Sunflower room, Staff # 3 was cleaning tables. Staff # 2 stated that she did not have a verbal conversation with Staff # 3 about the drop off. 7. Staff # 3 stated that approximately around 4:50-4:55pm, their class (Sunflowers) were outside and she had to bring in a child to use the bathroom. Staff # 3 stood at the back door of the room which also leads to the playground, with the door ajar. While she was standing there, Staff # 2 asked Staff # 3 from her own back door if she could bring children over, to which Staff # 3 said "that's fine". Staff # 3 stated in her written statement that "within less than a minute I was back outside with the child who used the restroom, my co-teacher and the rest of my students. We played for a few more minutes and then came back inside". 8. Staff # 4 stated while her classroom was outside, at approximately 4:45-4:50pm, Staff # 2 stuck her head outside of her back door and spoke to Staff # 3. Staff # 4 stated that at approximately 4:55pm, when they returned to the classroom she saw children in the classroom without any staff present, and one parent. Staff # 4 stated that within a few seconds Staff # 1 came to get the children.”

22.1-289.035-B-4

“Based on records review, the center did not obtain results of an out of state sex offender search by December 31, 2021 for employees hired prior to this date. Evidence: 1. Staff # 1's first day of employment was 3/16/21. 2. Staff # 1's record indicated that she resided in New York within the last 5 years. 3. Results of a sex offender search for New York were not completed to this date, and were unavailable for review.”