W.E.S.D.#6 - Sunburst Elementary School

AAC R9-5-742.D. D. A licensee shall ensure that the following is provided and maintained within the fall zones of swings and climbing equipment in an outdoor activity area: 1. A shock-absorbing unitary surfacing material manufactured for such use in outdoor activity areas; or 2. A minimum depth of 6 inches of a non-hazardous, resilient material such as fine loose sand or wood chips.

“Findings: Based on the Compliance Officer's observation, the wood chips in the fall zones of the school-age playground measured 1 inch of the required 6 inches in the following areas: *At the bases of the 2 slides; * The gray climber; and *The web climber.”

AAC R9-5-727.A.8. A. A licensee shall ensure that: 8. The facility premises, including the buildings, are maintained free from hazards;

“Findings: Based on the Compliance Officer's observation, a 6 inch wide circular hole was observed in the wall tile located behind one of the toilets in the boy’s breezeway bathroom near the cafeteria. The tile hole was sharp and jagged and a 4 inch long screw was protruding from the wall in this area.”

AAC R9-5-516.J. J. A staff member’s or enrolled child’s prescription medication necessary to treat life-threatening symptoms:1. May be kept in the activity area where the staff member or enrolled child is present; and 2. Except when the prescription medication is administered to treat life-threatening symptoms, is inaccessible to an enrolled child.

“Findings: Based on the Compliance Officers' observations, a medication (inhaler) was accessible to enrolled children. The Director stated that the school-age child self-administers the medication when needed and that the medication is stored in the child's backpack that is placed on one of the activity tables in the room.”

AAC R9-5-303.A. A. A licensee shall post in a place that can be conspicuously viewed by individuals entering or leaving the facility or activity area, the:1. Facility’s license; 2. Name of the facility director; 3. Name of the individual designated to act on behalf of the facility director when the facility director is not present in the facility, as prescribed by R9-5-301(B)(1); 4. Schedule of child care services fees and policy for refunding fees as prescribed by A.R.S. § 36-882(P); 5. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack menus for each calendar week at the beginning of the calendar week; 6. Notice of the presence of any communicable disease or infestation listed in 9 A.A.C. 6, Article 2, Table 2, from the date of discovery through the incubation period of the communicable disease or infestation; 7. Notice of the Department’s intent to deny, revoke, or suspend as prescribed by A.R.S. § 36-888 at the expiration of time in the notice for the licensee to respond; 8. Notice of an intermediate sanction imposed as prescribed by A.R.S. § 36-891.01 within 10 calendar days after the licensee received notice of the intermediate sanction; 9. Notice of a legal injunction imposed as prescribed by A.R.S. § 36-886.01 when the licensee receives the legal injunction; and 10. Notice of the availability of facility inspection reports for public viewing at the facility premises.

“Findings: Based on the Compliance Officers' observations, it was determined that the main posting board lacked the name of the individual designated to act on behalf of the facility director when the facility director is not present in the facility.”

AAC R9-5-501.A.12. A. A licensee shall ensure that: 12. The facility premises, including the buildings, are maintained free from hazards;

“Findings: Based on Compliance Officer #1's observations, on the wall behind the far left toilet in the boy's cafeteria bathroom, there was a 4-inch hole that exposed a red metal plate and a 1-inch nail protruding from the plate accessible to enrolled children.”

AAC R9-5-516.K. K. A licensee of a licensed child care facility owned and located on a public school premises shall ensure that enrolled school-aged children are allowed to possess emergency medications and self-administer auto-injectable epinephrine and handheld inhaler devices according to A.R.S. § 15-341, if an enrolled school-aged child:1. Has a written prescription from a physician, 2. Is named on the prescription label, and 3. Has written documentation from the enrolled school-aged child’s parent approving the enrolled school-aged child to possess and self-administer emergency medication.

“Findings: Based on the Compliance Officers' observations, an enrolled school-age child self-administers an emergency medication (inhaler). The Director did not obtain written documentation from the enrolled school-aged child’s parent approving the enrolled school-aged child to possess and self-administer emergency medication.”