Mary's Little Lamb Academy

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

• Critical Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
  Inspector's note: There were four out of eight children's files missing emergency contact info. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2025-07-25.
• Non-critical Documented Annual Training - 6 Hours of annual training required
  Inspector's note: There were less than 24 hours of training for seven out of eight employee files. Risk level: Medium. Corrected by 2025-07-31.
• Critical Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
  Inspector's note: There was a four year old child who walked into the office by himself. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2025-07-22.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

• Critical Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes
  Inspector's note: There was an infant seven months old in a bouncer for 25 minutes. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2025-06-30.
• Non-critical Chairs - Safety Straps Used if Required by Manufacturer
  Inspector's note: Two children were not strapped in correctly to a highchair. This was corrected when the caregiver properly strapped in the children. Risk level: Medium. Corrected during the inspection.
• Critical Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
  Inspector's note: There was a child aged 8 by himself in a classroom. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2025-06-30.
• Critical Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
  Inspector's note: A teacher was using bleach on the floor where children were playing. This was corrected when the teacher put the bleach away. Risk level: High. Corrected during the inspection.
• Critical Maximum Group Size 13 or More Children
  Inspector's note: There were 16 children between the ages of 16 months to two years old with one caregiver. This was corrected when a second caregiver entered the room. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2025-06-30.

• Critical Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
  Inspector's note: There is sufficient evidence to support the allegation that personal devices are being used by caregivers. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2025-07-21.

• Critical Prohibited Punishments - Using Inappropriate Long Period of Silence or Inactivity Including Requiring Child to Remain in a Restrictive Device
  Inspector's note: Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that a child was placed in a crib as a form of discipline and made to remain in the crib for more than 30 minutes. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2025-07-11.
• Non-critical Crib Activities
  Inspector's note: Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that a 16-month-old infant was left in a crib on numerous occasions for more than 30 minutes. Risk level: Medium. Corrected by 2025-07-11.
• Critical Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
  Inspector's note: Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that a caregiver aggressively grabbed and pulled a child by both arms and then again by one arm. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2025-07-11.
• Critical Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
  Inspector's note: Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that an infant classroom was left out of ratio on numerous occasions when a caregiver left the room leave one caregiver alone with six, seven, eight, and nine children at different times of the day. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2025-07-11.
• Critical Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
  Inspector's note: Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that a child was not adequately supervised when they were able to fall out of a crib. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2025-07-11.
• Critical Basic Requirements for Infants - Holding and Comforting
  Inspector's note: Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that a caregiver did not comfort an upset infant when the infant was left upset and crying while the caregiver ignored the child. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2025-07-11.
• Critical Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
  Inspector's note: Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that good judgement was not used when a caregiver lied to a child?s parents and the DFPS investigator, as well as falsified an incident report regarding how a child received an injury Risk level: High. Corrected by 2025-07-11.
• Critical Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes
  Inspector's note: Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that a 16-month-old infant was left in a restrictive device for more than 15 minutes Risk level: High. Corrected by 2025-07-11.

• Critical Requirements for Feeding Infants - No Walking or Sleeping with Bottle or Cup
  Inspector's note: An infant was observed sleeping with a bottle in the crib This was corrected during the inspection when I observed the caregiver remove the bottle from the crib. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected during the inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

• Critical Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
  Inspector's note: Two infants were observed not strapped in there high chairs. One out of the two children actually got out of the seat and was standing on top on the high chair. This was corrected during inspection when the caregiver removed all the children from the high chairs. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected during the inspection.

• Critical AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
  Inspector's note: One staff member was observed to be present at the operation without notification of eligibility from the Centralized Background Check Unit. This was corrected during the inspection when the director had the caregiver leave the operation. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2024-05-22.

• Non-critical Reduction of child/caregiver naptime ratio by 50% allowed, If 13 or more children in care, children are 18 mo. or older and other standards met
  Inspector's note: During the follow-up inspection a 17 month old infant was observed napping in a classroom with 31 children. The specified age group for the classroom is two. The max number of children that can be present is twenty two. Due to the infant being under 18 months, the nap time ratio can not be reduced by 50 percent. Risk level: Medium. Corrected by 2024-05-14.

• Non-critical Reduction of child/caregiver naptime ratio by 50% allowed, If 13 or more children in care, children are 18 mo. or older and other standards met
  Inspector's note: During the inspection two infant classrooms were grouped together during nap time. There was a total of nineteen infants with three caregivers. The youngest child was eight months old and the oldest child was seventeen months old. The specified age group was fifteen months old. This was corrected during inspection when the infant class moved back to there classroom. Risk level: Medium. Corrected by 2024-05-06.
• Critical Maximum Group Size 13 or More Children
  Inspector's note: An infant classroom had nineteen infants with three caregivers during nap time. The youngest child was eight months and the oldest child was seventeen months old. The classrooms specified age group was fifteen months. This was corrected during inspection when the infant class moved back to there classroom. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2024-05-06.

• Critical Maintain Sand Boxes/Tables in Sanitary Manner
  Inspector's note: Three live ant beds were observed outside on the playground. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2024-03-15.

• Critical Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
  Inspector's note: It was found that the fire inspection was not completed. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2024-02-09.
• Critical Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing
  Inspector's note: It was observed that the outside play structure does not have surfacing. Note: Picture was taken. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2024-02-01.