Little Leaders In Training Academy

“On September 29, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received two complaints regarding concerns of an insect infestation within the facility. On October 5, 2026, a third complaint was received on this same subject from a third reporter. An investigation was conducted on October 5, 2026. This complaint is substantiated for an insect infestation based on interviews conducted and documentation reviewed. Owner #1, Administrator #1, and two staff members interviewed stated the facility experienced a roach infestation approximately one month prior to the investigation. Documentation reviewed confirmed the facility contracted with an insect extermination company for extermination services and maintains ongoing pest control treatments. Although LS #1 did not observe any live roaches during the facility walkthrough, the evidence supports that the facility experienced a roach infestation and implemented corrective measures to address the concern.”

“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs OCCL Health & Safety training, a health appraisal with TB, and two documented attempts for service letters. Staff #2 needs two documented attempts for service letters. Staff #3 needs orientation, references, a drug & alcohol statement/employee declaration, a health appraisal with TB, and an updated service letter.”

“Ensure ceiling tiles are free of water damage. -Replace ceiling tiles in the Two's classroom and One's classroom.”

“Ensure cribs are on the lowest setting. -Two cribs were observed at the middle setting.”

“Ensure the diaper-changing mat is rip-free. Replace/Repair diaper changing mat in boys' bathroom. -Corrected at visit”

“Ensure infant feeding schedules are completed monthly. -Send updated monthly feeding schedule for Child #12.”

“Ensure ceiling tiles are free of water damage. -Replace ceiling tiles in the Two's classroom and One's classroom. A licensee shall keep the center rodent-free and free of insect infestation. Owner #1, Administrator #1, and two staff members interviewed confirmed the facility experienced a roach infestation. While no live roaches were observed during this visit, documentation reviewed confirmed the facility received professional extermination services and maintains ongoing pest control treatments.”

“Ensure staff files are complete. PD Plan for Staff #1, #3, #8, and #9. Administration of Medication for Staff #1, #2, #3, #6, #7, #10, and #12. OCCL health and safety for Staff #3 and #5. Employee declaration for Staff #5 References for Staff #5. Adult abuse for Staff #3 and #5. CPR and First Aid for Staff #2, #4, #5, #7. Date of Hire for Staff #3 and #4. Health appraisal for Staff #5. Service letters for Staff #3 and #5.”

“Ensure staff are signed into the classroom upon arrival. -Corrected at visit.”

“Ensure children's files are completed. Complete emergency cards for Child #2 and #5. Health Appraisal for Child #3, #6, #9, and #10. Immunizations for Child #3, #6, and #10. Blood lead screening results for Child #3, #6, #9, and #10. Parent permissions for Child #5. Developmental plans for Child #3, #6, and #8. Transportation permission for Child #5.”

“Enaure children are signed into the classroom upon arrival. -Corrected at the visit.”

“Ensure the light switch in the girls' bathroom is replaced. -The light switch was broken.”

“Ensure monthly fire drills and fire prevention are completed. The last completed fire drill was in August. -Send October's fire drill and fire prevention log to OCCL.”

“Ensure infant bottles are labeled.”

“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #2 needs health appraisal with Tb. Staff #2 thru #9 need CPR and Frist Aid.”

“Ensure children files are complete. Child #2 and #9 need blood lead screening results.”

“Ensure children under the age of two do not use Styrofoam. -Corrected at visit.”

“Ensure ceiling tiles in the two-year-old classroom are replaced and free of water damage. Ensure the baby gate is mounted to the wall.”

“Ensure the refrigerator in the kitchen is below 40 degrees. Moved all food to other refrigerator. -Corrected at visit.”

“Ensure paper towels are in the boys' bathroom. -Corrected at visit”

“Remove trash and hazards from the playground.”

“Ensure equipment is sturdy and hazard-free. Remove the play pool table out of the school-age room. -Corrected at visit.”

“Ensure infant bottles are labeled.”

“Change batteries in the smoke detector in pre-k classroom. Smoke detector was chirping.”

“Ensure liability insurance is submitted.”

“Ensure maximum group size and ratios are met at all times. At the time of visit, the 2-year-old classroom had 13 children with 3 staff members, including 1-year-olds. (CAV)”

“Ensure staff members have been determined eligible by Criminal History prior to working at the facility or being present at the facility. (CAV)”

“Ensure staff files are complete. Send documentation of the following to OCCL: PD Plan: Staff #1-#9 Orientation: Staff #2 & # 3 OCCL Health and Safety: Staff # 4 Job Description: Staff # 3 References: Staff # 4 Employee Declaration/ Drug Alcohol Statement: Staff # 3 & #4 Adult Abuse Registry: Staff # 4 Health Appraisal with TB: Staff #3 & # 4 TB test only: Staff #2 Two Service Letters: Staff # 2, # 3, & # 4 CPR/FA: Staff # 2 Administrator of Medication: Staff # 4 Date of Hire: Staff #2, #3, & # 4”

“Ensure staff members are accurately signing in and out of attendance. Send one week of staff attendance to OCCL.”

“Please ensure children's files are complete. Send the following documents to OCCL: Date of enrollment and days/hours of attendance: Child # 1 & # 9 Current Health Appraisal: Child # 8 & # 9 Developmental Plans: Child # 1, # 6, & #10 Infant Feeding Statement: Child # 10 Emergency Card Info, Immunizations, Parents Right to Know, Screen Time Permission, Transportation, and Medical Permission: Child #9”

“Ensure all attendance records are accurate in all classrooms. Send one week of attendance for 2-year old and 3-year-old classrooms to OCCL.”

“Ensure cleaners are labeled in preschool (CAV)”

“Ensure facility is free of bug infestation. Clean insect devices in kitchen and near guinea pigs' cage.”

“Ensure all food is not spoiled, labeled with contents, and expiration dates. Remove all expired food from shelves and fridges. Send picture of cleaned refrigerators.”

“Ensure toys are hazard-free on the playground. Remove all broken toys and trash from the playground.”

“Ensure safe sleep practices are used at all times. A child was observed wearing a bib while asleep.”

“Ensure there is enough equipment for all children enrolled in the two-year-old classroom.”

“Ensure the non-absorbent mat is clean and cleanable and diaper procedures are posted. Diaper changing mat in boys' bathroom is torn.”

“Ensure lesson plans are current and posted (CAV)”

“Ensure daily logs with sleep checks are completed for each child.”

“Ensure application is submitted 60-days prior to expiration. Send application to OCCL.”

“On August 8, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding concerns of unqualified staff working alone with children, improper staff-to-child ratios, use of improper discipline, no attendance being recorded, and no accident/injury reports being completed. An investigation was conducted beginning August 14, 2024, and concluding August 20, 2024. This complaint is substantiated for unqualified staff members working alone with children because a staff member was changing diapers in a separate area without being determined eligible and without a DEEDS Early Learning Certificate. This complaint is substantiated for improper staff-to-child ratios and exceeding maximum group size based on observation at the August 8, 2024, site visit. The toddler classroom was observed with 13 children present with the youngest child being under the age of one. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for use of improper discipline by staff based on interviews conducted. Five out of six staff members interviewed, including administration, stated they had not witnessed any improper discipline. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for no attendance being recorded because attendance records were viewed at the time of this visit. However, the attendance records for two classrooms were not accurate due to not having exact times of arrival of the children and children not being signed into the facility. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for no accident/injury reports being completed based on observations of accident /injury reports for multiple children. An additional concern noted at the visit was safe sleep violations because two infants were observed sleeping on their stomachs and not being able to roll on their own, and bottom covers were not tight-fitting to the mattress. An additional concern noted at the visit was the kitchen area being unsanitary with no counter space available to prepare food and spoiled food s itting on the counter. An additional concern noted at the visit was indoor safety hazards, including a safety gate not being secured to the wall correctly with nails sticking out the wall, a broken cubby in front of the preschool classroom, and missing and water damaged ceiling tiles. An additional concern noted was the posted lesson plans in two classrooms were not current. An additional concern observed at the follow-up visit was plug-in air fresheners in multiple locations of the facility.”

“Ensure liability insurance is current.”

“Ensure a positive behavior policy is posted.”

“Ensure classroom maintain maximum group size. At the time of the visit the two-year-old room was observed with 14 children.”

“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff#1 needs CPR and Frist, job description, 4 references, adult health appraisal with TB. Staff #2 needs review of annual sleep safe and child abuse and neglect. Staff #3 needs a completed file. No file was reviewed. Staff #4 needs CPR and First Aid, PD plan, 2 references, health appraisal with TB, release of employment, and service letter. Staff #5 needs annual review of sleep safe and child abuse and neglect. Staff # 6 needs training hours and review of sleep safe and child abuse and neglect. Staff #7 needs PD Plan. Staff #8 needs orientation, OCCL health and safety training, application, job description, references, adult abuse check, release of employment, and service letters.”

“Ensure staff attendance includes exact arrival and departure times. At the time of the visit, two staff members did not sign into the two-year-old room. One staff member did not sign out of the classroom.”

“Ensure child files are complete. Hours and days of attendance for Child #2,#3, #4, and #9. Date of enrollment for Child #4, #8, #9 Emergency Card for Child #4, #8, #9 Health appraisal for Child #2 and #3 Immunizations for Child #3 Screen Time permission for Child #4, #8, #9 Parents right to know for Child #4, #8, #9. Development plan for #1, #3, #5 Transportation for Child #4 Infant feeding for Child #4 and #9”

“Ensure children are being signed in and out at arrival and departure.”

“Ensure all areas are cleanable and clean. Vent in walkway by three year old room needs to be cleaned. Wall in two-year-old room needs to be smoothed and painted. Ensure all outlets are covered.”

“Ensure food is not stored on the floor.”

“Ensure trash and broken toys are removed from playground.”

“Ensure parent permission is on file when using swaddler infant room. Ensure cribs are on the lowest setting.”

“Ensure diaper changing procedures are hung up. No diaper changing procedure hanging up in boys' bathroom.”

“Ensure the first aid kit is complete. Frist aid kit is missing a pen and note pad and tweezers.”

“Ensure all infant feeding bottles are labeled.”

“Ensure lesson plans are completed with all opportunities for toddler classroom.”

“Ensure all child-to-staff ratios are met throughout the day. -During the visit, 9 children were present with 2 teachers. the youngest child was an infant. - During the visit, a school-age child walked themself back to the playground.”

“Ensure all staff files are completed. Training hours for staff #1, 3, and 4. Health and Safety for Staff #1, 3, and 4. Orientation for Staff #1. Review of Abuse and Neglect for Staff # 1, 2, and 3. Job Description for Staff # 1 and 2. References for Staff #1. Health Appraisal with TB for Staff #1, 2, and 3. CPR and Frist Aid for Staff # 1 and 2. Administration of Medication for Staff # 3.”

“Ensure all children's files are completed. Date of enrollment for Child #1 and 3. Hours and Times attending for Child # 2,5,6, and 7. Health Appraisal with immunizations for Child #6. Parent right to know and screen time permission for Child #4. Updated monthly feeding schedule for Child # 2 and 8.”

“Ensure all attendance records have arrival and departure times for all children present in the room.”

“Ensure all indoor areas are safe and set up for care. All surfaces must be cleanable: New gates must be painted, and walls needed to be painted in three-year-old room and one-year-old room. Replace missing ceiling tiles. Outlet covers are needed in the infant room and one-year-old room. Clean floors in the two-year-old room. Fix the broken handle on the kitchen set in the four-year-old room.”

“Ensure all bathrooms are cleaned. Clean the girls' bathroom in the hallway.”

“Ensure playground is hazard free. One broken storage bin needs to be removed.”

“Lesson plans must be completed and dated. Send a week of lesson plans to OCCL.”

“Ensure Parent's right-to-know log is completed.”

“Ensure child files are complete. Days and hours of enrollment for Child # 2,3,6,7,8,9 Date of enrollment for child #7 Complete emergency card information for Child #6, 7,10. Health appraisal with immunizations for child #2,3,4,6,7 Parent right to right for Child #9. Developmental plans for child # 2,4,7,8 Infant feeding schedule for child #7.”

“Ensure all food is labeled with contents and expiration date.”

“Ensure there is a covered trash can in school-age room-Corrected at visit. Clean school-age bathroom toilet and floor.”

“Repair of Remove sandbox on the playground.”

“Ensure all Lesson plans are updated and have weekly food/ healthy habits. -All Lesson plans had no dates (no open room).”

“Ensure staff files are complete. A PD plan is needed for all staff members. An annual review of abuse/neglect, sleep safe, an orientation, a health appraisal with TB, a release of employment history, and service letters is needed for staff #1.”

“Enusre all walls are repaired and cleanable. Three-year-old room wall needs to be painted and cleanable. Wall in hallway between girls' and boy's bathroom needs to be repaired and painted.”