Saint Paul United Methodist Preschool Center

A substitute has been in the classroom and substituting for a teacher on 01/23, 01/29, 01/30 as well as today, 02/05, but no substitute log is present. When asked, no staff member was aware of the existence of or need for a substitute log. LS educated staff about the need and requirement for a sub

Staff admitted that an infant child has been in the classroom with his mother, who is a teacher at the Center, for the entire program on at least two consecutive days. Staff also report that the same infant has been cared for on the premises of the Center by his grandmother, who is also a teacher a

During the inspection, the classroom felt unusually cold. The classrooms have a heater located at the top of the rooms near the ceiling and they are set on 86 degrees F. Nevertheless, the thermometer in one of the classrooms located on top of the refrigerator is reading 63 degrees R. In that same

Allegations state that the parent wants to take her child to his or her classroom, but was made to feel uncomfortable when she did. When staff were asked about this, they all reported that it is to teach the children more independence. One teacher reported that there is a red line at the front whe

Allegations are that a teacher brought her infant son into the classroom. During the investigation, the teacher admitted that she had her infant son in the classroom with her for two consecutive days while she was teaching because her sitter was sick and she had no other child care options. This do

During a review of a sampling of children's records, it was found that a 4 year old girl and a 4 year old boy are both missing their physician's phone number and address on their emergency forms. Please notify their respective parents so that they may add the needed information to their child's eme

During a review of children's records, it was found that a 4 year old girl and a 4 year old boy had documentation of a blood lead test being ordered by their respective physicians, but no blood lead test results were found. Please notify the respective parents and have them obtain their child's blo

The Center completed a 1203 today to delete a staff member from May of this year. The Center only has 5 business days to provide written notice to OCC of the ending of employment for any staff member. Due to the completion of the 1203 deleting her, this non-compliance is already corrected.

When the water in the bathrooms in the front rooms was tested, it read a temperature of 134 degrees F. The water temperature may not exceed 120 degrees F. Please adjust the temperature of the water so that it does not exceed 120 degree F and provide evidence of having done so to OCC for the correc

An Aide currently working at the Center has not had a medical completed since 09/16/2019. In addition, a teacher who is currently working at the Center has not had a medical completed since 01/30/2020. Please have both of them complete a medical on the OCC form as soon as possible. Keep a copy for

The Director has not completed the required 12 hours of continued training. She only completed 8 hours of required training. The Director needs to complete another 4 hours of continued training as soon as possible. Please send the completed training certificates to OCC for the correction of this no

The Director, a teacher and an Aide all completed the MSDE's 2023 Basic Health and Safety, albeit late. They were to complete the course no later than 03/31/2024, but did not complete it until 09/08/2024 and 10/09/2024 respectively. It is the Director's responsibility to ensure that the yearly bas

A preschool teacher completed 8 out of her 12 hours of continued training outside of her training period of 08/2024 - 08/2025. She still needs to complete one more hour of training to have 12 hours of continued training. Please have her complete this one hour of additional training as soon as poss

An Aide should have completed a 3 hour Aide Orientation course no later than 02/19/2025, but has not yet done so. Please have her complete this course as soon as possible. Send her completed training certificate to OCC for the correction of this non-compliance.