Carousel Children's Academy
9151 Centreville Road
Manassas, VA 20110
(703) 365-7622
Current Inspector: Laura Brindle (540) 905-2062
Inspection Date:
Complaint Related: No
- Violations:
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Standard #: 8VAC20-780-410-1 Description: Based on documentation review and interviews, a staff member engaged in forbidden actions by roughly handling a child and striking a child with a sandal-like shoe. Evidence: Interviews revealed that at approximately 12:30pm on 7/14/22, Child A, nine-years-old, began telling inappropriate jokes and running around the School Age classroom. Staff #1 told the child to stop and began pretending to record Child A on their cell phone, telling the child they were going to call their parent. Child A began trying to grab the cell phone and Staff #1 then spanked Child A one time on the bottom with another child?s sandal-like shoe. Child A began to yell and attempted to grab Staff #1?s cell phone again. Staff #2 overheard and came to the classroom. As Staff #2 entered the classroom, they reported witnessing Staff #1 ?aggressively push? Child A. Plan of Correction: 1. The action was taken immediately by the Director. Staff member was suspended and no longer works in the school.
2. Director is assigning trainings to staff members that can cover topics i.e.: 1. Communicating with children, 2. Interactions matter, 3. Positive child interactions.
Disclaimer:
A compliance history is in no way a rating for a facility.
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