Little Monarchs Preschool

CCR 101229(a)(1) · Type B

101229(a)(1) Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision: (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision....(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time,...This requirement was not met as evidenced by Based on the facility's admission of a unusual incident report (UIR) and interviews with Licensee and staff, a child was unsupervised and left in a Pre-K classroom alone due to a lack of supervision which posed a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.

ALLEGATION(S): Staff is allowing day care child to use vulgar language. INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: A subsequent complaint investigation visit was conducted today by Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), S.P., who met with Licensee, Z.T. (LS) for the purpose of delivering a complaint investigation finding for the above allegation. LPA previously conducted an inspection on 05/06/2026 to initiate the investigation and met with Licensee to discuss the allegation, conduct interview(s), make observations, and request documents. It was alleged that Staff is allowing a day care child to use vulgar language specifically that Child 2 (C2) use vulgar language and no action is being taken to stop the behavior. During the course of the investigation, LPA conducted interviews with Licensee (LS), four staff (S1 – S4) & one adult (A1) from 05/06/2026 to 07/14/2026. LS denied the allegation. LS stated that C1 does say use vulgar language and cease in front of staff and other children. However, LS stated the facility is actively addressing C2's behavior and staff intervene to prevent the behavior from continuing. LS further stated that staff are informed to remove C2 from others when C2 is misbehaving and not to react to their bad behavior as doing so may encourage C2 to repeat it. Continued on LIC9099-C. Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:

ALLEGATION(S): Staff handled child inappropriately Director is not on site during hours of operation Licensee retaliated against child INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: A subsequent complaint investigation visit was conducted today by Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), S.P. who met with Licensee/Director, Z.T. (LS) for the purpose of delivering a complaint investigation finding for the above allegations. LPA previously conducted an inspection on 05/13/2025 to initiate the investigation and met with Licensee to discuss the allegations, conduct interview(s), make observations, and request documents. LPA also conducted inspections on 07/02/2025. It was alleged that staff handled child inappropriately, specifically that staff pinched a daycare child (C1) and the Director is not on site during hours of operation. Also, it’s alleged that Licensee retaliated against a child specifically that C1 was moved to another classroom due to the alleged incident involving C1 being pinched. During the course of the investigation, LPA conducted interviews with Licensee/Director (LS), Assistant Staff (AS), Four Staff (S1 – S4), Six Children (C1 – C6) & Four Adults (A1 – A4) from 05/23/2025 to 08/15/2025. LS denied the allegations. LS and AS stated to have addressed the allegation of staff pinching C1 and that staff never pinched C1. Interviews from Staff (S1 – S4) stated that they would never pinch or hurt any children and if a child was misbehaving, would provide them with space and talk to them. (Continued on LIC9099-C) Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:

CCR 101223(a)(3) · Type B

101223(a)(1) Personal Rights: (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child accorded the following personal rights: (3) To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion,...This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review an incident occurred where a staff member roughly grabbing/handling two daycare children which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.

ALLEGATION(S): Staff did not ensure supervision was provided to children in care resulting in children sustaining unexplained injuries INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: A subsequent complaint investigation visit was conducted today by Licensing Program Analyst (LPA(s), S.P. & M. Moir who met with Licensee, Z. teeter for the purpose of delivering complaint investigation findings for the above allegation. LPA previously conducted an inspection on 11/06/2024 to initiate the investigation and met with Licensee to discuss the allegations, conduct interview(s), make observations, and request documents. It is alleged staff did not ensure supervision was provided to children in care resulting in children sustaining unexplained injuries. During the course of the investigation, LPA conducted interviews with the Licensee (LS), three Staff (S1 – S3), 3 children (C3 - C5) and four adults (A2 – A5) from 10/31/2024 to 01/09/2025. LS denied the allegation. LS stated all staff have 100% supervision on the daycare children and staff would position themselves to always have view of children when inside and outside the facility. Interview from LS and staff (S1 – S3) stated staff would count the children when transitioning them to the outside yard and inside area. (Continued on LIC9099-C) Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:

CCR 101223(a)(1) · Type B

101223(a)(1) Personal Rights: (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (1) To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews with Licensee and one staff an incident occurred when a staff member yelled at children which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. A Civil penalty is assessed for repeat violations, in the amount of $250 for the violation.

CCR 101223(a)(1) · Type B

101223(a)(1) Personal Rights: (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (1) To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview with staff, two staff confronted each other which resulted in them yelling at each other and making inappropriate comments while children were present which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 101229(a)(1) · Type B

101229(a)(1) Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision: (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision....(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time,...This requirement was not met as evidenced by Based on the Licensee's admission of a unusual incident report (UIR) submitted 10/18/2023, a child was being unsupervised for approximately 3 minute located at the outdoor play area.

101700.3(b)(1) · Type B

101700.3(b)(1) A result with values of 5.0 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, facility kitchen sink (Site “A”) exceeded the allowable levels of lead in the water, testing at 9.8 ppb. This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care.