DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information

PROMISE LAND PRESCHOOL

001734190

(314) 714-2090

5409 BAUMGARTNER RD
ST LOUIS
MO  63129-2831

PROMISE LAND PRESCHOOL, LLC



 

FUCHS, KAREN MARIE

kfuchs@promiselandstl.org


JULIE PLEIMANN

2 MONTHS - 5 YEARS

102

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM

32 CHILDREN UNDER 24 MONTHS
 
Inspection Information

09/12/2023

10:30 AM

12:13 PM

ANNOUNCED

ANNUAL

2454350048


DocumentDocument-Date
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 07/31/2023
NOTICE OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY 08/21/2023
SANITATION INSPECTION 06/15/2023




Inspection determined facility to be in compliance with rules.
Open Violations: NA
Attendance at Time of Inspection
Total Staff 17
Total Children 70
StaffChildClass AgeNote
2 8 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Teachers Ashley Martin and Meghan Sigala were present with eight children who were 13-months-old through 23-months old.
3 8 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Teachers Lorretta Davis, Alyssa Hellon and Kim Wagner with eight children who were 4-months-old through 11-months-old.
2 4 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Teachers Meghan Bergmann and Chloe Yetter were present with four children who were 10-months-old through 17-months-old.
4 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE Director Karen Fuchs, Assistant Director Sara Newberry, Administrative Assistant Kathy Bles and Cook Jordan Brown.
1 13 PRESCHOOL Teacher Rhiannon Easley were present with thirteen children who were 3-years-old through 4-years-old.
1 15 PRESCHOOL Teacher Cynthia Hellon was present with fifteen children who were 3-years-old through 4-years-old.
1 6 TWO YEAR OLDS Teacher Victoria Wartenbe was present with six children who were all 2-years-old.
2 8 TWO YEAR OLDS Teacher Kayla Smith and Cheyanne Sipes were present with eight children who were all 2-years-old.
1 8 TWO YEAR OLDS Teacher DiRina Selmon were present with eight children who were all 2-years-old.

 
5 CSR 25-300.020 Application for Annual Fire Safety and Health and Sanitation Inspections and Inspection Procedures
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.040 Staffing Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.060 Responsibilities of Caregivers
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.070 Fire Safety Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.080 Sanitation Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
The requirements for handrails and guardrails were not met as evidenced by the guardrails on the pathway to the play space had a gap of 6.5 inches between poles.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 1 (B) states: Porches, decks, stairwells or other areas in approved child care space shall have protective handrails and guardrails if there is a drop-off of more than twenty-four inches (24") from which children might fall and be injured. Guardrails shall be at least thirty-six inches (36") high, and shall have bars placed at intervals of no more than three and one-half inches (3 1/2"), or have protective material to prevent a three and one-half inch (3 1/2") sphere from passing through the bars.
Correction Required
Handrails and guardrails shall be provided as required. Spacing at bars shall be no more than 3 1/2 inches.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
9/12/2023
Violation
Hazardous items as follows were accessible to children: 2 bottles of sanitizer cleaner. The item(s) was/were located in an unlocked cabinet in a 2-year-old classroom and an I/T classroom.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 1 (D) states: Hazardous materials such as cleaning supplies, poisonous materials, medicines, alcoholic beverages or hazardous personal care items shall be inaccessible to children and stored to prevent cross-contamination of food and food-related materials.
Correction Required
Hazardous material(s) shall be inaccessible to children and stored to prevent cross-contamination of food and food-related items.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
9/12/2023
Violation
Emergency numbers for the police, fire department, poison control, and ambulance were not posted.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 2 (D) states: Police, fire department, poison control, ambulance and other emergency numbers posted near the telephone.
Correction Required
Emergency numbers shall be posted near the telephone.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
9/12/2023
5 CSR 25-300.110 Admission Procedures and Required Reports and Records
Compliance
5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-600.040 Background Screening Findings
Compliance
RSMo 210.003 Immunizations of children required, when, exceptions--duties of administrator, report--notification of parents, when.
Compliance
RSMo 210.115 Reports of abuse, neglect, and under age eighteen deaths--persons required to report--supervisors and administrators not to impede reporting--deaths required to be reported to the division or child fatality review panel, when.
Compliance
RSMo 210.254 Religious organization operating facilities exempt under licensing laws required to file parental notice of responsibility and fire, safety inspections annually.
Compliance
RSMo 210.255 Religious organizations operating facility in violation, procedure - noncompliance after notice, prosecutor may act or attorney general.
Compliance
RSMo 252. Fire, safety, health and sanitation inspections, procedures - variances to rules granted when - rules authorized.
Compliance