DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

GROUP HOME AND CENTER INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information

HOPE MONTESSORI ACADEMY CREVE COEUR

000174823

(314) 878-1770

900 N MASON RD
ST LOUIS
MO  63141

HOPE EDUCATIONAL & RESEARCH CENTER



 

CALLAHAN, THERESA ANN

crevecoeur@hopeacademy.com

Incorporated

LAUREN A LEON

BIRTH - 6 YEARS

269

GROUP HOME AND CENTER

18 CHILDREN UNDER 12 MONTHS; 78 CHILDREN UNDER 24 MONTHS; THIS LICENSE INCLUDES ADDRESS 830 NORTH MASON RD; 900 N MASON:CAPACITY OF 191 CHILDREN, AGES 2 TO 6 YEARS OLD; 830 N MASON:CAPACITY OF 78 CHILDREN, AGES BIRTH TO 35 MONTHS OLD
 
Inspection Information

02/26/2024

8:45 AM

2:03 PM

UNANNOUNCED

COMPLIANCE MONITORING

2465019805


DocumentDocument-Date
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 11/25/1975
DIAGRAM/INDOOR 05/26/1993
DIAGRAM/OUTDOOR 05/26/1993
SAMPLE WEEKLY MENU 11/18/2011
REGISTERING FICTITIOUS NAMES 03/21/2011
DAILY SCHEDULE 02/25/1983
SAMPLE FORMS 01/31/1983
POLICIES 02/17/1982
DIRECTOR'S QUALIFICATIONS 11/19/2015
SAFE SLEEP POLICY 03/25/2016
STAFF SHEET 12/11/2019
APPLICATION 12/11/2019
CHILD CARE PRACTICES 02/17/1982
DISCIPLINE POLICIES 02/17/1982
EQUIPMENT LIST 01/09/2024
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 11/27/2023
ANNUAL DECLARATION 01/09/2024
CERTIFICATE OF GOOD STANDING 02/26/2024
SANITATION INSPECTION 01/18/2023
LISTING OF CHILD CARE STAFF/HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS 02/26/2024




Inspection determined facility to be in compliance with licensing rules.
Compliance Licensing Rules
Open Violations: 14
NOTE
The licensee is responsible for compliance with all licensing rules, including but not limited to the rules listed on this compliance report form.
Attendance at Time of Inspection
Total Staff 53
Total Children 163
StaffChildClass AgeNote
3 7 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Caregivers, Cristina Sova, Michelle Robertson, and Ezli Limon, present with seven children ages 5-months-old to 12-months-old.
5 7 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Caregivers, Sandra Carrillo, Mauren Carvajal Becerra, Nancy Kline, Maria Gomez-Centurion, and Ella King, present with seven children ages 3-months-old to 16-months-old.
4 11 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Caregivers, Candace Jackson, Adina Viele, Farah Thabet, and Sadie Pranger, present with eleven children ages 17-months-old to 35-months-old.
3 9 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Caregivers, Guadalupe Suasillo, Daniel Sas, and Stacey Carter, present with nine children ages 17-months-old to 35-months-old.
3 8 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Caregivers, Marlon Oliver, Brianna Payne, and Cydni Metzler, present with eight children ages 16-months-old to 32-months-old.
3 10 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Caregivers, Eden Rivas, Linda Zhang, and Christine Drew, present with ten children ages 18-months-old to 35-months-old.
3 11 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Caregivers, Angela Hazlewood, Baillie Killian, and Darby Hall, present with eleven children ages 18-months-old to 35-months-old.
3 14 MIXED Caregivers, Krista Casagrande, Tingting Wu, and Elena Osmakova, present with fourteen children ages 3-years-old to 6-years-old.
3 14 MIXED Caregivers, Padma Gumidelli, Jewel Edwards, and Lily Fiala, present with fourteen children ages 3-years-old to 6-years-old.
1 5 MIXED Artist in Residence, Bionca Bell, present with five children ages 3-years-old to 6-years-old.
3 11 MIXED Caregivers, Kristen McCabe, Tonya Portell, and Yueping Zhang, present with eleven children with ages 3-years-old to 6-years-old.
3 15 MIXED Caregivers, Janne Guerin, Ruslana Babak, and Ranjitha Chikkarasinakere Basa, present with fifteen children ages 3-years-old to 6-years-old.
3 11 MIXED Caregivers, Mark Robinson, Chloe Guerin, and Hela Orescovich, present with eleven children ages 3-years-old to 6-years-old.
2 10 MIXED Caregivers, Marzia Sabir and Elise Miller, present with ten children ages 3-years-old to 6-years-old.
2 7 MIXED Caregiver, Maggie Dailey, and librarian, Lori Casagrande, present with seven children ages 3-years-old to 6-years-old.
3 13 MIXED Caregivers, Sirine Abdennadher, Joshua Meeker, and Meredith Tinsley, present with thirteen children ages 3-years-old to 6-years-old.
4 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE Director, Theresa Callahan, assistant director, Lindsay Klasing, office manager, Patti Salley, and caregiver, Sarah Wides, present with no children in care.
2 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE Director, Svetlana King, and administrative director, Anya Toler, present with no children in care.

Compliance List
5 CSR 25-500.032 Organization and Administration
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.042 Licensing Process
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.052 Annual Requirements
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
The annual sanitation inspection was not approved.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.052 Annual Requirements (2) (B) states: Evidence of compliance with local, state, or both, sanitation requirements.
Correction Required
The facility shall submit evidence of compliance with annual sanitation requirements.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
The requirements for protective outlet covers or twist-lock outlets were not met as evidenced by electrical outlets were not covered in that 2 outlets were accessible in Room 8 of the preschool buildling.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (1) (G) states: Protective outlet covers or twist-lock outlets shall be used in areas accessible to the children.
Correction Required
The facility shall use outlet covers or twist-lock outlets as required.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
2/26/2024
Violation
A clear glass door was not marked plainly at varying heights as evidenced by glass doors to the play space in the preschool building and infant/toddler center did not have markings at varying heights to avoid impact.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (2) (A) 3. states: Clear glass doors shall be marked plainly at varying heights to avoid impact.
Correction Required
Clear glass doors shall be marked as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
The facility did not have a fenced outdoor play area that was on or adjoining the day care property and was accessible without hazard as evidenced by the fence was not in good condition in that 2 wooden boards from the fence in the infant/toddler play space were broken and splintering. One board was located around the HVAC system and contained an exposed nail. One board was located near the garden beds outside of Room 7.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (6) (A) 1. states: A fenced outdoor play area shall be available on or adjoining the day care property. The play area shall be located so it is convenient and the children can gain access to it without hazard. For facilities initially licensed after the effective date of these rules or for the installation of new fences in existing facilities, the fence shall be at least forty-two inches (42") high. An outdoor play area used exclusively for school-age children shall not be required to have a fence. Fences shall be constructed to prevent children from crawling or falling through or becoming entrapped.
Correction Required
The outdoor play area shall be accessible without hazard.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
The observed surface area under the slide and climbing equipment in the infant play space, from which a child might fall consists of bare soil.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (6) (A) 8. states: Concrete, asphalt, carpet, grass or bare soil is not an acceptable surface under outdoor equipment from which children might fall and be injured.
Correction Required
The facility shall not use concrete, asphalt, carpet, grass or bare soil under equipment from which a child might fall.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
The facility did not have a fenced outdoor play area that was on or adjoining the day care property and was accessible without hazard as evidenced by the fence had openings that were between 3.5 and 9 inches and allow entrapment - the openings measured 6 inches. The gaping was located at the bottom of the chain-link fence in the infant/toddler center play space.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (6) (A) 1. states: A fenced outdoor play area shall be available on or adjoining the day care property. The play area shall be located so it is convenient and the children can gain access to it without hazard. For facilities initially licensed after the effective date of these rules or for the installation of new fences in existing facilities, the fence shall be at least forty-two inches (42") high. An outdoor play area used exclusively for school-age children shall not be required to have a fence. Fences shall be constructed to prevent children from crawling or falling through or becoming entrapped.
Correction Required
The outdoor play area shall be accessible without hazard.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-500.087 Fire Safety
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.090 Disaster and Emergency Preparedness
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.092 Furniture, Equipment and Materials
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Outdoor equipment, fencing, garden beds, and wooden equipment, in the play space at the infant/toddler center was not in good condition as evidenced by chipping paint throughout the space.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.092 Furniture, Equipment and Materials (3) (A) states: All outdoor equipment shall be constructed safely, in good condition and free of sharp, loose or pointed parts. Only lead-free paint shall be used.
Correction Required
Outdoor play equipment shall be safe and in good repair.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Documentation of caregiver completion of the facility orientation was not on file for the following staff: Chelsey Laughlin, Danielle Dotson, Sadie Pranger, Amy Brown, and Daniel Sas.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (1) (L) states: The child care provider shall ensure that documentation of caregiver completion of the facility orientation is maintained and on file for review by the department.
Correction Required
Documentation of caregiver completion of the facility orientation shall be maintained and on file for review by the department as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
A caregiver did not obtain one clock hour of training for each month of employment. The staff listed need the following information: Brianna Payne needs 1 clock hour and Lynn Ritchey needs 1.25 clock hours.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (3) (C) states: Caregivers who were employed after the first of the year shall obtain one (1) clock of hour training for each one (1) month of employment, regardless of the date employment began.
Correction Required
Required training hours shall be documented for each employee.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
The requirements for obtaining 12 clock hours each calendar year were not met. For the calendar year of 2023, the staff listed need the following information: Sirine Abdennadher needs 7 clock hours, Bionca Bell needs 8.5 clock hours, Margaret Dailey needs 5.5 clock hours, Kristen Detchemendy needs 12 clock hours, Jewel Edwards needs 6.5 clock hours, Madison Evans needs 1.5 clock hours, Mary Fahey needs 2 clock hours, Chloe Gueirn needs 7 clock hours, Svetlana King needs 5 clock hours, Cydni Metzler needs 6.25 clock hours, Marlon Oliver needs 3 clock hours, Michelle Robertson needs 1.5 clock hours, Eleanor Steffenson needs 1 clock hour, Sarah Wides needs 4.5 clock hours, Linda Zhang needs 1.5 clock hours.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (3) (A) states: The center director, group child care home provider, all other caregivers, and those volunteers who are counted in staff/child ratios shall obtain at least twelve (12) clock hours of child-care related training during each calendar year. Clock hour training shall be approved by the department.
Correction Required
Required training hours shall be documented for each caregiver.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
Safe sleep training was not completed within the past 3 years for the following staff Stacey Carter, Michelle Robertson, and Linda Zhang.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (4) (A) . states: Every three (3) years, the child care provider, group child care home provider, child care staff members, and volunteers in a group child care home or child care center licensed to provide care for infants less than one (1) year of age shall successfully complete department-approved training regarding the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) safe sleep recommendations contained in the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement on sleep-related infant deaths. The Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment, July 2022, is incorporated by reference in this rule, as published by the American Academy of Pediatrics and available at https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/1/e2022057990/188304/Sleep-Related-Infant-Deaths-Updated-2022 or as published in PEDIATRICS Volume 150, Issue 1, July 2022. A copy can also be obtained from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood, 205 Jefferson Street, PO Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480 and at https://dese.mo.gov/governmental-affairs/deseadministrativerules/incorporated-reference-materials. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
Correction Required
The director, group home provider, other caregivers, and those volunteers counted in staff/child ratio, shall complete department-approved safe sleep training as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
Chase Thompson did not complete safe sleep training within 30 days of employment or volunteering at the facility.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (4) (A) 3. states: The child care provider, group child care home provider, child care staff members, and volunteers shall complete safe sleep training described in subsection (4)(A) of this rule within thirty (30) days of employment or volunteering at the facility.
Correction Required
The department-approved safe sleep training must be completed within 30 days of employment or volunteering.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-500.112 Staff/Child Ratios
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.122 Medical Examination Reports
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Medical examination report(s) was/were not on file for Chelsey Laughlin as evidenced by a medical examination was not on file within 30 days of an individual beginning to work with children.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.122 Medical Examination Reports (1) (A) states: All persons working in a child care facility in any capacity during child care hours, including volunteers counted in staff/child ratios, shall be in good physical and emotional health with no physical or mental conditions which would interfere with child care responsibilities. These persons shall have a medical examination report, signed by a licensed physician or registered nurse who is under the supervision of a licensed physician, on file at the facility at the time of initial licensure or within thirty (30) days following employment.
Correction Required
Medical reports shall be on file as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
A medical examination report did not include either a Risk Assessment for Tuberculosis form or a negative tuberculin skin test (TST) for the following staff: Chelsey Laughlin.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.122 Medical Examination Reports (1) (B) . states: Medical examination reports shall include either a Tuberculosis (TB) Risk Assessment form, completed and signed by a health care professional, or a negative tuberculin skin test (TST) completed not more than twelve (12) months before beginning work in the facility. The Tuberculosis (TB) Risk Assessment form, revised March 2014, is incorporated by reference in this rule, as published by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, PO Box 570, Jefferson City, MO 65102 and available by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services at https://health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/communicable/tuberculosis/tbmanual/pdf/RiskAssessmentform.pdf. If the person has signs or symptoms of tuberculosis, or risk factors for tuberculosis, then testing for tuberculosis shall occur.
Correction Required
Medical examination reports shall include Risk Assessment for Tuberculosis forms or negative tuberculin skin test (TST) as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-500.132 Admission Policies and Procedures
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.142 Nighttime Care
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.162 Overlap Care of Children
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.172 Emergency School Closings
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.182 Child Care Program
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.192 Health Care
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.202 Nutrition and Food Service
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.212 Transportation and Field Trips
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.222 Records and Reports
Compliance
5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Criminal background check results were not on file for Elise Miller, Hella Orescovich, Daniel Sas, Amy Brown, and Wendy Tyre.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements (1) states: Prior to the employment or presence of a child care staff member in a licensed, regulated, or registered child care facility not exempted by section 210.1080.13, RSMo, the child care provider shall request the results of a criminal background check for such child care staff member from the department.
Correction Required
Required results of criminal background checks shall be on file.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-600.040 Background Screening Findings
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 — report made to another state, when. —
Compliance
RSMo 210.211.  License required - exceptions - written notice of licensure status, when.
Compliance