DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information

KIDS OF CREATION

000216911

(417) 720-1053

922 W REPUBLIC RD
SPRINGFIELD
MO  65807-5821

WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH



 

BORDERS, MEGAN NACHOLE

mborders@wesleymethodist.com


ANGEL DONSON

24 MONTHS - 13 YEARS

233

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM

 
Inspection Information

07/02/2025

8:45 AM

12:18 PM

ANNOUNCED

ANNUAL

2496231553


DocumentDocument-Date
NOTICE OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY 07/18/2024
SANITATION INSPECTION 04/08/2025
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 05/01/2025




Inspection determined facility to be in compliance with rules.
Compliance Licensing Rules
Open Violations: 4
Attendance at Time of Inspection
Total Staff 20
Total Children 75
StaffChildClass AgeNote
2 6 PRESCHOOL Timberly Sozio and Maddison Cole with six children age 4 year old. Volunteer Jackson W.
2 8 PRESCHOOL Nicole Brookman and Delaney Hogan with eight children age 4 years old. Volunteer Nora B.
2 4 PRESCHOOL Chelsea Freeman and Emily Quist with four children age 3 years old. Volunteer Katinna W.
2 6 PRESCHOOL Mallorie Schwenke and Megan Morton with six children ages 3-4 years old.
2 9 SCHOOL AGE Jennifer Smith and Randy Vincent with nine children ages 5-6 years old.
6 35 SCHOOL AGE Elizabeth Edwards, Sarah Jonesmith, Grace Replogle, Dawson Sozio, Angel Scantlin and Rebekah Simmerman with 35 school age children (in a large room ready to go to their classrooms).
2 3 TWO YEAR OLDS Avery Bassett and Kara Givens with three children age 2 years old.
2 4 TWO YEAR OLDS Olivia Woods and Maddison Cates with four children age 2 years old. Volunteer Stella M.

Compliance List
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
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
TB reports on file were older than 24 months for Grace Replogle, Megan Borders and Rebekah Simmerman.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements (1) (D) 3. states: After the initial physical assessment, all caregivers working in a facility during child care hours shall be tested for tuberculosis at least every two (2) years. Caregivers with previously positive tuberculin tests shall be under the management of a physician.
Correction Required
Medical/TB reports shall be on file as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
Requirements for immunization reports on file were not met as evidenced by an immunization record was not on file the first day a child attended and there was no exemption on file.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements (3) states: Child care facilities shall meet immunization requirements for children as defined by section 210.003, RSMo.
Correction Required
Child immunization requirements shall be on file as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-300.060 Responsibilities of Caregivers
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.070 Fire Safety Requirements
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
The facility's evacuation/emergency plan is not posted.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.070 Fire Safety Requirements (5) (A) states: An emergency plan for fires and tornadoes shall be posted conspicuously and shall include the route for the drills and special instructions for nonambulatory infants and children.
Correction Required
Evacuation/emergency plan must be posted/complete as required.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
7/2/2025
5 CSR 25-300.080 Sanitation Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Hazardous items as follows were accessible to children: staff purses with personal items. The item(s) was/were located in the preschool classrooms.
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
7/2/2025
Violation
The equipment, a slide and swings, that is over 24 inches high, does not have sufficient impact absorbing material present as evidenced by resilient surface needs to be replaced where bare ground is visible.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 4 (D) states: The fall-zone area under and around outdoor equipment over twenty-four inches (24") high covered with impact-absorbing materials that will effectively cushion the fall of a child. Materials may include sand, pea gravel, tanbark, shredded tires, wood chips, rubber matting or other approved resilient material.
Correction Required
Impact absorbent materials shall be in the fall zone for any equipment over 24 inches high.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
Hazardous items as follows were accessible to children: empty plastic bags and diaper cream. The item(s) was/were located four year old 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
7/2/2025
5 CSR 25-300.110 Admission Procedures and Required Reports and Records
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
The facility's admitting procedure did not include an individualized special care plan for a child with special needs.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.110 Admission Procedures and Required Reports and Records 1 states: The facility director shall have an admitting procedure for each child in care that includes a plan for caring for the child if s/he becomes ill or needs emergency medical treatment. The director shall maintain an individual file on each child in order to communicate with the parent(s), guardian or legal custodian. The director shall have a plan for any child with special health needs, identified through a physical assessment by a licensed physician or an advance practice nurse, to ensure that those needs are met during care.
Correction Required
The facility shall have an admitting procedure for each child in care which includes a plan for ill children, emergency medical care, and special health needs.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

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 210.201. Definitions. — As used in sections 210.201 to 210.257, the following terms mean:
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