DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information

QUEST PRESCHOOL

000303540

(417) 739-4395

57 KIMBERLING CITY CENTER LN
KIMBERLING CITY
MO  65686

KIMBERLING CITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

PO BOX 10
KIMBERLING CITY
MO  65686-0010

ERBELDING, JENNIFER

katesmom28@yahoo.com


ANGEL DONSON

36 MONTHS - 5 YEARS

30

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM

 
Inspection Information

10/09/2025

9:20 AM

10:36 AM

ANNOUNCED

ANNUAL

2501678820


DocumentDocument-Date
SANITATION INSPECTION 08/27/2025
NOTICE OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY 08/12/2025
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 07/29/2025




Inspection determined facility to be in compliance with rules.
Compliance Licensing Rules
Open Violations: NA
Attendance at Time of Inspection
Total Staff 3
Total Children 8
StaffChildClass AgeNote
3 8 PRESCHOOL Jennifer Erbelding, Samantha Lippe and Karri May with eight children ages 3-5 years old.

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
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
Children were not restricted to approved space as evidenced by the kitchen (attached to the preschool classroom) door was open.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 1 (A) states: Children shall have no access to areas not approved for child care.
Correction Required
Caregivers shall restrict children to approved space.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
10/9/2025
Violation
Hazardous items as follows were accessible to children: sunscreen. The item(s) was/were located preschool 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
10/9/2025
Violation
Doors to the bathroom or stalls did not meet requirements as evidenced by there was a lock on the bathroom stall.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 3 (C) states: Locks or latches shall not be used on bathroom or bathroom stall doors used by children below the first grade.
Correction Required
Doors to bathrooms or stalls, used by children below the first grade, shall not have locks or latches.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
10/9/2025
Violation
The facility's outdoor space was not safe for children's activities as evidenced by the presence of a wading pool containing dirty standing water was located outside where the children play.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 4 (C) states: The play area shall be safe for children's activities. It shall be well-maintained and free of hazards such as poisonous plants, broken glass, barbed wire, open wells, rocks and other debris, and shall have good drainage.
Correction Required
The outdoor play area shall be clean, safe and well-maintained as required.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
10/9/2025
5 CSR 25-300.110 Admission Procedures and Required Reports and Records
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
The facility did not meet requirements for child enrollment and health information on file as evidenced by two child files did not have the full name of the parent(s), guardian or legal custodian, home address, employers’ name and address, work schedule and home and work telephone numbers.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.110 Admission Procedures and Required Reports and Records 2 (B) states: The full name of the parent(s), guardian or legal custodian, home address, work schedule, home and work telephone numbers, and employer's name and address.
Correction Required
An individual file with required information for each child shall be maintained.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
10/9/2025
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