DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

GROUP HOME AND CENTER INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information

MONTESSORI LEARNING CENTER

000180503

(314) 487-5448

1045 UNION RD
ST LOUIS
MO  63123-6648

STRZEMBOSZ, CHRISTINE ELIZABETH

3612 UNION RD
ST LOUIS
MO  63125-4315

SMITH, BETTY JEAN

strzembosz@sbcglobal.net


ABBIGAIL HORN

6 WEEKS - 12 YEARS

55

GROUP HOME AND CENTER

7 CHILDREN UNDER 12 MONTHS; 15 CHILDREN UNDER 24 MONTHS
 
Inspection Information

01/21/2026

11:49 AM

1:39 PM

UNANNOUNCED

COMPLIANCE MONITORING

2507018939


DocumentDocument-Date
APPLICATION 02/05/2020
DIAGRAM/INDOOR 12/14/2018
DIAGRAM/OUTDOOR 01/02/2019
LOCAL BUILDING APPROVAL 08/26/2019
SAFE SLEEP POLICY 02/05/2020
LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION 02/05/2020
CHILD CARE PRACTICES 02/05/2020
DISCIPLINE POLICIES 02/05/2020
SAMPLE WEEKLY MENU 02/05/2020
DAILY SCHEDULE 03/11/2020
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN 03/11/2020
REGISTERING FICTITIOUS NAMES 01/21/2026
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 04/27/2020
LINES OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY 04/27/2020
POLICIES 03/26/2020
DIRECTOR'S QUALIFICATIONS 03/26/2020
STAFF SHEET 01/09/2023
EQUIPMENT LIST 11/13/2025
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 10/07/2025
ANNUAL DECLARATION 11/13/2025
LISTING OF CHILD CARE STAFF/HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS 11/13/2025
SANITATION INSPECTION 10/31/2025




Inspection determined facility to be in compliance with licensing rules.
Compliance Licensing Rules
Open Violations: 5
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 10
Total Children 36
StaffChildClass AgeNote
2 6 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Cassandra Buchanan and Natalie Ortinau, providers present with six children, ages 3-months-old to 11-months-old.
2 5 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Katelynn Hanneke and Kayleana Finder, providers present with five children, ages 18-months-old to 23-months-old.
2 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE Chris Strzembosz, owner, and Betty Smith, director present with zero children.
1 8 PRESCHOOL Maya Wobbe, provider present with eight children, ages 4-years-old to 5-years-old.
1 8 PRESCHOOL Dawna Buchanan, provider present with eight children, age 3-years-old.
2 9 TWO YEAR OLDS Donnie Dischert and Alexis Book, providers present with nine children, age 2-years-old.

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
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers
Compliance
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
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
A caregiver did not obtain one clock hour of training for each month of employment. The staff listed need the following information: Cassandra Buchanan needs 9 hours. Donnie Dischert needs 6 hours. Katelynn Hanneke needs 4 hours. Maria Mantina needs 4 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
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Compliance Date

Violation
The requirements for obtaining 12 clock hours each calendar year were not met. For the calendar year of 2025, the staff listed need the following information: Jessica Beck needs 4 hours. Dawna Buchanan needs 6.75 hours. Natalie Ortinau needs 12 hours. Betty Smith needs 1 hour. Maya Wobbe needs 12 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
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Compliance Date

Violation
Safe sleep training was not completed within the past 3 years for the following staff Alexis Book and Samantha Wanko.
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
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Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-500.112 Staff/Child Ratios
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.122 Medical Examination Reports
Violation
 Provider Comments
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: Samantha Wanko and Maya Wobbe.
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
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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
Not Observed
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
Not Observed
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 older than five (5) years for Kayleana Finder.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements (5) states: Criminal background checks shall be completed for each child care staff member every five (5) years.
Correction Required
Required results of criminal background checks shall be on file.

Correction Verification
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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