DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information






 




 








 
Inspection Information








DocumentDocument-Date
NOTICE OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY 08/09/2025
SANITATION INSPECTION 11/22/2024
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 10/29/2025




Compliance Licensing Rules
Open Violations:
NOTE
The licensee is responsible for compliance with all licensing rules, including but not limited to the rules listed on this compliance report form.
StaffChildClass AgeNote
2 5 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Teacher, Erin Russell and Teacher, Barb Boyle were present with five children ages ranging between 15-months-old and 23-months-old.
2 5 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Teacher, Amy Scanlan and Teacher, Lorena Emaljome were present with five children ages ranging between 23-months-old and 29-months-old.
2 3 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Teacher, Jenny Wong and Teacher, Penny Carter were present with three children ages ranging between 2-months-old and 7-months-old.
4 15 MIXED Teacher, Rachel Kuiper, Teacher, Matalya Parapan, Teacher, Irene Prooty and Teacher, Rosalind Alexander were present with fifteen children ages ranging between 2-years-old and 3-years-old including eight children who were 2-years-old.
3 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE Director, Christine Vandervoort, Board President, Timothy Page and Administrative Staff, Jenny Smith were present with no children in attendance.
2 10 PRESCHOOL Teacher, Zoey Mcnamara and Teacher, Debby Bott were present with ten children ages ranging between 4-years-old and 5-years-old.
2 5 PRESCHOOL Teacher, Rachel Plumb and Teacher, Betsy Stahlman were present with five children ages ranging between 3-years-old and 4-years-old.

Compliance List
5 CSR 25-300.020 Application for Annual Fire Safety and Health and Sanitation Inspections and Inspection Procedures
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-300.040 Staffing Requirements
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-300.060 Responsibilities of Caregivers
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-300.070 Fire Safety Requirements
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
The facility did not meet the requirements for exit doors in that the exit door did not lead directly, or through an enclosed fire-resistant stairway, to the outside.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.070 Fire Safety Requirements (2) (A) states: Each floor occupied by children shall have no less than two (2) exits remote from each other. Exit doors shall swing in the direction of exit travel and shall lead directly, or through an enclosed fire-resistant stairway, to the outside. This includes basement areas.
Correction Required
Each floor of the facility shall have exit doors as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-300.080 Sanitation Requirements
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-300.110 Admission Procedures and Required Reports and Records
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-600.040 Background Screening Findings
Not Observed
RSMo 210.003 Immunizations of children required, when, exceptions--duties of administrator, report--notification of parents, when.
Not Observed
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.
Not Observed
RSMo 210.201. Definitions. — As used in sections 210.201 to 210.257, the following terms mean:
Not Observed
RSMo 210.254 Religious organization operating facilities exempt under licensing laws required to file parental notice of responsibility and fire, safety inspections annually.
Not Observed
RSMo 210.255 Religious organizations operating facility in violation, procedure - noncompliance after notice, prosecutor may act or attorney general.
Not Observed
RSMo 252. Fire, safety, health and sanitation inspections, procedures - variances to rules granted when - rules authorized.
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Requirements for fire safety inspection were not met as evidenced by the inspection was not approved.
Licensing Rule Reference
RSMo 252. Fire, safety, health and sanitation inspections, procedures - variances to rules granted when - rules authorized. 1. states: All buildings and premises used by a child-care facility to care for more than six children except those exempted from the licensing provisions of the department of elementary and secondary education pursuant to subdivisions (1) to (15) of subsection 1 of section 210.211, shall be inspected annually for fire and safety by the state fire marshal, the marshal's designee or officials of a local fire district and for health and sanitation by the department of elementary and secondary education or the department's designee, including officials of the department of health and senior services, or officials of the local health department. Evidence of compliance with the inspections required by this section shall be kept on file and available to parents of children enrolling in the child-care facility.
Correction Required
An approved sanitation and fire/safety inspection shall be kept on file and be available as required.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date