DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

GROUP HOME AND CENTER INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information

KIDDIE ACADEMY

003087038

(636) 797-4600

1500 WOODSTONE DR
ST CHARLES
MO  63304

KASTP LLC

1125 NOONING TREE DR
CHESTERFIELD
MO  63017-2475

WAFFORD, ERICA

SEPIDEH.SHIRAFKAN@KIDDIEACADEMY.NET


AMY MUSSELMAN

6 WEEKS - 12 YEARS

142

GROUP HOME AND CENTER

32 CHILDREN IN THE INFANT/TODDLER UNIT
 
Inspection Information

05/06/2026

11:47 AM

2:33 PM

UNANNOUNCED

COMPLIANCE MONITORING

2512756327


DocumentDocument-Date
ANNUAL DECLARATION 04/21/2026
SANITATION INSPECTION 02/05/2026
LOCAL ZONING APPROVAL 04/20/2026
SAMPLE FORMS 02/17/2025
SAMPLE WEEKLY MENU 04/04/2025
REGISTERING FICTITIOUS NAMES 03/03/2025
SAFE SLEEP POLICY 04/04/2025
POLICIES 04/04/2025
LOCAL BUILDING APPROVAL 04/20/2026
LLC OPERATING AGREEMENT 04/04/2025
LLC ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION 09/16/2024
LISTING OF CHILD CARE STAFF/HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS 04/23/2026
LINES OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY 04/04/2025
LICENSING ORIENTATION 05/23/2018
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 04/07/2025
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 03/24/2026
EQUIPMENT LIST 04/20/2026
DISCIPLINE POLICIES 02/17/2025
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN 03/03/2025
DIRECTOR'S QUALIFICATIONS 01/03/2025
DIAGRAM/OUTDOOR 04/04/2025
DIAGRAM/INDOOR 09/24/2024
DAILY SCHEDULE 04/04/2025
CHILD CARE PRACTICES 04/04/2025
CERTIFICATE OF GOOD STANDING 03/03/2025
APPLICATION 02/03/2025




Inspection determined facility to be in compliance with licensing rules.
Compliance Licensing Rules
Open Violations: 2
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 15
Total Children 65
StaffChildClass AgeNote
1 4 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Madison Gilliana, teacher, was in attendance with four children, ages 5-months-old to 8-months-old.
2 6 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Tammy Chatman, teacher, and Tynasia Walker, teacher, were in attendance with six children, ages 8-months-old to 12-months-old.
1 4 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Autumn Groty, teacher, was in attendance with four children, ages 13-months-old to 17-months-old.
2 8 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Layla Garcia, teacher, and Carly Nix, teacher, were in attendance with eight children, ages 18-months-old to 23-months-old.
2 11 MIXED Emily Baldwin, teacher, and Jacqueline Brown, teacher, were in attendance with 11 children, ages 2-years-old to 3-years-old.
2 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE Erica Wafford, Director, Christina Clark, Assistant Director, Mia Allen, Cook, and Teri Darnell, Cook, were in attendance with no children in attendance.
2 13 PRESCHOOL Trinity Johnson, teacher, and Crystal Hicks, teacher, was in attendance with 13 children, ages 3-years-old to 4-years-old.
2 11 PRESCHOOL Karen Adams, teacher, and Nikhila Talluri, teacher, were in attendance with 11 children, ages 4-years-old to 5-years-old.
1 8 TWO YEAR OLDS Maddie Haywood, teacher, was in attendance with eight children, all 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
Safe sleep training was not completed within the past 3 years for the following staff Jacqueline Brown, Madison Gilliana and Carly Nix.
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

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 Tammy Chapman and Teri Darnell 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

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
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.222 Records and Reports
Compliance
5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements
Compliance
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