St John School
A licensed child care center in Independence, Iowa
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The short answer
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean3
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
Iowa lists 11 reports: 6 compliance reports and 5 regulation checklists, the latest dated Apr 29, 2026.
On its 4 regulation checklists from the last three years, Iowa marked 14 rules not met, 1 of them on the latest, on Apr 29, 2026.
What its other reports found is in each one, linked with it; this page doesn’t count it.
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports and Regulation checklists (PDF), Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Each deficiency, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Regulation checklists (PDF), Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Apr 29, 2026: regulation checklist1 deficiency
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Emergency instructions, phone numbers, and diagrams for fire, tornado, and flood shall be visibly posted and documented at least once a month for fire and tornado. Records shall be maintained for current and previous year.
Apr 28, 2026: regulation checklist3 deficiencies
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Emergency instructions, phone numbers, and diagrams for fire, tornado, and flood shall be visibly posted and documented at least once a month for fire and tornado. Records shall be maintained for current and previous year.
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All staff (within first three months of employment): •Iowa’s training for the mandatory reporting of child abuse. •At least one hour of training regarding universal precautions. •Certification in First Aid infant, child, and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or equivalent certification approved by the Department. A valid certificate indicating the date of training and expiration date shall be maintained. •Certification in infant, child, and adult first aid that uses a nationally recognized curriculum or is received from a nationally recognized training organization including the American Red Cross, American Heart Association, American Safety and Health Institute, or MEDIC First Aid or an equivalent certification approved by the Department. A valid certificate indicating the date of training and expiration date shall be maintained. •Minimum health and safety trainings, (Essentials) approved by the Department. If significant changes occur to content, the Department may require the training be renewed.
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All files contain a pre-employment physical exam report completed within six months prior to hire and at least every three years. Physical exams shall be documented on form 470- 5152, Child Care Provider Physical Examination Report.
Apr 3, 2025: regulation checklist2 deficiencies
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•Center shall follow minimum CACFP menu patterns for meals and snacks. •Menus planned one week in advance, made available to parents, and kept on file with substitutions noted. •Avoid foods with high incident rate of causing choking.
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Ratio maintained in center as required by age.
Apr 23, 2024: regulation checklist8 deficiencies
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109.10(1)a
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The center and supervisor shall ensure that staff knows names and number of children assigned. Staff shall provide careful supervision.
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Infectious disease control: Centers shall establish policies and procedures related to infection disease control and use of universal precautions with handling of bodily fluid. Soiled diapers shall be stored in containers separate from other waste.
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Food preparation and storage procedures are consistent with NHSPS.
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109.4(2)b
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Written plan for ongoing staff development that complies with 441 IAC 109.7.
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Develop a policy to ensure that people do not have unauthorized access to children at the center. Include: 1.Criteria for allowing people on the property when children are present. 2.How people will be supervised or monitored. 3.How responsibility will be delegated to staff. 4.How the policy will be shared with parents.
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Ratio maintained in center as required by age.
All 11 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | Regulation checklist | 1 rule marked not met |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Regulation checklist | 3 rules marked not met |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Regulation checklist | 2 rules marked not met |
| Aug 28, 2024 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Apr 23, 2024 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Apr 23, 2024 | Regulation checklist | 8 rules marked not met |
| Apr 25, 2023 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Apr 25, 2023 | Regulation checklist | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Feb 7, 2023 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, Iowa provider number 19198.
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Iowa acted against it?
- Iowa’s report list doesn’t show enforcement actions; any are written in the reports themselves.
Who does the caring?
- Iowa’s report list doesn’t show staffing. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Iowa’s report list doesn’t name owners.
How is it rated?
- Iowa’s quality rating (IQ4K) isn’t in its report list, so it isn’t shown here.
How does it compare nearby?
- Providers aren’t compared: Iowa’s checklists don’t cover every visit, and complaint findings aren’t on them.
| Place | |
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| St John School This child care provider | Not given |
What the record doesn’t say
- Findings here are the rules Iowa’s regulation checklists from the last three years mark as not met, in the checklists’ own words. What evaluations, letters and complaint investigations found is in those reports, linked with each one, and isn’t counted here.
- Iowa lists a report once it is written up: most within two weeks of the visit, some six weeks or more after it, so a recent visit may not be listed yet.
- Each report is dated the day Iowa created it, which can be weeks after the visit; a checklist is dated the day of the inspection it records.
- Iowa’s report list gives only a provider’s city and county, not its street address, ZIP code or phone number.
- Iowa’s report list doesn’t show quality ratings (IQ4K), capacity, ages served, hours, owners or enforcement actions.
Sources
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Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Regulation checklists (PDF), Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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This copy of the record was made on Oct 19, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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Paid listing
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