James City County Parks & Recreation-Laurel Lane
A child day center in Williamsburg, Virginia 23185
112 Laurel Lane, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185. (757) 592-3460.
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The short answer
- 8 deficiencies in the last three years
- May 282026 the latest visit on record
- 200 children, its licensed capacity
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean4
- 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.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
9 inspections on record, the latest on May 28, 2026.
8 violations cited in the last three years.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
8 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Dec | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each deficiency, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
May 28, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-60-A-8
“A written care plan is required for each child with a diagnosed food allergy, to include instructions from a physician regarding the food to which the child is allergic and the steps to be taken in the event of a suspected or confirmed allergic reaction. Child #5, who has been enrolled for eleven months, has a diagnosed food allergy and did not have a written care plan in their file.”
Oct 27, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-245-L
“There shall always be at least one staff member on duty who has obtained within the last three years instruction in performing the daily health observation of children. No one on site had obtained instruction on performing the daily health observation.”
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8VAC20-780-40-M
“The center is required to keep a current list of all known allergies, sensitivities, and dietary restrictions in each room or area where children are present. The list must be dated and kept confidential. There was no list and there were children present with allergies.”
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8VAC20-780-550-D
“The center shall implement a monthly practice evacuation drill. There were no drills conducted in August or September 2025.”
May 19, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment. Staff #3 TB was dated four months prior to date of employment and has been employed for six months.”
Aug 14, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-160-C
“A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening. Staff #2 updated screening was due 1 month ago. The updated screening has not yet been completed.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information. The record for Child #3 was missing 1 required component and the record for Child #5 was missing 2 required components.”
May 29, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“The center is required to obtain out of state background checks from any state in which a staff member has resided in the preceding five years. There were no out of state background checks completed on staff #3 for the states of Connecticut and Washington.”
Oct 24, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.011-F
“Based on observation and staff interview, the center did not ensure the license and any other documents required by the Superintendent were posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. Evidence: Staff confirmed that the most recent inspection results dated April 3, 2023, were not posted.”
Aug 16, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on review of 5 staff records and staff interviews, the licensee did not ensure each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening and the documentation shall have been completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment and be signed by a physician, physician’s designee, or an official of the local health department.
“Evidence: The record for staff #4 date of hire June 24, 2022 did not documentation of TB screening/ test”
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Based on medication review, documentation review and staff interviews, the licensee did not ensure that prescription medication shall be given to a child only with written authorization from the parent.
“Evidence; The medication log for Child #4 was reviewed and medication (methylphenidate 5mg) had been administered a total of 12 times between June 15, 2022 and July 27, 2022. The medication authorization for Child #4 was reviewed and the parent had not authorized administration of the medication.”
All 9 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| May 19, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 14, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| May 29, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 24, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 3, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 16, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| May 17, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Jun 30, 2028.
- Program Located in a Public School Parks and Recreation.
- Ages: 5 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 200 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has Virginia acted against it?
- 0 complaint inspections on record.
- No complaint allegations published with findings.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations and Search for Child Day Care: each complaint’s page, with its allegations and findings. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who does the caring?
- Virginia doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Virginia’s search doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Virginia’s search doesn’t show a quality rating.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 37 child care providers in James City County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 8.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| York County- Griffin -Yeates Head Start | 3 |
| La Petite Academy, INC- 7144 | 22 |
| James City County Parks & Recreation-Laurel Lane This child care provider | 8 |
| James City County Parks & Recreation-Matthew Whaley | 2 |
| James City County Parks & Recreation-Clara Byrd Baker | 5 |
| Williamsburg-James City County Community Action Agency, Inc-Jame | 8 |
| Williamsburg Parent Preschool, Inc. | 6 |
| The Kensington School, LLC | 8 |
| CREATIVE KIDS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 2, LLC | 49 |
| Creative Critters Learning Center IV LLC | 29 |
| Williamsburg United Methodist Church | 1 |
| Ivy Paige | 3 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Virginia doesn’t grade how serious a violation is, so no severity is shown.
- Virginia publishes a complaint’s allegations and findings only when its inspection found a violation and the records are linked.
- Virginia doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
- A plan of correction sent late, or not at all, isn’t online: Virginia says to ask the inspector.
- Virginia’s pages show about the last five years of inspections; for older ones, Virginia says to contact the licensing inspector.
- Virginia says this information may not be accurate, up to date or complete, and shouldn’t be the only source in choosing care.
Sources
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Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly. No open licence; Virginia allows non-commercial use, so Care Ledger shows it free.
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Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly. No open licence; Virginia allows non-commercial use, so Care Ledger shows it free.
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Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each complaint’s page, with its allegations and findings.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly. No open licence; Virginia allows non-commercial use, so Care Ledger shows it free.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
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