McDonald Montessori School
A child day center in Norfolk, Virginia 23504
4200 Granby Street, Norfolk, Virginia 23504. (757) 423-1800.
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The short answer
- 9 deficiencies in the last three years
- Aug 312026 the latest visit on record
- 125 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?
7 inspections on record, the latest on Aug 31, 2026.
9 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
9 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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.
Aug 31, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-240-C
“The Virginia Department of Education-sponsored orientation course shall be completed within 90 calendar days of employment. Staff #1 has a date of employment of October 2025 however, the required training was not completed until June 2026.”
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Areas and equipment of the center inside shall be maintained in safe condition. There are areas of peeling paint within reach of children in one out of three bathrooms.”
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8VAC20-780-550-D
“The center shall implement a monthly practice evacuation drill. There was not any documentation that evacuation drills were conducted during the months of June or July.”
Apr 28, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials, insecticides, and pesticides will be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. There was a spray bottle of sanitizing solution stored in an unlocked and open closet in the aftercare room.”
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8VAC20-780-500-A
“Children’s hands shall be washed with soap and running water or disposable wipes before and after eating meals or snacks. After eating snack one child did not wash her hands before beginning a play activity.”
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8VAC20-780-560-J
“Tables will be sanitized before and after each use for feeding. After snack the table was sanitized before a child in care began playing with tabletop toys on the surface.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“Staff records must include documentation to demonstrate that the individual possesses the education, certification, and experience required by the job position. Staff #1 and #2 were working in the position of program leader during the inspection. However, there was not any documentation of program leader qualifications in either staff record.”
Jun 13, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment.. Staff#1 who had been employed for 18 days, and Staff #2 who had been employed for more than 1 month, did not have a completed national criminal background checks prior to employment.”
Aug 28, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-160-A
The inspectors’ words, 99 words
“Based on record review and interview the center failed to ensure that each staff member submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening before having contact with children and within 30 days of date of employment. Evidence: 1 - The record for Staff #2 contained a TB screening that was dated August 24, 2024. However, the documented date of hire is August 19, 2024. Therefore, the TB screening was not obtained within the required time frames. 2 - Staff #1 confirmed that the documented date of the TB screening for Staff #2 was after the documented date of hire.”
All 7 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 28, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 17, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Aug 29, 2028.
- Ages: 2 years 6 months - 7 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 125 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 143 child care providers in the City of Norfolk, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 13; this one had 9.
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 |
|---|---|
| Bountiful Blessings Day Care Center | 21 |
| McDonald Montessori School This child care provider | 9 |
| HRCAP Grandy Village | 3 |
| YMCA School Age Child Care @ Chesterfield Academy | 38 |
| Tender Loving, Early Learning Childcare, Building One | 5 |
| The New E3 School | 19 |
| My Joy Learning Center and Child Care | 22 |
| Norfolk State University Child Development Lab | 15 |
| KCE Champions @ Richard Bowling Elementary School | 8 |
| Global Engineers Academy | 32 |
| The YMCA of South Hampton Roads-Granby | 40 |
| KCE Champions LLC @ Lindenwood Elementary | 28 |
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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