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Chesterbrook Montessori School

A child day center in Arlington, Virginia 22203

4701 Arlington Blvd, Arlington, Virginia 22203. (703) 241-8271.

Virginia’s own record, on legacy.dss.virginia.gov

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The short answer

The last 24 months 15 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Every month

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?

10 inspections on record, the latest on Apr 14, 2026.

15 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

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

15 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

15 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

Hover or focus a month to read it.

No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.

Apr 14, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
  • A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening.

    “The updated screening for Staff #1 was due 8 months ago and the updated screening for Staff #2 was due 5 months ago. The updated screenings have not yet been completed.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-160-C.

  • The center shall implement a monthly practice evacuation drill.

    “An evacuation drill was not completed in the month of February.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-550-D.

Oct 2, 2025: complaint inspection1 deficiency
  • Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition.

    “The gate for the toddler playground is broken.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-270-A. From a complaint.

Sep 8, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
  • 22.1-289.035-B-2

    “Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Caregiver #1, who had been employed for 1 week, did not have a completed national criminal background check.”

    Rule 22.1-289.035-B-2.

  • 22.1-289.035-B-4

    “The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. The center did not request a search of the child abuse and neglect registry from one state for Staff #1, who has been employed for one week and was working with children at the time of the inspection.”

    Rule 22.1-289.035-B-4.

  • 8VAC20-770-60-C-2

    “For staff hired before July 1, 2024, providers must obtain the results of a central registry search for an employee, within 30 days of service. Caregiver #1 did not have central registry search results during the inspection and has been employed for 1 week.”

    Rule 8VAC20-770-60-C-2.

  • 8VAC20-780-160-A

    “Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening at the time of employment and prior to coming into contact with the children. The screening for Staff #1 was not available for review.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-160-A.

Mar 31, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
  • At least every two years from the date of the first initial screening or testing, staff members and individuals from independent contractors shall obtain and submit the results of a follow-up tuberculosis screening as stated in subsection B of this section.

    “The follow up tuberculosis screening for Staff A was not conducted two years from the previous testing. It was overdo by 17 days.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-160-C.

  • Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain the following information: Documentation of viewing proof of the child’s identity and age.

    “Child A did not have completed documentation of viewing proof of the child’s identity and age.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-60-A.

Oct 16, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
  • The Center is required to obtain a national fingerprint check prior to employment.

    “The fingerprints results for Staff #1, were dated 4 days after date of hire. The fingerprints for Staff #2, were dated approximately 6 weeks after date of hire. The fingerprints for Staff #3, were dated approximately 4 days after date of hire.”

    Rule 22.1-289.035-B-2.

  • The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment.

    “Staff #2, who has been working approximately 3 months, requested the central registry approximately 3 weeks after their hire date. The results have not been obtained as of today, and no follow up was conducted.”

    Rule 22.1-289.035-B-3.

  • Each center shall maintain and keep at the center documentation of viewing proof of the child’s identity and age.

    “The information did not include documentation to show the date and person who viewed the original document.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-60-A.

Apr 10, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
  • 8VAC20-770-60-C-2

    “Based on record review, 1 out of 3 staff records reviewed, did not have central registry findings within 30 days of employment. Evidence: Staff C was hired 11/27/2023. No central registry finding was in the file. It had not been completed within 30 days of hire.”

    Rule 8VAC20-770-60-C-2.

  • 8VAC20-780-140-A

    “Based on record review, 1 out of 3 children’s records reviewed did not contain a physical examination by or under the direction of a physician within 30 days after the first day of attendance. Evidence: Child A’s start date was 1/29/2024. A physical was not obtained within 30 days.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-140-A.

  • 8VAC20-780-70

    “Based on record review, 2 out of 4 staff records did not include documentation that the individuals possessed the education, certification and experience required by the job position. Evidence: A diploma or degree were not available in the records for Staff A and Staff B.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-70.

Oct 18, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
  • 8VAC20-780-245-J-1-b

    “Based on interviews and record review, staff required to have the training were not retrained within the three-year interval. Evidence: The Medication Administration Training certificate for Staff A was expired.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-245-J-1-b.

All 10 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 14, 2026Inspection2 violations cited
Oct 2, 2025Complaint inspection1 violation cited
Sep 8, 2025Inspection4 violations cited
Mar 31, 2025Inspection2 violations cited
Oct 16, 2024Inspection3 violations cited
Apr 10, 2024Inspection3 violations cited
Oct 18, 2023Inspection1 violation cited
May 15, 2023InspectionNo violations cited
Nov 28, 2022InspectionNo violations cited
Mar 22, 2022InspectionNo violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Oct 31, 2027.
  • Ages: 1 year 4 months - 6 years 11 months.
  • Capacity: 93 children.
Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.

Has Virginia acted against it?

  • 1 complaint inspection on record.
  • 1 complaint allegation published with Virginia’s findings, 1 of them found valid.
On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Oct 8, 2025ComplaintAllegation: Physical Plant. Virginia’s finding: Reported/Valid.

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 157 child care providers in Arlington County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 15.
Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.

11 of the 157 in Arlington County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Arlington County-Lubber Run3
Olatokunbo Cole2
Ballston Children’s Center0
Lina Calizaya Rocha10
Chesterbrook Montessori School This child care provider15
Parveen Singh5
Faustina Barker5
Maria Nina29
Janet Longmire5
Fabiola Nina Gutierrez10
Amania Naseer43
Bright Horizons at Ballston15

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

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Virginia Department of Education. Virginia’s own record is on legacy.dss.virginia.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.

From the provider

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Replies

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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