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Apple Tree Learning Center #1001

A child day center in Chesapeake, Virginia 23320

1141 Executive Blvd., Chesapeake, Virginia 23320. (757) 547-9530.

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

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The short answer

The last 24 months 15 deficiencies in 5 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?

23 inspections on record, the latest on Apr 30, 2026.

17 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.

When those deficiencies happened

15 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

15 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.

Apr 30, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
  • 8VAC20-790-600-D-1

    “All staff who work directly with children shall have current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) appropriate to the ages of children in care. The record for staff #1 had CPR certification training that was expired for approximately a month.”

    Rule 8VAC20-790-600-D-1.

  • 8VAC20-790-600-D-2

    “All staff who work directly with children shall have current certification in first aid appropriate to the ages of children in care. The record for staff #1 had First Aid certification training that was expired for approximately a month.”

    Rule 8VAC20-790-600-D-2.

Oct 30, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
  • 8VAC20-780-130-E

    “The center shall obtain documentation of additional immunizations once every six months for children under the age of two years. Child #4, under two years old has been in care for 7 months did not have additional immunizations in their record.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-130-E.

  • 8VAC20-780-60-A

    “Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain all required information. The record for child #3 did not contain the complete address of both emergency contacts. The record for child #3 and child #4 did not contain the work number for both parents and the record for child #1 and child #2 did not contain the work number for one parent.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-60-A.

Jun 11, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
  • 8VAC20-780-270-A

    “Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a safe and operable condition. The following safety and maintenance issue was observed. A tricycle in the outdoor play area had a missing pedal causing a potential snagging or poking injury.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-270-A.

Dec 23, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies
  • 8VAC20-780-130-A

    “The center shall obtain documentation that each child has received the immunizations before the child can attend the center. Child #1 who has been in care for three months did not have documentation ofl immunizations in their record.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-130-A.

  • 8VAC20-780-130-E

    “The center shall obtain documentation of additional immunizations once every six months for children under the age of two years. Child #2 under two years old has been in care for over a year did not have additional immunizations in their record.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-130-E.

  • 8VAC20-780-270-A

    “Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a safe and operable condition. The following maintenance issues were observed: 3 metal foot pedal bikes in the outdoor play area were rusted and had the missing rubber covers on the handle bars which creates a potential cutting or poking injury.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-270-A.

  • 8VAC20-780-500-A

    “Disposable diapers shall be disposed in a leakproof or plastic-lined storage system that is either foot-operated or used in such a way that neither the staff member’s hand nor the soiled diaper touches an exterior surface of the storage system during disposal. Staff in the infant room were observed using their hands to open the trash can to dispose soiled diapers.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-500-A.

  • 8VAC20-780-60-A

    “Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain when applicable, work phone number and place of employment of each parent who has custody. The record for Child #1 was missing the employment phone number for both parents and the record for Child #2 was missing the employment information and employment phone number for one parent. Both children were present during the inspection and had been in care for at least two months.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-60-A.

May 23, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies
  • 8VAC20-780-280-D

    “Based on observation and interview, the center did not ensure that cleaning and sanitizing materials shall not be located above food. Evidence: 1. The storage area of the Pre-K 4 and 5 year old (Challenger 2) classroom had a bottle of sanitizing spray stored above a plastic jar of candy. 2. Staff #1 confirmed that the sanitizing material was stored above food.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-280-D.

  • 8VAC20-780-440-B

    “Based on observation and interview, the center did not ensure that cribs, cots, rest mats, and beds shall be identified for use by a specific child. Evidence: 1. The center used name labels on each crib in the infant room. However, two occupied cribs did not have labels on the crib to identify the specific children. 2. Staff #1 confirmed that the two occupied cribs did not have labels on the crib to identify the specific children.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-440-B.

  • 8VAC20-780-500-B

    The inspectors’ words, 103 words

    “Based on observation and interview, the center did not ensure that disposable diapers shall be disposed in a leakproof or plastic-lined storage system that is either foot-operated or used in such a way that neither the staff member’s hand nor the soiled diaper touches an exterior surface of the storage system during disposal. Evidence: 1. The foot pedal on the step can in the two year old (Jr. Explorers 1) bathroom was broken and could only be opened using hands. There were soiled diapers in the can. 2. Staff #1 confirmed that the can was opened using hands to dispose of soiled diapers.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-500-B.

  • 8VAC20-780-510-E

    “Based on medication review and interview, the center did not ensure that the center’s procedures for administering medication shall include duration of the parent’s authorization for medication. Evidence: 1. The asthma action plan form for child #7 did not have effective dates listed. 2. Staff #1 confirmed that the asthma action plan did not have the effective dates listed.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-510-E.

  • 8VAC20-780-60-A

    The inspectors’ words, 109 words

    “Based on record review and interview, the center did not ensure that each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain when applicable, the work phone number and place of employment of each parent who has custody. Evidence: 1. The record for child # 3 did not contain the work number for the father. 2. The record for child # 4 did not contain the work number for both parents. 3. The record for child # 5 did not contain the employer’s name for the father. 4. Staff #1 confirmed that the records above were missing the required information.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-60-A.

Nov 30, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
  • 8VAC20-780-500-A

    “Based on observation and interview the center failed to ensure staff wash their hands with soap and running water after any contact with body fluids. Evidence: 1 - Staff #1 did not was her hands after and between wiping the noses of three children. 2 - Staff #1 stated that she wiped the noses of three children and confirmed that she did not wash her hands after or between each wiping each child’s nose.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-500-A.

  • 8VAC20-780-500-A

    “Based on observation the center failed to ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and running water after any contact with body fluids. Evidence: A staff in the three/four-year-old room wiped the runny of noses of three children, present for care, one right after the other ,without washing her hands between cleaning each child’s nose.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-500-A.

Aug 4, 2022: complaint inspection1 deficiency
  • 8VAC20-780-440-L

    “Based on observation the center failed to ensure that children under two years of age do not use pillows or filled comforters. Evidence: 1 - In the toddler room Child #1, a 19 month old and Child #2, a 22 month old, were observed nappling with under filled comforter covers. 2 - Child #2, a 22 month old child, was napping with a pillow. 3 - Staff present in the room confirmed that the children were not yet two years old.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-440-L. From a complaint.

Jun 10, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
  • 8VAC20-780-370-1

    “Based on observation the center failed to ensure that when an infant is able to easily turn over from the back (supine) to the belly (prone) position and he is placed in his crib, he shall still be put on his back (supine) but allowed to adopt whatever position he prefers. Evidence: Staff 1 stated that she placed child 1 in his crib on his stomach.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-370-1.

All 23 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 30, 2026Subsidy health and safety inspection2 violations cited
Oct 30, 2025Complaint inspectionNo violations cited
Oct 30, 2025Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Oct 30, 2025Inspection2 violations cited
Jun 24, 2025Complaint inspectionNo violations cited
Jun 18, 2025Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Jun 11, 2025Inspection1 violation cited
Feb 12, 2025Complaint inspectionNo violations cited
Feb 12, 2025Complaint inspectionNo violations cited
Dec 23, 2024Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Dec 23, 2024Inspection5 violations cited
May 23, 2024Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
May 23, 2024Inspection5 violations cited
Feb 7, 2024Complaint inspectionNo violations cited
Nov 30, 2023Inspection1 violation cited
Nov 30, 2023Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Nov 30, 2023Inspection1 violation cited
Aug 4, 2022Complaint inspection1 violation cited
Jun 10, 2022Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Jun 10, 2022Inspection1 violation cited
May 26, 2022InspectionNo violations cited
Nov 2, 2021Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Nov 2, 2021InspectionNo violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Nov 29, 2027.
  • A current subsidy provider.
  • Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
  • Capacity: 285 children.
Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.

Has Virginia acted against it?

  • 6 complaint inspections on record.
  • No complaint allegations published with findings.

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 121 child care providers in the City of Chesapeake, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 13; this one had 17.
Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.

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 5, 2026.

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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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