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The Merit School of Manassas Park #48

A child day center in Manassas, Virginia 20111

9481 Manassas Drive, Manassas, Virginia 20111. (703) 396-7100.

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

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The short answer

The last 24 months 10 visits on record, nothing cited. 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?

21 inspections on record, the latest on May 27, 2026.

0 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

10 visits on record, nothing cited. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

0 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
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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 4, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • 8VAC20-780-270-A

    “Based on observation, the facility did not ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. Evidence: observed peeling paint in the Prep A classroom, along the side wall and the SACC classroom around the side window sill.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-270-A.

  • 8VAC20-780-520-C

    “Based on observation, the facility did not ensure that diaper creams are labeled with the child’s name. Evidence: observed diaper cream in the Baby Steps room that was not labeled with the child’s name.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-520-C.

All 21 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 27, 2026Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Sep 5, 2025Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Sep 5, 2025InspectionNo violations cited
Apr 15, 2025InspectionNo violations cited
Feb 10, 2025Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Feb 10, 2025InspectionNo violations cited
Jul 2, 2024Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Jul 2, 2024InspectionNo violations cited
Mar 28, 2024Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Mar 28, 2024InspectionNo violations cited
Sep 26, 2023Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Sep 26, 2023InspectionNo violations cited
Apr 4, 2023Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Apr 4, 2023Inspection2 violations cited
Nov 28, 2022Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Nov 28, 2022InspectionNo violations cited
May 26, 2022Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
May 26, 2022InspectionNo violations cited
Mar 22, 2022Complaint inspectionNo violations cited
Jan 13, 2022Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Jan 13, 2022InspectionNo violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Jul 10, 2028.
  • A current subsidy provider.
  • Ages: Birth - 12 years 11 months.
  • Capacity: 233 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?

  • 1 complaint inspection on record.
  • No complaint allegations published with findings.
Source:

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 5, 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 3 child care providers in the City of Manassas Park, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 0.
Source:

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

2 of the 3 in the City of Manassas Park, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Manassas Park Parks & Recreation at Costello Park46
The Merit School of Manassas Park #48 This child care provider0
Elsin Castro Maldonado4

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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

From the provider

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Replies

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Paid listing

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How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

An example record, made up for this guide

An example nursing home

Made up for this guide: no real place is shown

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.

From the homeNone yet. Replies and paid listings aren’t open, and when they open they will sit here, below the record.

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