The Growing Tree School
A child day center in Woodstock, Virginia 22664
197 Patmos Road, Woodstock, Virginia 22664. (540) 459-3443.
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The short answer
- 0 deficiencies in the last three years
- Mar 252026 the latest visit on record
- 14 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?
10 inspections on record, the latest on Mar 25, 2026.
0 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
5 visits on record, nothing cited. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Oct 30, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on staff record review the center failed to obtain repeat background checks for one staff member.
“Evidence: 1. Two staff records were reviewed. 2. Staff #2 did not have documentation of obtaining a repeat criminal history check and a Virginia Central Registry check. 3. Staff #2 last documented criminal history check was dated 08/17/2018. Las documented Virginia Central Registry check was documented 08/21/2017. 4. Administration confirmed repeat background checks had not been obtained within 5 years of the prior date.”
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Based on record review one staff member did not obtain an updated tuberculosis screening.
“Evidence: 1. Two staff records were reviewed. 2. Staff #2 did not have documentation of obtaining an updated tuberculosis screening. The most recent documentation was dated 8/27/2021. 3. Staff confirmed an updated tuberculosis screening had not been obtained”
Nov 9, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on observation the center failed to have one hazardous substance in a locked place.
“Evidence: 1. One can of Lysol Spray was observed on a counter in the preschool bathroom. 2. Staff confirmed the Lysol Spray was not in a locked place.”
Apr 27, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on staff record review, one staff member did not meet program lead qualifications.
“Evidence: 1. Three staff records were reviewed. 2. Staff #2 is serving as a program leader. 3. Review of Staff #2’s record did not show documentation of meeting the program leader qualifications. 4. The director confirmed Staff #2 did not meet program leader qualifications.”
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 4, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 30, 2023 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| May 17, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 9, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 27, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 6, 2021 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Apr 22, 2028.
- Ages: 4 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 14 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 5, 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 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 24 child care providers in Shenandoah County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 0.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Woodstock United Methodist Church | 9 |
| Woodstock Presbyterian Church | 6 |
| Antioch Church | 1 |
| Gwendolen Phelps | 13 |
| KidzRec WW Robinson | 0 |
| The Growing Tree School This child care provider | 0 |
| Sandra Pennington | 2 |
| Estella Ann McClanahan | 1 |
| Sons & Daughters, Inc. | 20 |
| Learning Paths Academy at Woodstock (#80) | 1 |
| Mount Calvary Lutheran Church | 15 |
| Deborah Plaugher | 25 |
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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly. No open licence; Virginia allows non-commercial use, so Care Ledger shows it free.
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.
This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
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