The Light Academy Inc.
A religious exempt child day center in Palmyra, Virginia 22963
479 Cunningham Road, Palmyra, Virginia 22963. (434) 842-2222.
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The short answer
- 0 deficiencies in the last three years
- Aug 192026 the latest visit on record
- 100 children, its capacity in the state’s list
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 19, 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 Oct 27, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
4 visits on record, nothing cited. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
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| 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 |
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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 Oct 27, 2026. Updated weekly.
Sep 28, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on a review of the staff handbook and interview, the center failed to establish and implement a procedure to ensure all children in the center are in compliance with immunization provisions.
“Evidence: 1. The record for child 1 documents the first date of attendance as 8/9/23. There is no documentation of immunizations in child 1’s record. 2. Staff 6 verified the center does not have immunization records for child 1.”
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to have staff sign a sworn disclosure statement prior to the first day of employment and have a completed central registry record check by the end of the 30th day of employment.
“Evidence: 1. The record for staff 1 documents the first day of employment as 10/1/22. The record did not contain a sworn disclosure statement and results of a central registry record check. 2. The record for staff 4 documents the first day of employment as 5/30/23. The record did not contain a sworn disclosure statement and results of a central registry record check. 3. Staff 6 verified the center did not have sworn disclosure statement and results of a central registry record check for staff 1 and staff 4.”
Aug 4, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to obtain a search of child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry maintained by any other state in which a new staff has resided in the preceding five years for any founded complaint of child abuse or neglect against him/her prior to the first day of employment.
“Evidence: 1. The sworn statement for staff 3 documents staff 3 resided in Hawaii within the last five years. 2. The start date for staff 3 was 2/1/22. The record did not contain documentation of a search of child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from Hawaii. 3. The director verified a Hawaii search of child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry was not completed for staff 3.”
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to obtain fingerprint-based criminal history check determination letters prior to the first day of employment.
“Evidence: 1. The file for staff 1, hire date 11/17/21, contained a fingerprint-based criminal history check determination letters dated 12/21/21. 2. The director verified the dates.”
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to have a completed central registry record check by the end of the 30th day of employment.
“Evidence: 1. The record for staff 1, hire date 11/17/21, did not contain the results of a central registry background check. 2. The record for staff 2, hire date 8/23/21, did not contain the results of a central registry background check. 3. The record for staff 3, hire date 2/1/22, did not contain the results of a central registry background check. 4. The director verified the central registry background checks were not processed until 7/22. The results have not been received as of the date of the inspection.”
All 7 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 5, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 14, 2023 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 4, 2022 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Aug 22, 2027.
- Ages: 2 years 6 months - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 100 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has Virginia acted against it?
- 1 complaint inspection 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 Oct 27, 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 11 child care providers in Fluvanna County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 10; this one had 0.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Child Connections Development Center, Inc. | 30 |
| Mrs. Regina Christmas | 4 |
| Effort Baptist Church | 0 |
| Beautiful Gate Ministry, Inc. | 10 |
| Natural Steps Child Development Center | 13 |
| The Light Academy Inc. This child care provider | 0 |
| Payne’s Precious Angels Christian Daycare Center | 4 |
| Life’s Precious Angels Childcare Center Corp. | 19 |
| Open Door Church | 3 |
| Barbara Jackson | Not given |
| Ms. Shawn Wells | 13 |
| Antioch Baptist Church | 11 |
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 Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 2026.
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