Montessori Kids Universe
A child day center in Richmond, Virginia 23233
3450-A Lauderdale Drive, Richmond, Virginia 23233. (804) 652-9773.
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The short answer
- 15 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jun 12026 the latest visit on record
- 106 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?
16 inspections on record, the latest on Jun 1, 2026.
15 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
15 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Dec | |||||||||||
| 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 | Nov |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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.
Apr 2, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.036-A
“The applicant for licensure as a child day center shall undergo a background check every five years. The repeat national fingerprint check, repeat search of the central registry, and sworn disclosure statement for the licensee was overdue by one year and six months.”
Apr 2, 2026: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-550-P
The inspectors’ words, 98 words
“Complaint related: The center shall maintain a written record of children’s serious and minor injuries in whichentries are made the day of occurrence. The record shall include all required components. Injury reports sent to parents on 1/28/2026, 3/06/2026, and 3/13/2026 were sent electronically and did not include: staff present, any future action to prevent recurrence of the injury; staff and parent signatures or two staff signatures; and documentation on how parent was notified. There was no incident report for an injury sustained on 3/12/2026. Once parents disenroll, they no longer have access to incident reports in the app.”
Nov 10, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-160-C
“At least every two years from the date of the first initial screening or testing, staff members shall submit the results of a follow-up tuberculosis screening. Staff 3 did not have a current tuberculosis test or screening; the documented test expired 3 months ago.”
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8VAC20-780-245-J
“Staff members caring for any child for whom emergency medications have been prescribed must have the appropriate Medication Administration Training. Child 5 has an emergency rectal medication on site, but there are no staff certified in Medication Administration Training - Rectal Medications.”
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8VAC20-780-510-B
“Medication shall be given to a child only with written authorization from the parent. One emergency medication for one child did not have written authorization from the parent.”
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8VAC20-780-510-E
“The center shall ensure that procedures for administering medication shall include methods to prevent use of outdated medication. The emergency medication for one child expired 4 months ago; the medication for a second child expired 2 months ago.”
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8VAC20-780-80-A
“For each group of children, the center shall maintain a written record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs. At approximately 2:00 p.m. on 11/10/2025, there were 6 children present in the infant room, but 7 were marked present on the attendance record.”
Jun 6, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“The center is required to do the appropriate background checks from any state in which the applicant has resided in the preceding five years. The center did not request a search of the child abuse and neglect registry from one previously resided state for Staff 5, who has been employed for more than a month and was working with children at the time of the inspection.”
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8VAC20-780-190-A
“Program directors shall be at least 21 years of age and shall meet one of the program director qualification requirements. Staff 1, documented as program director, does not meet the requirements to qualify as program director.”
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8VAC20-780-510-P
“When an authorization for medication expires, the facility shall notify parents that that the medication must be picked up within 14 days of the authorization expiring or that a new authorization should be completed. The medication authorization for Child C expired two months ago. The authorization had not been renewed and the medication was not returned or destroyed as required. The medication was on site.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“The facility failed to have required documentation in each staff file. Two references as to character, reputation, and competence should be checked prior to employment. Staff 1, Staff 3, and Staff 5 did not have documentation of two references on file.”
Jun 6, 2025: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-350-C
“When children are in ongoing mixed age groups, the staff-to-children ratio and group size applicable to the youngest child in the group shall apply to the entire group. There were 13 children (ages 2 years to 5 years) with one staff from approximately 8:01 a.m. to 8:20 a.m. on April 8, 2025.”
Apr 23, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-130-A
“Based on review of nine children’s records, the facility failed to have the immunization record for each child before the child can attend the center. Evidence: Child 5 (date of enrollment 4/22/2024) and Child 7 (date of enrollment 4/8/2024) did not have documentation of an immunization record on file.”
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8VAC20-780-140-A
“Based on review of nine children’s records, the facility failed to have a physical examination for each child within 30 days of attendance. Evidence: Child 9 (date of enrollment 5/22/2023) did not have documentation of a physical on file.”
Jan 19, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-80-A
“Based on observation and staff interview, the facility failed to maintain a written record of attendance in each classroom. Evidence: the attendance record in the toddler room indicated there were 14 children in attendance, but 15 children were actually present. Staff stated that one child was visiting the classroom and had not been added to the attendance record.”
Apr 21, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-550-G
“Based on review of the emergency drill log, the facility failed to document the date of the evacuation drills. Evidence: there was no date listed for the documented January, February, or March evacuation drills on the emergency drill log.”
All 16 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 2, 2026 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 2, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
| Jun 6, 2025 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 6, 2025 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Dec 5, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 23, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jan 19, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 19, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 17, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 15, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 21, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 3, 2021 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 3, 2021 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Apr 15, 2028.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 106 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?
- 6 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 232 child care providers in Henrico County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 10; this one had 15.
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 |
|---|---|
| La Petite Academy - Church Road | 3 |
| Kids In Discovery Preschool | 9 |
| Tuckaway-Barony Child Development Center | 11 |
| Chesterbrook Academy | 13 |
| Skipwith Academy @ Lauderdale Square (#77) | 11 |
| The Goddard School at Short Pump | 24 |
| Gayton Baptist Church | 3 |
| Primrose School at Westerre Commons | 6 |
| A Child’s Place Preschool & Child Care Centers-Ridgefield Campus | 0 |
| Bright Horizons at Short Pump | 16 |
| Deep Run Baptist Church | 0 |
| Montessori Kids Universe This child care provider | 15 |
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.
From the provider
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