First United Methodist Church Preschool of Marion
A child day center in Marion, Virginia 24354
115 South Church Street, Marion, Virginia 24354. (276) 783-5194.
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The short answer
- 2 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jul 72026 the latest visit on record
- 32 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?
11 inspections on record, the latest on Jul 7, 2026.
2 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 | 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Feb 7, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Centers are required to always have a staff member who meets the medication training administration training present when a child is in care and has an emergency medication such as albuterol, epinephrine auto injector) .
“Child #1 was present and a staff person with the required training was not present until approximately 10:30.”
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Centers are required to have information about any health problems that may interfere with fulfilling job responsibilities.
“Staff person #3 did not have the required information.”
Jul 13, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-330-B
“Based on observation and measurement, the resilient surfacing did not meet the required depth of 6 inches of resilient surfacing. Evidence: 1. The mulch in the fall zones of the blue curved slide , the smaller blue slide and the yellow climber measurement approximately 2-4 inches. The required depth is 6 inches.”
Jan 30, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“The center failed to have fingerprints records in the file before the hire date. Evidence: Staff #4 did not have fingerprints in their file; the director verified they were not in the file.”
All 11 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jul 11, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 14, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 13, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 30, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jul 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 16, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Mar 9, 2028.
- Ages: 2 years - 8 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 32 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 2, 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 2, 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 8 child care providers in Smyth County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 2.5; this one had 2.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Marion Baptist Church Child Development Program | 2 |
| Lifetime Wellness Center, LLC | 3 |
| First United Methodist Church Preschool of Marion This child care provider | 2 |
| Tender Tots Learning Academy LLC | 22 |
| Chilhowie Church of God | 4 |
| Clinch Valley Community Action, Inc. @ Chilhowie | 0 |
| Clinch Valley Community Action, Inc. @McCready | 1 |
| Grace Christian Academy | 20 |
| Rebecca Thomas | Not given |
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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 2026.
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