Appalachian Forest School LLC
A child day center in Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801
546 W. Mosby Road, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801. (540) 478-3933.
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The short answer
- 5 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 212026 the latest visit on record
- 30 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 Oct 21, 2026.
5 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
3 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. 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 |
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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.
Nov 6, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment.
“Staff #3 had a completed national criminal background check one week after the first day of employment.”
Feb 27, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-160-C
“A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening. Staff #1 updated screening was due 9 months ago and Staff #3 updated screening was due 7 months ago.”
May 2, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on a review of the allergy list, the center failed to ensure that the list shall be dated.
“Evidence: The allergy list on site was not dated.”
Nov 27, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on a review of staff records, the center failed to ensure that documentation of a tuberculosis screening shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment.
“Evidence: 1. Staff #1’s date of employment was 06/01/2023. The tuberculosis screening documentation in the record was dated 03/29/2023. 2. Staff #3’s date of employment was 06/01/2023. The tuberculosis screening documentation in the record was dated 03/17/2023.”
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Based on review of children records, the center failed to ensure that all required information were in the records.
“Evidence: 1. Child #1, #3, and #4’s record did not contain the date of enrollment. 2. Administration verified that the exact enrollment dates were not listed in the children’s records.”
Feb 21, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on interview and review of evacuation drills, the center failed to implement a monthly practice evacuation drill.
“Evidence: 1. There was no documentation that a practice evacuation drill had been completed for October 2022. 2. Administration verified that a practice drill had not been conducted in October 2022.”
Oct 31, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on review of children records, the center failed to ensure all required information was in the child’s file.
“Evidence: 1. In Child #3’s file there was not a complete emergency contact address for the two designated people to call in an emergency if the parent cannot be reached. 2. Staff verified that there was not a complete emergency contact address listed.”
Aug 9, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on review of first aid kits, the facility failed to ensure that all required first aid supplies were available.
“Evidence: 1. The first kit located in Vehicle #1 did not contain two triangular bandages. 2. Administration verified that the first aid kit did not contain two triangular bandages.”
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 6, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 18, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 2, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 27, 2023 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 21, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 31, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 9, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Mar 1, 2027.
- Ages: 2 years 6 months - 6 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 30 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 29 child care providers in the City of Harrisonburg, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 5.
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 |
|---|---|
| Appalachian Forest School LLC This child care provider | 5 |
| Learning Paths Academy | 37 |
| City of Harrisonburg | 8 |
| Dominion Educational Ministries, Inc. | 1 |
| Harrisonburg Baptist Church | 0 |
| Community Preschool, Inc. | 1 |
| Woodland Montessori School | 2 |
| Vicki Lucas | 0 |
| Tara Koontz | 3 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Harrisonburg andRockingham County-Bluestone | 2 |
| Boys&Girls Club of Harrisonburg andRockinghamCounty-Stone Spring | 12 |
| Brandi Dacko | Not given |
| Shenandoah Valley Child Development Center | 19 |
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.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
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