Montessori Kids Universe of Lorton Valley
A child day center in Lorton, Virginia 22079
8931 Ox Road, Lorton, Virginia 22079. (703) 551-3231.
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The short answer
- 12 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 192026 the latest visit on record
- 160 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 Oct 19, 2026.
12 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
12 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 |
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.
Oct 19, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening at the time of employment and prior to coming into contact with the children.
“The screening for Staff #3 was completed thirty-six days after hire.”
Apr 7, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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When an authorization for medication expires, the parent shall be notified that the medication needs to be picked up within 14 days or the parent must renew the authorization. Medications that are not picked up by the parent within 14 days will be disposed of by the center by either dissolving the medication down the sink or flushing it down the toilet.
“1. The The medication authorization for Child 3 had been expired for 256 days. The medication for the child was present on the date of inspection. 2. The medication authorization for Child 4 had been expired for 20 days. The medication for the child was present on the date of inspection.”
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When an authorization for medication expires, the parent shall be notified that the medication needs to be picked up within 14 days or the parent must renew the authorization. Medications that are not picked up by the parent within 14 days will be disposed of by the center by either dissolving the medication down the sink or flushing it down the toilet.
“1. The The medication authorization for Child 3 had been expired for 256 days. The medication for the child was present on the date of inspection. 2. The medication authorization for Child 4 had been expired for 20 days. The medication for the child was present on the date of inspection.”
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Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain the names, addresses, and phone numbers of two emergency contacts.
“Child 1’s record did not contain an address for one of the two listed emergency contacts.”
Feb 18, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Children under 10 years of age always shall be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff, except that staff need only be able to hear a child who is using the restroom provided that: There is a system to assure that individuals who are not staff members or persons allowed to pick up a child in care do not enter the restroom area while in use by children; and Staff check on a child who has not returned from the restroom after five minutes.
The inspectors’ words, 132 words
“1. On February 7, 2025 Child 1 (aged 3 years) was left in a classroom restroom without supervision from approximately 3:22pm until 3:50pm, approximately 28 minutes. 1. Staff 1 and Staff 2 were present in the classroom at the start of the incident and were aware Child 1 was in the bathroom. 2. Staff 1 was relieved by Staff 3 while Child 1 was in the bathroom. 3. Child 1 was in the bathroom for thirteen minutes without a staff member checking up on them when the remaining students, Staff 2 and Staff 3 took the children to the playground. 4. Child 1 remained in the classroom bathroom in the empty classroom until two parents, (including Child 1’s parent) entered the room and found the child in the bathroom at approximately 3:50pm.”
Jul 30, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-140-A
“Each child’s record shall have a physical examination by or under the direction of a physician within 30 days of enrollment. Child 5’s record did not contain documentation of a physical examination.”
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8VAC20-780-240-B
“Staff shall complete orientation training prior to the staff member working alone with children and no later than seven days of the date of assuming job responsibilities. Staff 2, 3, and 4’s records do not contain documentation of orientation. Staff 5 received an orientation 27 days after the listed hire date.”
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in an operable condition. A sensory board on the toddler playground was observed with ripped felt.”
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8VAC20-780-510-E
“The center’s procedures for administering medication shall require long-term medication to have a written authorization from the child’s parent and physician. Child 5’s medication with has a written authorization from the parent for 7/25/2024-8/15/2024, but no written authorization from a physic an.”
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8VAC20-780-550-D
“The center shall implement a monthly practice evacuation drill. An evacuation drill was not conducted in June 2024.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“The center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain all required information. Child 1’s record did not contain addresses for the two listed emergency contacts. Child 5’s record contained information for one of the two required emergency contacts.”
Apr 8, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-560-F
“When serving food, center’s shall follow the age-appropriate nutritional guidelines set by the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program. The lunch service observed in the toddler room did not include serving of milk for children, which is one of the required meal components.”
All 11 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 7, 2026 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 30, 2024 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Apr 8, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 11, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 31, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires May 8, 2028.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 160 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 1353 child care providers in Fairfax County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 12.
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 |
|---|---|
| Montessori Kids Universe of Lorton Valley This child care provider | 12 |
| KinderCare Learning Centers #741 | 21 |
| The Merit School of Gunston (#11) | 17 |
| SACC-Gunston | 7 |
| Testey Hamdael | 9 |
| Hamdi Eslaquit | 14 |
| The Nest Academy | 10 |
| Stacy Bennett | 9 |
| Fozia Hussain | 17 |
| Shazia Younis | 5 |
| Nagma Ali | 1 |
| New Hope Church | 5 |
| SACC at Laurel Hill | 16 |
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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