Little Stars Learning Center, LLC
A child day center in Portsmouth, Virginia 23703
6063 W. High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia 23703. (757) 263-3030.
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The short answer
- 16 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 92026 the latest visit on record
- 24 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?
9 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 9, 2026.
16 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
16 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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 |
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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.
Oct 9, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. The plastic playhouse on the outdoor playground has cracks near the windows and the framing of the house which poses a pinching and injury hazard to the children in care.”
May 15, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-330-B
“Where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing shall comply with minimum safety standards when tested in accordance with the procedures described in the American Society for Testing and Materials standard F1292-99 and shall be under equipment with moving parts or climbing apparatus to create a fall zone free of hazardous obstacles. The outdoor playground did not have the required resilient surfacing as the mulch was measuring about 1-2 inches in depth. There were patches of dirty throughout the playground with minimal mulch under the fall zones.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A-8
The inspectors’ words, 104 words
“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain a written care plan for each child with a diagnosed food allergy, to include instructions from a physician regarding the food to which the child is allergic and the steps to be taken in the event of a suspected or confirmed allergic reaction. A child with a diagnosed food allergy, which is documented on her physical examination report, did not have a written care plan regarding the food she is allergic to and the steps to be taken in the event of an allergic reaction.”
Sep 3, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-340-C
“During the stated hours of operation, there always shall be on the premises when one or more children are present one staff member who meets the qualifications of a program leader or program director and an immediately available staff member with direct means for communication between the two of them. There is one staff member present when the first child arrives in the center for childcare at 6:30am. The following staff member does not arrive until 7am.”
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8VAC20-780-40-M
“The center shall maintain, in a way that is accessible to all staff who work with children, a current written list of all children’s allergies, sensitivities, and dietary restrictions documented in the allergy plan required in 8VAC20-780-60 A 8. This list shall be dated and kept confidential in each room or area where children are present. There was only one list with children’s allergies and dietary restrictions in the kitchen.”
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8VAC20-780-550-P
“The center shall maintain a written record of children’s serious and minor injuries in which entries are made the day of occurrence. In reviewing injury reports, the date and time when parents were notified and any future action to prevent recurrence of the injury were not recorded.”
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8VAC20-780-560-M
“No child shall be allowed to drink or eat while walking around. A preschool child was observed eating cereal while standing and walking.”
May 6, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-410-1
“The following actions or threats thereof are forbidden: striking a child. On April 30, 2025, Staff #1, physically disciplined a child by striking the child on her right leg.”
Jan 28, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“REPEAT VIOLATION Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. Several large bottles of hand sanitizer, a can of disinfectant spray, and disinfectant wipes with a warning label, “Keep out of reach of children” were observed a shelf and were not locked.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“For staff hired after March 1, 1996, documentation that two or more references as to character and reputation as well as competency were checked before employment. Staff #1 did not have references in her staff file.”
Oct 16, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-1
“The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee’s first day of employment. There was no sworn statement in the record for Staff #5. The staff member has been employed for 6 weeks.”
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment. The results of a completed criminal history check for staff #4 was obtained 7 days after the employee’s hire date.”
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8VAC20-780-130-A
“The center shall obtain documentation that each child has received the immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center. Child #4, who had been attending for 6 weeks, did not have documentation of an immunization record on file.”
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“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 TB screening for Staff #4 was completed one month after hire.”
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Hazardous substances must be in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. There was a bottle of contact solution and a bottle of baby oil that read ?keep out of reach of children? on an unlocked shelf in the hallway that led to the children’s bathrooms.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“Staff records shall contain the name, address and telephone number of a person to be notified in an emergency. Staff #1 did not have emergency contact information in the record.The records for staff #2, staff #3, and staff #4 did not contain the addresses of the emergency contacts.”
All 9 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 15, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 3, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 3, 2025 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| May 6, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Feb 5, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 2 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 24 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 88 child care providers in the City of Portsmouth, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 12; this one had 16.
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 |
|---|---|
| Little Stars Learning Center, LLC This child care provider | 16 |
| La Petite Academy #7139 | 20 |
| Mrs. Sheran Oliver | 12 |
| Christopher Academy | 4 |
| Dana Harris | 15 |
| LaShama Porter | 10 |
| Small Voices’ Academy | 15 |
| Raquel Owens | 42 |
| Sweethaven Baptist Church | 0 |
| Ms. Sonitha Blizzard | 5 |
| Scharlese Hicks | 12 |
| YMCA Child Care at Portsmouth YMCA | 47 |
| Ms. Clara Robinson | 5 |
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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