Dream Tech Academy
A child day center in Petersburg, Virginia 23805
2460 County Drive, Petersburg, Virginia 23805. (804) 668-2817.
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The short answer
- 4 deficiencies in the last three years
- Mar 202025 the latest visit on record
- 36 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?
2 inspections on record, the latest on Mar 20, 2025.
4 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
4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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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| 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.
Mar 20, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-140-A
The inspectors’ words, 98 words
“Physical examinations completed by a physician shall be obtained prior to the first day of attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance. There were no physical examinations in the records of Child #1 and Child #4, who had been enrolled for five months. There were no physical examinations in the records of Child #2 and Child #7, who had been enrolled for four months. There was no physical examination for Child #8, who had been enrolled for three months. There was no physical examination for Child #9, who had been enrolled for one month.”
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. A container of disinfectant wipes and a container of cleaning solution with warning labels, ?Keep out of reach of children,? were unlocked in Classroom #1, within reach of children.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains name, address, and phone number of two designated people to call in an emergency if a parent cannot be reached. The records for Child #4 and Child #5, enrolled for five months, the record for Child #7, enrolled for four months, and Child #9, enrolled for one month did not contain this required information.”
Oct 2, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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The required first aid kits are required to include at a minimum: scissors; tweezers; gauze pads; adhesive tape; band-aids, assorted types; an antiseptic cleansing solution /pads; thermometer; triangular bandages; single use gloves such as surgical or examination gloves; and the first aid instructional manual.
“The first aid kit did not contain at least two triangular bandages.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Oct 2, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Apr 20, 2027.
- Ages: 2 years - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 36 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 39 child care providers in the City of Petersburg, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 4.
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 |
|---|---|
| Dream Tech Academy This child care provider | 4 |
| Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater Richmond-Walnut Hil | 0 |
| St. Mark’s United Methodist Church | 3 |
| Beautiful Beginning Daycare and Learning Center | 7 |
| Pamela Shands | 11 |
| Lisa Salih | 8 |
| Ms. Anita Goode | 0 |
| Wiz Kidz Inc. | 13 |
| Crosslight Assembly of God | 14 |
| I’m A Genius Montessori Academy | 6 |
| Shamedra Alston | 21 |
| Divine Kare Learning Center | 19 |
| Buildin Blocks Daycare | 27 |
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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