Gifted Minds Education Inc
A child day center in Portsmouth, Virginia 23707
3500 King Street, Portsmouth, Virginia 23707. (757) 399-1920.
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The short answer
- 18 deficiencies in the last three years
- Mar 192026 the latest visit on record
- 26 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?
5 inspections on record, the latest on Mar 19, 2026.
18 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
18 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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.
Mar 19, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection7 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-130-E
“The center shall obtain documentation of additional immunizations once every six months for children under the age of two years. Child 3 (17 months old) last documented immunization was over seven months ago.”
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Repeat Violation The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a safe and operable condition. The protective belt was missing from a high chair. A diaper changing pad was torn. There was standing water on the playground.”
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Hazardous substances must be in a locked place that prevents access by children. There were unlocked cleaning solutions, antibiotic ointment, and interior paint in multiple areas of the facility.”
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8VAC20-780-560-F
“When centers choose to provide meals or snacks, a menu listing foods to be served during the current one week period shall be dated and list any substituted foods. The menu posted was not dated and substituted foods served were not listed.”
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8VAC20-780-560-G
“When food is brought from home the food container must be clearly labeled and dated in a way that identifies the owner. There was a bottle that did not contain a date or the name of the child that had used it.”
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8VAC20-780-570-A
“When a child is placed in an infant seat or high chair, the protective belt shall be fastened securely. Child 1 and Child 2 were in high chairs without the protective belts fastened.”
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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 all of the required information. The record for Child #2 was missing required information.”
Jul 8, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies
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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. Caregiver #1, began working before the results of the criminal history check were received.”
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8VAC20-780-140-A
“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 was no physical examination in the record of child #4, who had been enrolled for more than 30 days..”
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8VAC20-780-150-B
“Immunization records are required to be signed and dated by a physician, his designee, or an official of the local health department. The immunization record for child #1 and child #3 was not signed and the complete dates of immunizations received were not visible.”
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Repeat Violation Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a safe condition. A tall bookcase in the foyer was unsecured and leaning away from the wall poising a topple hazard.”
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8VAC20-780-420-E-1
“For each infant, the center shall post a daily record which can be easily accessed by both the parent and the staff working with the child. The record shall contain the amount of time the infant slept, the amount of food consumed and the time, and a description of bowel movements. There was no daily record containing required sleep and feeding information for child #4.”
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8VAC20-780-530-A
“There shall be at least two staff members with current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid present on the premises during the center’s hours of operation, on fieldtrips, and wherever children are in care. There was only one staff member in the facility with CPR and first aid certification.”
Apr 23, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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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 gallon of bleach and a shopping bag containing additional cleaning products were on the floor in the kitchen. The kitchen door was not locked.”
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8VAC20-780-280-G
“If hazardous substances are not kept in original containers, the substitute containers shall clearly indicate their contents. There was an unlabeled spray bottle with a liquid substance on the sink in the bathroom.”
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8VAC20-780-550-D
“The center shall implement a monthly practice evacuation drill. An evacuation drill was not practiced in March.”
Feb 10, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-270-A
The inspectors’ words, 128 words
“Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. A cabinet in the preschool classroom was not secured to the wall. The cabinet wobbled when touched. A toy cubby in a classroom had a loose backboard and a nail head sticking out. There was a tall unsecured tree shaped board leaning against a wall. There was an unstable book rack on the floor in the infant room. A high chair table and the padded mat below it had debris on it. On the playground there was peeling paint on the sandbox.There was a nail head sticking out of a board. There was splintered wood in the infant-toddler play space. There was peeling paint and rust on a tricycle.”
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8VAC20-780-540-C
“The required first aid kits shall maintain at least the minimum required supplies. The first aid kit did not contain a working thermometer. The first aid kit contained only one triangular bandage when more than one bandages were required.”
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 7 violations cited |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 23, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Feb 10, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Aug 27, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 26 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 18.
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 |
|---|---|
| Terry Landy | 0 |
| JUMPSTART CREATIVE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER | 2 |
| Patricia Bly | 27 |
| The Meet Up, LLC DBA Our Kids Can | 17 |
| Gifted Minds Education Inc This child care provider | 18 |
| Keisha Medina | 7 |
| Coleman Love Learning Center, LLC | 34 |
| AlphaBEST @ Westhaven Operated by AlphaBEST Education, Inc | 0 |
| Tiffara Jones | 3 |
| La Petite Academy #7139 | 20 |
| Children’s Harbor - Olde Towne | 25 |
| Effingham Street Family YMCA | 32 |
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.
From the provider
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Replies
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