Reaching For Las Estrellas Academy
A child day center in Alexandria, Virginia 22302
2500 N Van Dorn Street, Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22302. (703) 870-6351.
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The short answer
- 33 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 222026 the latest visit on record
- 45 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?
7 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 22, 2026.
33 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
33 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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.
Sep 22, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-150-A
“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 #4 was not signed.”
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8VAC20-780-50-A
“Staff and children’s records shall be treated confidentially. The supplemental information page of the most recent inspection report was posted on the parent board, and not kept confidential.”
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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, enrolled for one month, did not have documentation of viewing proof of identity and age.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“Documentation of at least 2 references to character, reputation, and competency are to be checked prior to employment. One reference for Staff #3, was obtained three weeks after their first date of employment.”
Feb 9, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection4 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-3
“The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Staff #2, who had been employed for two months, did not have a central registry search requested prior to their first day of employment. The record did not contain the results of a central registry search request.”
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8VAC20-780-150-B
“Each report of immunizations shall be signed by a physician. The immunizations obtained for Child #4, who has been attending the center for one month, did not contain a physician’s signature.”
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment. Staff #2 TB was dated more than two months prior to date of employment.”
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Centers shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which contains all required information.
“The record for Child #4 did not contain the phone number for each parent’s place of employment. Child #4 was present during the inspection and has been attending for one month.”
Aug 18, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies
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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. The immunization records for Child #2 were dated 9 days after the child’s first day.”
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8VAC20-780-245-L
“There shall always be at least one staff member on duty who has obtained within the last three years instruction in performing the daily health observation of children. Staff present during the inspection did not have training in performing the daily health observation of children.”
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8VAC20-780-260-B
“Centers are required to obtain annual approval from the health department. The most recent inspection from the health department was completed more than one year ago. An updated health inspection was overdue by 10 days.”
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8VAC20-780-530-C
“There shall be at least two staff members present on the premises during the center’s hours of operation who have current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as appropriate to the age of the children in care. The training shall include an in-person competency demonstration. Upon arrival and for the first thirty minutes of the inspection, there were two staff members present. Neither staff member had current certification in CPR which included an in-person competency demonstration.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain all required information. The record for Child #3 did not contain the telephone number of the parent’s place of employment.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“The center is required to keep a staff record for each staff person which contains all required information. The record for Staff 1 did not contain documentation to demonstrate that the individual possesses the experience required by the job position.”
Jul 14, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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Repeat Violation
“The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee’s first day of employment. The sworn statement for Staff #1, who is currently working, was blank. The sworn statement for Staff #2 was completed one week after Staff #2’s date of hire.”
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Repeat Violation
“During hours of operation there shall always be one staff member present who meets the qualifications of a program leader or program director and an immediately available staff member, volunteer or other employee who is at least 16 years of age, with direct means for communication between the two of them. There were two staff members present at the Child Day Center. Neither staff meets the qualifications of a program leader or program director.”
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8VAC20-780-340-D
“Each grouping of children shall have at least one staff regularly present who meets lead teacher qualifications. Staff #2, who did not meet lead teacher qualifications, was alone with a group of toddlers for the duration of the inspection.”
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Centers are required to maintain staff records which contain all required information.
The inspectors’ words, 95 words
“The record for Staff #1, who has been employed for one month, did not contain the name, address, and telephone number of a person to be notified in an emergency. The record for Staff #2, who had been employed for seven weeks, did not contain the address of a person to be notified in an emergency. 1 of the 2 required references as to character and reputation as well as competency was not checked before employment. The second reference for Staff #2 was dated more than one week after Staff #2’s first date of employment.”
May 5, 2025: inspection12 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. The sworn statement for Staff #1, who is currently working, was not dated.”
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22.1-289.035-B-3
“The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Staff #1, who had been employed for three weeks, did not have a central registry search requested. Staff #1 was working alone with one child.”
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. The center did not request a search of the child abuse and neglect registry from one state for Staff #1, who was working alone with one child at the time of the inspection. The center did not complete a sex offender registry check from one state for Staff #1, who was working alone with one child at the time of the inspection.”
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8VAC20-780-240-B
“Staff are required to complete orientation training prior to working alone with children and no later than seven days of assuming job responsibilities. Staff #1 was alone with one child. The record for Staff #1 did not contain documentation of completed orientation training.”
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8VAC20-780-340-C
The inspectors’ words, 91 words
“During hours of operation there shall always be one staff member present who meets the qualifications of a program leader or program director and an immediately available staff member, volunteer or other employee who is at least 16 years of age, with direct means for communication between the two of them. During the inspection, only one staff member (Staff #1) was present with one child and had been the only staff member present at the center that day. Staff #2 arrived at the center approximately one hour after the inspection began.”
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8VAC20-780-40-G
“Centers are required to obtain proof of child’s identity and age requirements as stated in the Code of Virginia. The record for Child #1 did not contain documentation of viewing proof of identity and age. Child #1 has been attending the center for two weeks and was in care during the inspection.”
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8VAC20-780-530-A-1
“At least one staff in each classroom or area where children are present shall have current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) appropriate to the age of the children in care. Staff #1 was alone with one child and was not certified in CPR.”
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8VAC20-780-530-A-2
“At least one staff in each classroom or area where children are present shall have current certification in first aid. Staff #1 was alone with one child and was not certified in first aid.”
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8VAC20-780-550-D
“Centers are required to implement a monthly practice evacuation drill. The center did not complete a practice evacuation drill for the month of April 2025.”
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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 #1, enrolled for two weeks, was missing the following required components: first date of attendance”
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8VAC20-780-70
“Centers are required to maintain staff records which contain all required information. The record for Staff #1, who has been employed for three weeks, did not contain the following: -date of employment -address of a person to be notified in an emergency -documentation that two or more references as to character and reputation as well as competency were checked before employment -Documentation to demonstrate that the individual possesses the education, certification, and experience required by the job position”
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8VAC20-780-80-A
“Centers are required to maintain a written record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs. One child was in care during the inspection. The center did not document the child’s arrival.”
Feb 18, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. Two bathrooms were unfinished with parts of the trim missing along the floor of bathroom 1 and around the door frame of bathroom 2. Both bathrooms are designated as bathrooms to be used by children. There were multiple ceiling tiles above the designated classroom areas which were damaged.”
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8VAC20-780-550-A
The inspectors’ words, 99 words
“The center shall have a written emergency preparedness plan that addresses staff responsibility and facility readiness with respect to emergency evacuation and relocation, shelter-in-place, and lockdown. The plan, which shall be developed in consultation with local or state authorities, shall include the most likely to occur emergency scenario or scenarios, including fire, severe storms, loss of utilities, natural disaster, chemical spills, intruder, violence at or near the center, terrorism specific to the locality, and other situations, including facility damage that requires evacuation, lockdown, or shelter-in-place. The center did not have a completed emergency preparedness plan with all required information.”
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8VAC20-780-550-I
“Centers are required to post 911 or local dial number for police, fire and emergency medical services, and the number of the regional poison control center in a visible place at each telephone. The center did not have the required emergency numbers posted in the center.”
All 7 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Feb 9, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| May 5, 2025 | Inspection | 12 violations cited |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Aug 26, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 2 months - 8 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 45 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 171 child care providers in the City of Alexandria, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 33.
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 |
|---|---|
| Reaching For Las Estrellas Academy This child care provider | 33 |
| The Campagna Center - Douglas MacArthur | 4 |
| Church of Saint Clement | 4 |
| Westminster Weekday Preschool | 0 |
| Fairlington Preschool | 10 |
| Agudas Achim Congregation | 5 |
| The Campagna Center (Alexandria City High School) | 10 |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Washigton at First Assembly of God | 51 |
| Alganesh Tekie | 10 |
| Matteo’s Place Montessori Bilingual Preschool | 6 |
| Tierra Encantada Ford dba Alexandria Day Care | 31 |
| Feathers Bilingual Academy LLC | 7 |
| Sajida Rashid | 0 |
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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