Primrose School at Cahoon Commons
A child day center in Chesapeake, Virginia 23322
660 Grassfield Pkwy, Chesapeake, Virginia 23322. (757) 842-6589.
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The short answer
- 10 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 92026 the latest visit on record
- 201 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 Sep 9, 2026.
10 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
10 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Jun 16, 2026: complaint inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-340-A
The inspectors’ words, 144 words
“When staff are supervising children, they shall always ensure their care and protection. Multiple staff stated they observed staff 1 feed and pat infants in a forceful manner as well as fail to follow safe sleep protocols. 1. Staff observed infants crying and turning their heads while staff 1 “shoved the bottle in a child’s mouth,” not allowing the child time to adjust. 2. Staff stated that staff 1 was observed patting children on the back, while burping and during nap in a manner described as “a little hard,” “forceful” and “too hard for the age of the child.” 3. Staff stated that staff 1 placed infants in cribs to rest on their stomach. When infants, who were on their stomach, lifted their head up, staff 1 used her hand to “push the child’s head down and continued to hold the child’s head down.””
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8VAC20-780-370-1
“When an infant is placed in his crib, he shall be placed on his back (supine). Multiple staff stated that staff 1 placed infants in cribs to rest on their stomachs.”
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8VAC20-780-500-A
“Staff shall wash their hands with soap and running water after a diaper change. Multiple staff stated they had observed staff 1 fail to wash her hands after changing an infant’s diaper on multiple occasions.”
Jan 14, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection4 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. The most recent immunizations on file for child 2 were administered on 03/27/2024. Updated immunizations were not obtained once every six months when child 2 was under the age of two years.”
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Areas of the center shall be maintained in a safe condition. A case containing a pair of wireless Airpod ear buds was observed in an accessible storage unit located inside of the bathroom between the two-year old classrooms. These are a choking hazard and pose potential injury from the lithium-ion battery if swallowed.”
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8VAC20-780-510-G
“Medication shall be labeled with the child’s name. An over-the-counter medication for child 1 was not labeled with the child’s name on the box containing the medication.”
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8VAC20-780-510-P
“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 A medication with an authorization that expired more than 120 days from the date of the inspection has not been disposed of or returned to the parent.”
Oct 29, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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22.1-289.011-F
“Certain documents required by the Superintendent shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. The findings of the most recent inspection of the facility. The findings from the most recent inspection, conducted on July 1, 2025, were not posted.”
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8VAC20-780-160-B
“The documentation of the screening for tuberculosis shall include the results of the negative tuberculin skin test and be signed by a physician, physician’s designee or an official of the local health department. The TB skin test for staff 1 did not include the results or signature of a physician or designee.”
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8VAC20-780-500-A
“Staff shall wash their hands with soap and running water after a diaper change. Staff 1 did not wash her hands after changing the diaper of child 1 at approximately 10:10 am.”
All 11 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Complaint inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 14, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 1, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Feb 4, 2028.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 201 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has Virginia acted against it?
- 6 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 2, 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 121 child care providers in the City of Chesapeake, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 13; this one had 10.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Primrose School at Cahoon Commons This child care provider | 10 |
| KINDERCARE EDUCATION - GREAT BRIDGE | 17 |
| La Petite Academy #7135 | 15 |
| Just Beginning Day Care | 29 |
| Messiah United Methodist Church | Not given |
| Centerville Baptist Church | Not given |
| Great Bridge Presbyterian Church | Not given |
| THE YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS-BUTTS ROAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL | 48 |
| YMCA School Age Child Care-Cedar Road Elementary | 59 |
| The YMCA of South Hampton Roads--Great Bridge Intermediate | 36 |
| YMCA School Age Child Care at Southeastern Elementary | 44 |
| Great Bridge Freewill Baptist Church | 5 |
| The Goddard School (Chesapeake) | 1 |
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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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