Music Theory Studios
A child day center in Norfolk, Virginia 23502
4850 Brookside Court, Suite 300, Norfolk, Virginia 23502. (757) 961-6202.
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The short answer
- 9 deficiencies in the last three years
- Aug 52026 the latest visit on record
- 32 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?
3 inspections on record, the latest on Aug 5, 2026.
9 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
9 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Aug 5, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection6 deficiencies
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22.1-289.011-F
“The results of the last inspection is required by the Superintendent to be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. The center did not have the results of the last inspection posted on the premises.”
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“Staff are required to submit the results of a fingerprinting. Staff #1, #2, #3 #4 and #5 did not have documentation of the results of a fingerprinting.”
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Each staff member and individual from an independent contractor shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening. Staff #5 did not have documentation of having a tuberculosis screening.”
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Hazardous substances shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. There were multiple air fresheners on the floor and counters in the children’s bathrooms.”
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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 at least 2 emergency contacts. Child #1, #2 and #3 had 1 of the 2 required emergency contacts in their record.”
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A written agreement between the parent and the center shall be in each child’s record by the first day of the child’s attendance to include an authorization for emergency medical care, statement that the center will notify the parent when the child becomes ill and will report any communicable disease within 24 hours.
“The center’s written agreements did not include a statement about the center’s ill pick-up and communicable disease requirement.”
Mar 5, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Hazardous substances shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. There were plug-in air fresheners in the outlets in the bathrooms and disinfectant wipes on the table in the kitchenette area.”
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8VAC20-780-540-C
“First aid kits shall have all required components. The center’s first aid kit did not contain more than 1 triangular bandage, antiseptic and a working thermometer.”
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8VAC20-780-540-D
“The center shall have all required emergency supplies. The center did not have a working, battery-operated radio.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Sep 15, 2028.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 7 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 32 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?
- 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 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 143 child care providers in the City of Norfolk, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 13; this one had 9.
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 |
|---|---|
| Music Theory Studios This child care provider | 9 |
| St. Peters Episcopal Church | Not given |
| THE YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS-INGLESIDE ELEMENTARY | 20 |
| Norfolk Montessori Academy | 13 |
| All About Children | 17 |
| Blue Ribbon Results Academy | 28 |
| All About Children Learning Center | 23 |
| Valerie Knight | 10 |
| Jewel Jones | 29 |
| The Academy of Learning | 10 |
| Mini Miracles Learning Center 2 Inc. | 10 |
| Portia Burston | 11 |
| Tia’s Precious Love Childcare Center | 24 |
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.
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 2, 2026.
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