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McLean Children’s Academy, Inc.

A child day center in Mc Lean, Virginia 22101

6900 Elm Street, Mc Lean, Virginia 22101. (703) 749-7981.

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The short answer

The last 24 months 5 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Every month

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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 Aug 25, 2026.

5 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

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

5 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.

Aug 25, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
  • Each staff member and individual from an independent contractor shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening. The documentation shall have been completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment and be signed by a physician, physician’s designee, or an official of the local health department.

    “Staff #3, hired July 13 2026, tuberculosis documentation is dated March 2 2025. The center is 7 weeks out of compliance.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-160-A.

Aug 12, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
  • At least every two years from the date of the first initial screening or testing, or more frequently as if recommended by a licensed physician or the local health department, staff members and individuals from independent contractors shall obtain and submit the results of a follow-up tuberculosis screening.

    “The center did not obtain results from Staff #2 of a follow-up tuberculosis screening every two years from the date of the first screening. The center is 3 months and 3 weeks out of compliance.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-160-C.

Dec 4, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
  • The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.

    “Staff #5, employed for more than 16 months, did not have documentation or requesting a central registry check from two states.”

    Rule 22.1-289.035-B-4.

May 10, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Based on staff record review, the center did not ensure that all staff have submitted the results of a follow up tuberculosis screening or test at least every two years from the date of the initial screening.

    “Evidence: 2 of 3 staffing records did not have updated Tuberculosis documentation. Staff #2 last documented date of test or screening is March 31, 2022. Staff #3 last documented date of test or screening is August 7 2021.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-160-C.

  • Based on observation, the center did not ensure that emergency evacuation and shelter-in-place maps are posted on each floor of each building.

    “Evidence: There is not an evacuation route map posted in the basement of the center.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-550-C.

Sep 29, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Based on observation, the center did not ensure that hazardous substances are kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.

    “Evidence: Cleaning spray bottles were stored in a room that children are not regularly in. The room is not locked and can be opened. The cleaning supplies were stored approximately 8 feet from the ground. The requirement is that all cleaning supplies are in a locked area.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-280-B.

  • Based on observation, the center did not ensure that cleaning materials are not located about utensils or single-service articles.

    “Evidence: The cleaning supplies were stored about boxes of single use spoons.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-280-D.

Dec 5, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
  • Based on a review of children’s records, the center failed to obtain all required documents for each child enrolled.

    “Evidence: - Child #2, #3 and #5’s records do not contain documentation of the work phone number of each parent with custody of the child. - Child # 2, #4 and #5’s records do not contain documentation of persons, other than parents, who are authorized to pick up child.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-60-A.

May 2, 2022: inspection10 deficiencies
  • Based on review of staff records, the center failed to ensure that staff shall complete annually a minimum of 16 hours of training appropriate to the age of children in care.

    “Evidence: Staff member s #3 and #5’s records do not contain documentation of training hours.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-245-A.

  • Based on a review of staff records, the center failed to ensure that 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/.

    “Evidence: There was no documentation in any staff record of Daily Health Observation training.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-245-L.

  • Based on review of center record, the center failed to obtain annual approval from the health department for meeting requirements for food service.

    “Evidence: The center did not have documentation of an annual report related to food service.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-260-B.

  • Based on inspection of the center, the center failed to maintain areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside in a clean safe and operable condition.

    “Evidence: In a portion of the fence, there are nails and on the playground equipment there is visible cracks that could endanger children.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-270-A.

  • Based on observation, the center failed to ensure that hazardous substances shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.

    “Evidence: In the upstairs class room there were two containers of hand sanitzer marked “keep out of reach of children. On the first floor, there was a can of Lysol in the cabinet above the sink. On the basement level there was Lysol wipes on the shelf.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-280-B.

  • Based on interviews the center failed to develop a written playground safety procedure that provided for active supervision by staff to include positioning of staff in strategic locations scanning play activities and circulating among children.

    “Evidence: The center does not have a written playground safety proceduires.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-40-N.

  • Based on observation, the center tailed to ensure that a first aid kit shall be on each floor of the building used by the children.

    “Evidence: There was no first aid kit on the second floor or on the basement level.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-540-A.

  • 8VAC20-780-550-A

    The inspectors’ words, 91 words

    “Based on interview and observation, the center failed to obtain 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.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-550-A.

  • 8VAC20-780-560-F

    “Based on review of menu, the center failed to follow the most age-appropriate nutritional requirements of the Child and Adult Care Food Program of the United States Department of Agriculture.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-560-F.

  • Based on a review of children’s records, the center did not obtain/maintain all required documents for each child enrolled.

    “Evidence: Child,#1, #2, #3, #4 and #5’s records do not contain the sex of the child. Child #1’s records do not contain documentation of addresses for emergency contacts. Child #2’s record does not contain documentation of of annual record review. Child #4’s record does not contain documentation of a work phone number for one parents or documentation that proof of ID was viewed by staff.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-60-A.

Dec 21, 2021: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Based on a review of staff records, the center failed to ensure that staff obtain documentation of Recognizing child abuse and neglect and the legal requirements for reporting suspected child abuse as required by 63.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia.

    “Evidence: Staff #1’s record does not contain documentation of completion of Recognizing Child Abuse and Neglect.”

    Rule 22VAC40-185-240-A.

  • Based on a review of records, the center failed to obtain a central registry finding within 30 days of employment.

    “Evidence: Staff member #1’s record does not include documentation of a central registry finding within 30 days of employment. The staff member first day of employment was 09/22/2021. Staff member #2’s record does not include documentation of a central registry finding within 30 days of employment. The staff member first day of employment was 11/09/2021.”

    Rule 8VAC20-770-60-C-2.

All 11 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 25, 2026Inspection1 violation cited
Mar 18, 2026InspectionNo violations cited
Aug 12, 2025Inspection1 violation cited
Mar 31, 2025InspectionNo violations cited
Dec 4, 2024Inspection1 violation cited
May 10, 2024Inspection2 violations cited
Sep 29, 2023Inspection2 violations cited
Jun 1, 2023InspectionNo violations cited
Dec 5, 2022Inspection1 violation cited
May 2, 2022Inspection10 violations cited
Dec 21, 2021Inspection2 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Jan 25, 2027.
  • Ages: 2 years - 12 years 11 months.
  • Capacity: 30 children.
Source:

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.

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?

  • Comparisons appear once all of Fairfax County’s providers are read.
Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.

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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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