Officials in Kentucky are monitoring a day care center after an investigation found employees required children to be hit before they could get a snack.
According to an Office of Inspector General report, two male workers at New Creation Childcare in Lexington made children line up and get hit on the legs or hands with a ruler to get some yogurt. At least two children had noticeable bruising as a result of playing “smack for a snack.”
Police cited one of the employees for assault.
Officials also found the day care’s storefront window shattered. Staff said one child had knocked another into the glass.
A state inspector also found that one woman was looking after 27 school-age children, 12 more than permitted under state staff-to-child ratios.
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services spokeswoman Beth Fisher said during the investigation, New Creation was placed under intermediate sanctions that called for increased monitoring.
A division of the Office of Inspector General is currently monitoring the facility to assure compliance with the intermediate sanctions agreement. Source: AP
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