Multiple teachers at Creative Learning Lab Academy tell WPTV they didn’t receive legally required background checks before they started working with children as young as Kindergarten.
The Florida Department of Children and Families said it is still working to get our news team information about any possible investigation or regulatory action against the school’s owners for more than a month. Our news team previously discovered the school wasn’t paying teachers on time, which led the school to close and then reopen within a 24-hour period. The school, according to a letter WPTV obtained, shows that the school officials closed earlier in October.
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Teachers report no background checks at this Fort Pierce school
State law requires teachers and any other school employee to get a level two background investigation. Those investigations include sending fingerprints to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which did tell WPTV it had some prints on file for the Fort Pierce private school. However, multiple employees told WPTV they didn’t receive any background checks before entering the school even though offer letters said a successful “background screening” was required for employment…