CHESTER, Va. – A Chester, Virginia, daycare where a child was found wandering in a busy road last month is contesting the state’s attempt to revoke its religious exemption which allows it to operate.
The Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS) cited Fortress of God Childcare for violations after a 17-year-old employee was left alone to supervise four children ages 3 to 5 on Feb. 21. During that time, the 17 year old left the kids alone for 6 minutes and one child escaped the facility and got onto West Hundred Road.
Four days later, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) notified the daycare’s administrator of its intent to revoke the religious exemption that allows the facility to operate. A religious exemption is required for religious childcare centers in the state…