CHESTER, Va. — A Virginia daycare agreed to cease operations on August 31 after the state took action to revoke its religious exemption following multiple safety violations, but they will be allowed to apply for a new exemption in December.
Fortress of God, a daycare on West Hundred Road in Chester, forfeited its religious exemption in a consent agreement signed this month between owner Monique Ede and state officials.
The action comes after a February incident where drivers rescued a 3-year-old boy from the daycare from a busy nearby road, along with several other violations…