Chesapeake parents have just a few days to find a new daycare after learning Childtime daycare will be closing Friday, August 23.
The center has been hit with several violations in the last few years, putting their operating license in doubt.
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News 3 looked at the daycare’s record with the department of social services and found they were issued several violations over a five-month period this year.
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Those violations include the daycare not conducting a proper background check for an employee and repeat violations of children left unsupervised.
An inspection record obtained by News 3 also showed complaints of a parent not being properly notified of their child’s injury.
State violations say on a few occasions the daycare didn’t have enough staff to supervise all the children.