Despite hundreds of complaints like those, only six of the Metro area's 640 licensed child care centers are facing probationary action. Naturally, NEWS 4 wanted to know why so many complaints had not seen action by the State. If a child care center's record is clean, by law, an inspector need only visit as little as once in a three year period. The Director of the Division of Child Care admits violations can be missed. We cannot be there everyday.
Parents are there.
They need to let us know. Patty Goeke trusted a child care center with her daughter, Nicole. Nicole had fractured her foot, but Patty says that the director of the center refused to allow the workers to call her. Patty told us of how her daughter suffered for hours until a worker secretly left the center and called her. My husband stops by, or my parents or sister.