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GoldenRod
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Daycare Building Closes With Baby Inside
Oct 11, 8:31 PM (ET)
DALLAS (AP) - A woman arrived at her child's daycare center to find the building closed with her 14-month-old daughter locked inside alone, authorities said.
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services and Dallas police are investigating how the girl was left alone for nearly two hours Tuesday night. She was asleep in a high chair and was not injured, according to state officials.
"I was so upset," said the girl's mother, Ashley Hunter. "I was never going to put my child in day care. She had only been there three weeks."
Hunter said she couldn't get past the gate blocking the driveway at L&S Early Childhood Learning Academy and called police. Rescue workers broke the door to get the girl, according to a police report.
Spokeswoman Marissa Gonzales said Family and Protective Services, which licenses child-care centers, has not determined whether it will take action against the center.
Depending on the agency's findings, sanctions might include temporarily closing the center, revoking its permit or excluding the responsible caregivers from working with children there, she said.
Shirley Ray, the center's owner, could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
The police report said the owners told police the last person left the facility at 6 p.m. and did not realize the child was still there.
Dallas police Sgt. Brenda Nichols said Wednesday that police hadn't decided whether to file criminal charges.
"It appears that it was just a communication breakdown in that nobody realized that that child was still there," Nichols said.
At a different daycare business that operated in the same building, an 8-month-old boy died in 2003 from heat exposure after being left in a vehicle. The state closed that center. Gonzales said the center has new owners and operates under a different name.
L&S has been cited for six violations since February 2006, including record-keeping violations, using prohibited bumper pads and comforters in infants' cribs, and employing a caregiver without CPR or first-aid training.
One parent said the center's owners gave a good explanation for Tuesday night's mishap.
"That was just a big misunderstanding," said Joe Thomas, whose 3-year-old daughter attends the center. "These are good people, and that was an honest mistake."
How could you lose track of how many kids are there, and where they are? Plus, there have been six other major violations in the last year..... and they are still allowed to operate! 
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Re: Daycare Building Closes With Baby Inside
Center should be shut down OR the caregivers of that room should be fired immediatley!
There is NO excuse!
SHAME on them!
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| Posted 10/13/07 8:56 AM |
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Dragonfly75
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Re: Daycare Building Closes With Baby Inside
"That was just a big misunderstanding," said Joe Thomas, whose 3-year-old daughter attends the center. "These are good people, and that was an honest mistake."
Are you kidding me????? This is a baby, not a poodle! I can't believe a parent would say this. I would be pulling my kid out of that center so fast.
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| Posted 10/13/07 1:20 PM |
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lmb03
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Re: Daycare Building Closes With Baby Inside
"just a communication breakdown"
OMG Are you kidding me?
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| Posted 10/13/07 1:22 PM |
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GenLCSW
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Re: Daycare Building Closes With Baby Inside
 That is horrible!!!
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| Posted 10/13/07 2:15 PM |
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Maathy317
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Re: Daycare Building Closes With Baby Inside
Posted by Dragonfly75
"That was just a big misunderstanding," said Joe Thomas, whose 3-year-old daughter attends the center. "These are good people, and that was an honest mistake."
Are you kidding me????? This is a baby, not a poodle! I can't believe a parent would say this. I would be pulling my kid out of that center so fast.
I'm sure he would have something else to say if it was his daughter left inside. This place needs to be shut down immediately.
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| Posted 10/13/07 2:23 PM |
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2BEANS
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Re: Daycare Building Closes With Baby Inside
How did they not notice a child in a high chair??? Its not like she was hiding and maybe they just forgot that she wasnt picked up... she was in sight wasnt she.. HIGHCHAIR>>>>
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| Posted 10/13/07 2:42 PM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Daycare Building Closes With Baby Inside
Completely unacceptable. They absolutely need to shut this down.
Keeping track of how many kids you have in the center should be one of the most important things a daycare does.
My daycare has no less than 3 logs of who is in the building - one computerized, one I need to sign in/out & one at the front desk that the receptionist keeps track.
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| Posted 10/13/07 4:42 PM |
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pmpkn087
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Re: Daycare Building Closes With Baby Inside
OK, how in God's name is it an "honest mistake" to leave a kid in the high chair
They found her sleeping in the chair. That's ridiculous. For all they know, the child could have been crying most of the time. Also, they don't check to see if there are still chindren there?
Thank goodness she is OK and didn't fall out or tip the chair over.
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| Posted 10/13/07 7:55 PM |
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sassrph
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