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and not for the staff to take attendance. Ms. Torrence also informed us that she did not
.contact the proper authorities about the incident with Child A.
Interview with Tandra'MilIer at Educare Early Childhood Center on February 8, .
2012:
Ms. Mille~ arnvedat work (Educare) at 8:45am on February 7,2012. Ms. Miller said
that she saw Child A in the classroom around 9:45am but wasn't certain of the exact
time .. Shealso ~ted thatshe saw Child A putting on her coat to go outside. She said
Ms. Wren took the children. outside and she knows it was more than 8 children but was
not sure of the exact number. She couldn't recall what kind of coat or what kind of
clothes Child A was wearing. She said that she does not keep attendance .
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After the interview with Ms. Miller, Caron Ahlemeyer and T asked Ms. Torrence to
physically fasten all 13 seat belts in the vans used to transport children while we
observed .. In the van with license plate # V C8-T7C, four of the thirteen seat belts did not
latch. Two seat belts in the fourth row-last seat in the van (both located on the driver's
side) did not latch. The other two seat beltS that did not latch were in the first seat
directly behind the driver and directly behind the passenger seat (next to the aisle) ..
In the van with license plate #004 H2R, six seat belts did not fasten. In the fourth row
three of the seat belts did not fasten, one did fasten. In the first, second, and third row
one seat belt did not fasten in each row. All three of these seat belts were located next to .
the aisle behind, the passenger seat
February 8, 2012, at 4: 10pm, CCFS Ahlemeyer and CCFS Wallace observed Jubril
Hassan and Angela Marbley walk into the building with 15 children. Jubril Hassan had
driven these children in the facility van and Angela Marbley was the assistant monitor.
Ms •.Marbley stated she sat in the front row passenger seat .The van used to transport the
children was the van with license plate DC8 T7C, with only 10 seats with working seat
...beltS .. After_allchildren w~re-br(mghtinsid.e,CCFS.Ahleme-y.eLand_CCE~LW all~~~_
observed the van with two booster seats in place; no seats came off the van with the
.children. The' munes and ~ges-of each child, transported. on the van althat time were
documented. Ages of the children were two3;.years-old, two 4-years-old, four 5-years~
old, thr~e6-years:-old, two 7-years-old, one 8':'years-old,andone9-years-old. This
required thattwo children be in car seats and eleven children be iIi booster seats. Ms.
Marbleystatedthat she remembered buckling a few chijdrenin but aftet the first few she
wouldjlist helplhemin to the car and tell them to buckle themselves in.
Both vehicles were observed to be dirtY with food products atldtrash overflowing,in the
vans. Both vans also had tom seats.
While at the faCility, Caron Ahlemeyer asked Angela Marbley-Hillto show her how to
'properly install a car seat in the van. Ms. Marbleyproperly installed tlleqar seat. Ms.
Marbley-Hill informed us that she is a van driver and that she does transport the children.