Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Respondent: LEARNING BRIDGE ACADEMY, LLC, D/B/A LEARNING BRIDGE ACADEMY, LLC
Judges: E. GARY EARLY
Agency: Department of Children and Family Services
Locations: Daytona Beach, Florida
Filed: Sep. 20, 2019
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, November 21, 2019.
Latest Update: Dec. 23, 2024
STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
To: Learning Bridge Academy LLC Certified Mail: 7012 3460 0002 3970 3201
d/bia Learning Bridge Academy LLC Receipt Requested
1396 Enterprise Osteen Rd
Deltona, FL 32725
Case# 2019-C07V00231-1
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED the Department has imposed a Civil Penalty in the amount of Fifty
Dollars ($50.00). The Department’s authority and grounds to impose this sanction are explained below:
41. The Department of Children and Families is authorized by section 402.310, Florida Statutes, to
sanction Learning Bridge Academy LLC d/b/a Learning Bridge Academy LLC for violations of child care
licensing standards in sections 402.301 — 402.319, Florida Statutes, and chapter 65C-22, Florida
Administrative Code.
2. Learning Bridge Academy LLC is licensed under chapter 402, Florida Statutes, and chapter
65C-22, Florida Administrative Code, to operate a child care facility known as Learning Bridge Academy
LLC. License # C07VO00231 located at 2411 E Graves Ave, Orange City, FL 32763. The facility's license is
currently a Regular License.
3. During a Complaint Investigation on June 25, 2019 Licensing Counselor Jessica Bevilacqua,
determined that:
Supervision of children in the five-year (5) old aroun was inadequate in that two (2) children I.B. and -
R.H. were not in direct eye sight of the teacher on the playground. In an incident from May 20, 2019, )
two (2) children on the playground were not being observed or directly supervised. The teacher S.P.,
after repositioning herself, informed the children I.B. and R.H. of their inappropriate actions and
reported to the Director. The teacher S.P. involved in this event is no longer employed by this facility.
4. The foregoing facts violate CCF Handbook, Section 2.4.1 (A) which states: Personnel must
position themselves in the outdoor play area so that all children can be observed and directly supervised.
5. The violation described above is a Class Il violation of child care licensing standards. It is the
facility's second (2"*) Class Il violation of Child Care Facility Standards Classifications Summary # 04-01
Supervision within a two-year period. The same was previously cited on December 12, 2018. The fine
imposed for this violation is Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
If you do not wish to contest the findings of this administrative complaint, please submit a ceshier's check or
money order made payable to the Florida Department of Children and Families, Child Care Regulation
Office, P.O. Box 2417, Jacksonville, FL 32231.
RIGHT TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
IF YOU BELIEVE THE PROPOSED ACTION DESCRIBED IN THIS
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT IS IN ERROR, YOU MAY REQUEST AN
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENCLOSED
“NOTIFICATION OF RIGHTS UNDER CHAPTER 120, FLORIDA STATUTES”
NOTIFICATION OF RIGHTS UNDER CHAPTER 120, FLORIDA STATUTES
IF YOU BELIEVE THE DEPARTMENT'S DECISION IS IN ERROR, YOU MAY
REQUEST AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING UNDER SECTIONS 120.569 AND
120.57, FLORIDA STATUTES, TO CONTEST THE DECISION. YOUR REQUEST
FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT
BY 5:00, P.M., NO LATER THAN 21 CALENDAR DAYS AFTER YOU RECEIVED
NOTICE OF THE DEPARTMENT’S DECISION.
You must submit your request for an administrative hearing to the Department at the
following addresses:
Jane Almy-Loewinger
Assistant Regional Counsel
Department of Children & Families
210 N. Palmetto Ave Sulte 447
Daytona Beach, FL. 32114
IF YOUR REQUEST FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING IS NOT RECEIVED BY
THE DEPARTMENT BY THE ABOVE DEADLINE, YOU WILL HAVE WAIVED YOUR
RIGHTS TO A HEARING AND THE DEPARTMENT’S PROPOSED ACTION WILL BE
FINAL.
If you disagree with the facts stated in the Department's decision, you may request a
formal administrative hearing under section 120.57(1), Florida Statutes. At a formal
hearing, you may present evidence and arguments on all issues involved, and question
the witnesses called by the Department.
If you do not disagree with the facts stated in the notice, you may request an informal
administrative hearing under section 120.57(2), Florida Statutes. At an informal hearing,
you may present your argument or a written statement for consideration by the
Department.
Whether you requesting a formal hearing or an informal hearing, your request for an
administrative hearing must meet the requirements of Rule 28-106.201(2) or Rule 28-
106.301(2), Florida Administrative Code. In either event, your request for an
administrative hearing must:
1. Include a copy of the decision received from the Department;
2. Be prepared legibly on 8% by 11 inch white paper, and
3. Include all of the following items:
(a) The Department's file or identification number, if known;
(b) Your name, address, email address (if any) and telephone
number and the name, address, email address ( if any) and
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telephone number of your representative, if any;
(c) An explanation of how your rights or interests will be affected
by the action described in the notice of the Department's
decision;
(d) A statement of when and how you received notice of the
Department's decision;
(e) A statement of all facts in the notice of the Department's
decision with which you disagree. If you do not disagree
with any of the facts stated in the notice, you must say so;
(f) A statement of the facts you believe justify a change in the
Department's decision;
(g) A statement of the specific rules or statutes you believe
require reversal or modification of the Department's
proposed action;
(h) A statement explaining how the facts you have alleged
above relate to the specific rules or statutes you have
identified above; and
(i) A statement of the relief you want, including precisely the
action you want the Department to take.
Section 120.569(2)(c), Florida Statutes, requires the Department to dismiss your
request for hearing if it is not in substantial compliance with the requirements above.
Mediation as described in section 120.573, Florida Statutes, is not available. However,
other forms of mediation or informal dispute resolution may be available after a timely
request for an administrative hearing has been received, if agreed to by all parties, and
on such terms as agreed to by all parties. The right to an administrative proceeding is
not affected when mediation or informal dispute resolution does not result in a
settlement.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
| HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been furnished by certified mail return
receipt no 7012 3460 0002 3970 3201 to Learning Bridge Academy LLC d/b/a Learning Bridge Academy
LLC, 1396 Enterprise Osteen Rd, Deltona, FL 32725 this a lay of August 2019.
Mala Ramoutar, CPM
NER Safety Program Manager
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Docket for Case No: 19-005092
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Nov. 25, 2019 |
Transmittal letter from Claudia Llado forwarding Petitioner's Proposed Exhibits to the agency.
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Nov. 21, 2019 |
Order Relinquishing Jurisdiction and Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Nov. 20, 2019 |
Petitioner's Notice of Case Settlement filed.
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Nov. 18, 2019 |
Petitioner's Proposed Exhibits filed (exhibits not available for viewing). |
Nov. 14, 2019 |
Respondent's Witness List filed.
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Nov. 07, 2019 |
Notice of Filing Petitioner's Exhibits filed.
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Nov. 07, 2019 |
Petitioner's Witness List filed.
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Oct. 01, 2019 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Oct. 01, 2019 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for November 25, 2019; 9:30 a.m.; Daytona Beach and Tallahassee, FL).
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Sep. 30, 2019 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Sep. 23, 2019 |
Initial Order.
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Sep. 20, 2019 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Sep. 20, 2019 |
Request for Formal Administrative Hearing Pursuant to Fl. St. 120.57(1) filed.
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Sep. 20, 2019 |
Notice (of Agency referral) filed.
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Petitioner's Proposed Exhibits filed (exhibits not available for viewing). |