Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 1
- Local median
- 0.52
The Village Preschool
101 Matthew Blvd, Destin, FL 32541
- License:
- C01OK0142
- Type:
- Child Care Facility
- Status:
- Licensed
- Records checked:
- July 14, 2026
Additional info
- Programs and services:
- School Readiness, VPK, Food Served, Full Day, Infant Care
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri: 7:30AM to 5:30PM; Sat-Sun: Closed
- Capacity:
- 170
- License expiration:
- August 31, 2026
Typical cost: $1,127 - $1,170 (Under 1)
Child’s age
$1,127 - $1,170/mo
Median daily rate: $52.00 - $54.00
Official Florida Division of Early Learning Okaloosa County data.
Not this provider’s price.
Inspection snapshot
Questions worth asking
The available records raise questions worth asking before enrolling.
Next: Review the inspection history below and ask the provider what the records mean and what changed afterward.
Latest inspectionJune 23, 2026
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsDecember 3, 2025
Summary
This summary covers 20 available inspections for The Village Preschool from April 5, 2023 through June 23, 2026.
Nine inspections recorded violations, with 20 recorded violations in total.
The most recent recorded violation was on June 23, 2026 and involved staff training, with a due date of July 23, 2026.
Hazardous access was a higher-concern topic that showed up in one inspection.
The available reports do not include a later inspection with no recorded violations after that violation.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 20
- Recorded violations
- 20
- Higher-concern violations
- 1
- Repeated topics
- 4
7 in last 12 months
15 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
20 total inspections vs 10 local median in 32541
Compared to 9 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 5%
- Local median
- 7%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 45%
- Local median
- 33%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 4
- Local average
- 0.89
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
Health or food records
Appeared across 3 inspections, with 5 recorded violations.
June 25, 2024August 13, 2025August 25, 2025Staff training
Appeared across 3 inspections, with 7 recorded violations.
April 9, 2026May 18, 2026June 23, 2026Emergency preparedness
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 5 recorded violations.
August 28, 2024August 13, 2025Recordkeeping
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 2 recorded violations.
December 5, 2024January 6, 2025Inspection history
Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- Child care personnel including volunteers who work 10 hours or more per month did not complete the 40 hour Introductory Child Care Training requirement. CCF Handbook Section 4.2.1
- Report comments
- Child care personnel including volunteers who work 10 hours or more per month did not complete the 40 hour Introductory Child Care
- Correction status
- Due by July 23, 2026
More details
- Report section
- TRAINING - 33 - Training Requirements
- Official code
- 33-01
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- Child Care personnel, returning to the industry and who were in compliance with training requirements when they left the industry, did not complete new mandated training within 90 days of employment. CCF Handbook, Section 4.3, A Training [SR]
- Correction / follow-up note
- Child Care personnel, returning to the industry and who were in compliance with training requirements when they left the industry, did not complete new mandated training within 90 days of employment. Please ensure that you complete the training and submit your results via email to the licensing office by July 23, 2026. DCF Handbook, Section 4.3, A In the event an individual leaves the child care industry in compliance with training requirements and returns to the industry either at the same or a different child care facility, he or she will be given 90 days to comply with any new training requirements established during the gap in employment in the child care industry.
- Correction status
- Due by July 23, 2026
More details
- Report section
- TRAINING - 33 - Training Requirements
- Official code
- 33-04
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- Child care personnel including volunteers who work 10 hours or more per month did not complete the 40 hour Introductory Child Care Training requirement. CCF Handbook Section 4.2.1
- Report comments
- Child care personnel including volunteers who work 10 hours or more per month did not complete the 40 hour Introductory Child Care
- Correction status
- Due by June 18, 2026
More details
- Report section
- TRAINING - 33 - Training Requirements
- Official code
- 33-01
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- Child Care personnel, returning to the industry and who were in compliance with training requirements when they left the industry, did not complete new mandated training within 90 days of employment. CCF Handbook, Section 4.3, A Training [SR]
- Correction / follow-up note
- Child Care personnel, returning to the industry and who were in compliance with training requirements when they left the industry, did not complete new mandated training within 90 days of employment. Please ensure that you complete the training and submit your results via email to the licensing office by June 18, 2026. DCF Handbook, Section 4.3, A In the event an individual leaves the child care industry in compliance with training requirements and returns to the industry either at the same or a different child care facility, he or she will be given 90 days to comply with any new training requirements established during the gap in employment in the child care industry.
- Correction status
- Due by June 18, 2026
More details
- Report section
- TRAINING - 33 - Training Requirements
- Official code
- 33-04
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- Child care personnel including volunteers who work 10 hours or more per month did not complete the 40 hour Introductory Child Care Training requirement. CCF Handbook Section 4.2.1
- Report comments
- Child care personnel including volunteers who work 10 hours or more per month did not complete the 40 hour Introductory Child Care
- Correction status
- Due by May 9, 2026
More details
- Report section
- TRAINING - 33 - Training Requirements
- Official code
- 33-01
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- Child Care personnel, returning to the industry and who were in compliance with training requirements when they left the industry, did not complete new mandated training within 90 days of employment. CCF Handbook, Section 4.3, A Training [SR]
- Correction / follow-up note
- Child Care personnel, returning to the industry and who were in compliance with training requirements when they left the industry, did not complete new mandated training within 90 days of employment. Please ensure that you complete the training and submit your results via email to the licensing office by May 9, 2026. DCF Handbook, Section 4.3, A In the event an individual leaves the child care industry in compliance with training requirements and returns to the industry either at the same or a different child care facility, he or she will be given 90 days to comply with any new training requirements established during the gap in employment in the child care industry.
- Correction status
- Due by May 9, 2026
More details
- Report section
- TRAINING - 33 - Training Requirements
- Official code
- 33-04
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- The facility did not have documentation to show completion of a Department approved five-hour early literacy and language development course for child care personnel within 12 months of date of employment in child care industry and/or the early literacy course documentation was not uploaded in the Florida Pathways/Registry. CCF Handbook, Section 4.2.2 and 4.5, C
- Correction / follow-up note
- The facility did not have documentation to show completion of a Department approved five-hour early literacy and language development course for child care personnel within 12 months of date of employment in child care industry and/or the early literacy course documentation was not uploaded in the Florida Pathways/Registry. Please ensure that you complete the training and submit your results via email to the licensing office by May 9, 2026. DCF Handbook, Section 4.2.2 and 4.5, C Pursuant to Section 402.305(2)(e)5., F.S., all child care personnel must complete a single course of training in early literacy and language development of children ages birth through five years that ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by May 9, 2026
More details
- Report section
- TRAINING - 33 - Training Requirements
- Official code
- 33-06
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Health or food records
- Report finding
- The Florida Certificate of immunization was not acceptable in that: [ The form was not current (expired)]. CCF Handbook, Section 7.1 Record Keeping [SR]
- Report comments
- Per DCF Handbook, Section 7.1 (Section 2.1 Health and Safety, Page 3) The childcare facility is responsible for obtaining for each child in care a current, complete and properly executed Florida Certification of Immunization form Part A-1, B, or C, DH 680, which is incorporated by reference in 65C- 22.001(7)(o), F.A.C., or the Religious Exemption from Immunization form, DH 681, which is incorporated by reference in 65C-22.001(7)(p), F.A.C., from the custodial parent or legal guardian. DH Form 680 and DH Form 681 may be obtained from the local county health department. Specific immunization requirements are included and detailed in the most current edition of the Immunization ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by September 13, 2025
More details
- Report section
- RECORD KEEPING - 41 - Immunization Records
- Official code
- 41-02
Medium concern: Health or food records
- Report finding
- The Student Health Examination or equivalent health statement was not acceptable in that: [ It was not current (over two years old)]. CCF Handbook, Section 7.2 Record Keeping [SR]
- Report comments
- Per DCF Handbook, Section 7.2 (Section 2.1 Health and Safety, Page 3) The childcare facility is responsible for obtaining for each child in care a current, complete and properly executed Student Health Examination form DH 3040, which is incorporated by reference in 65C- 22.001(7)(q), F.A.C. and may be obtained from the local county health department, the parent or legal guardian, or a signed statement by authorized professionals that indicate the results of the components of the Student Health Examination form are included in the health examination. The Student Health Examination or the signed statement is valid for two years from the date the physical was performed. An up-to ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by September 13, 2025
More details
- Report section
- RECORD KEEPING - 42 - Student Health and Records
- Official code
- 42-02
Medium concern: Emergency preparedness
- Report finding
- The facility did not have documentation of a fire extinguisher being properly maintained to include being serviced and retagged timely, and/or with a current certificate. CCF Handbook, Section 3.8.2, B (Section 2.1 - Health and Safety, Page 3) Physical Environment [SR]
- Correction / follow-up note
- The facility did not have documentation of a fire extinguisher being properly maintained to include being serviced and retagged timely, and/or with a current certificate. Per DCF Handbook, Handbook, Section 3.8.2, B (Section 2.1 - Health and Safety, Page 3) Fire extinguishers with a minimum rating of 2A:10BC must be properly installed, serviced and maintained with current inspection tags at all times. Please schedule fire extinguishers to be serviced. Once completed send a photo via email to the licensing office by 9/13/25.
- Correction status
- Due by September 13, 2025
More details
- Report section
- PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - 23 - Fire Drills & Emergency Preparedness
- Official code
- 23-05
Medium concern: Emergency preparedness
- Report finding
- During the facilitys licensure year, fire drills utilizing the approved alarm system were not conducted monthly at various dates and times when children were in care [May-July 2025]. CCF Handbook, Section 3.8.4, A (Section 2.1 - Health and Safety, Page 3) Physical Environment [SR]
- Correction / follow-up note
- During the facilitys licensure year, fire drills utilizing the approved alarm system were not conducted monthly at various dates and times when children were in care May-July 2025. Please complete drills. Once completed send via email to the licensing office by 8/27/25 Per DCF Handbook, Section 3.8.4, A (Section 2.1 - Health and Safety, Page 3)During the facilitys license year, fire drills utilizing the alarm system, approved by the local fire authority, must be conducted monthly at various dates and times when children are in care.
- Correction status
- Due by August 27, 2025
More details
- Report section
- PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - 23 - Fire Drills & Emergency Preparedness
- Official code
- 23-06
Medium concern: Emergency preparedness
- Report finding
- Fire drills conducted during the licensure year did not include the following [weather or lockdown drills]. CCF Handbook, Section 3.8.4, C (Section 2.1 - Health and Safety, Page 3) Physical Environment [SR]
- Correction / follow-up note
- Fire drills conducted during the licensure year did not include the following weather or lockdown drills. Please complete drills. Once completed send via email to the licensing office by 8/27/25 A current attendance record and parent contact information must accompany child care personnel out of the building during a drill or actual evacuation and be used to account for all children. The operator must maintain a written record of the fire drills showing the date, number of children and child care personnel in attendance, evacuation route used, and time taken for all individuals to evacuate the premises. Each fire drill record must be maintained for a minimum of 12 months from ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by August 27, 2025
More details
- Report section
- PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - 23 - Fire Drills & Emergency Preparedness
- Official code
- 23-07
Medium concern: Emergency preparedness
- Report finding
- Emergency preparedness drills were not conducted when children were in care. CCF Handbook, Section 3.8.5, B (Section 2.1 - Health and Safety, Page 3) Physical Environment [SR]
- Correction / follow-up note
- Emergency preparedness drills were not conducted when children were in care. Please complete emergency preparedness drills. Once completed send via email to licensing office by 8/27/25. Per DCF Handbook, Section 3.8.5, B (Section 2.1 - Health and Safety, Page 3) Lockdown and inclement weather drills shall be conducted a minimum of one time each per operating year when children are in care and the documentation of these drills must be maintained for 12 months from the date of the drill. A lockdown or inclement weather drill may substitute for one monthly fire drill. Substitutions for fire drills may not occur more than three times within the licensure year. Documentation of th ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by August 27, 2025
More details
- Report section
- PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - 23 - Fire Drills & Emergency Preparedness
- Official code
- 23-15
Medium concern: Health or food records
- Report finding
- The Florida Certificate of immunization was not acceptable in that: [ The form was not current (expired)]. CCF Handbook, Section 7.1 (Section 2.1 Health and Safety, Page 3) Record Keeping [SR]
- Report comments
- Per DCF Handbook, Section 7.1 (Section 2.1 Health and Safety, Page 3)The child care facility is responsible for obtaining for each child in care a current, complete and properly executed Florida Certification of Immunization form Part A-1, B, or C, DH 680, which is incorporated by reference in 65C- 22.001(7)(o), F.A.C., or the Religious Exemption from Immunization form, DH 681, which is incorporated by reference in 65C-22.001(7)(p), F.A.C., from the custodial parent or legal guardian. DH Form 680 and DH Form 681 may be obtained from the local county health department. Specific immunization requirements are included and detailed in the most current edition of the Immunization ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by September 13, 2025
More details
- Report section
- RECORD KEEPING - 41 - Immunization Records
- Official code
- 41-02
Medium concern: Health or food records
- Report finding
- The Student Health Examination or equivalent health statement was not acceptable in that: [ It was not current (over two years old)]. CCF Handbook, Section 7.2 (Section 2.1 Health and Safety, Page 3) Record Keeping [SR]
- Report comments
- Per DCF Handbook, Section 7.2 (Section 2.1 Health and Safety, Page 3) The child care facility is responsible for obtaining for each child in care a current, complete and properly executed Student Health Examination form DH 3040, which is incorporated by reference in 65C-22.001(7)(q), F.A.C. and may be obtained from the local county health department, the parent or legal guardian, or a signed statement by authorized professionals that indicate the results of the components of the Student Health Examination form are included in the health examination. The Student Health Examination or the signed statement is valid for two years from the date the physical was performed. An up-to ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by September 13, 2025
More details
- Report section
- RECORD KEEPING - 42 - Student Health and Records
- Official code
- 42-02
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Low concern: Recordkeeping
- Report finding
- The personnel/ volunteer (ten hours or more per month) record did not include a CF-FSP 5337 Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Requirements form signed annually. CCF Handbook, Section 7.4, C Record Keeping [SR]
- Report comments
- Per DCF Handbook CF-FSP Form 5337, Child Abuse & Neglect Reporting Requirements, which is incorporated by reference in 65C- 22.001(7)(l), F.A.C., must be signed on or before hire date and annually thereafter by all child care personnel. All Personnel records had expired child and abuse forms. All Child abuse and neglect forms should be emailed to the licensing office by 2/5/25
- Correction status
- Due by February 5, 2025
More details
- Report section
- RECORD KEEPING - 44 - Personnel Records
- Official code
- 44-04
Low concern: Recordkeeping
- Report finding
- The personnel/ volunteer (ten hours or more per month) record did not include a CF-FSP 5337 Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Requirements form signed annually. CCF Handbook, Section 7.4, C (Section 2.1 Health and Safety, Page 3) Record Keeping [SR]
- Report comments
- Per DCF Handbook CF-FSP Form 5337, Child Abuse & Neglect Reporting Requirements, which is incorporated by reference in 65C- 22.001(7)(l), F.A.C., must be signed on or before hire date and annually thereafter by all child care personnel. All Personnel records had expired child and abuse forms. All Child abuse and neglect forms should be emailed to the licensing office by 1/5/25
- Correction status
- Due by January 5, 2025
More details
- Report section
- RECORD KEEPING - 44 - Personnel Records
- Official code
- 44-04
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Emergency preparedness
- Report finding
- The facility did not have a current and approved annual fire safety inspection by the local fire authority. CCF Handbook, Section 3.8.2, A Physical Environment [SR]
- Correction / follow-up note
- The facilities annual fire inspection expired 08/17/2024. The facility had a fire inspection 08/08/2024 in which corrections were needed prior to an approved fire safety being provided by the local fire authority. The facility will submit a cleared fire safety inspection to the licensing office on or before 09/30/2024 via email.
- Correction status
- Due by September 30, 2024
More details
- Report section
- PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - 23 - Fire Drills & Emergency Preparedness
- Official code
- 23-02
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Hazardous access
- Report finding
- The facilitys fencing walls or gate area had gaps that could allow children to exit the outdoor play area. CCF Handbook, Section 3.5, F (Section 10.8, number 2) Physical Environment [SR]
- Inspector notes
- There were gaps at the base of the playground fence. As discussed at previous inspection provider will add sand and sod to close gaps. Provider will email picture of completed work to the licensing office on or before 7/25/2024.
- Correction status
- Due by July 25, 2024
More details
- Report section
- PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - 17 - Outdoor Play Area/Fencing
- Official code
- 17-06
Medium concern: Health or food records
- Report finding
- The facilitys refrigerator and/or freezer does not have an appropriate thermometer. CCF Handbook, Section 3.9.2, F.1
- Report comments
- There was no thermometer in the infant fridge. Provider will put thermometer into the infant fridge and email a photo of the thermometer in the fridge to the licensing office on or before 7/25/2024.
- Correction status
- Due by July 25, 2024
More details
- Report section
- FOOD AND NUTRITION - 24 - Food Preparation Area
- Official code
- 24-23
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Questions to ask
Suggested questions for parents based on recorded violations in inspection reports. If there are not enough source-backed violations, you will see general questions for daycare.
Finding-specific
Could you describe your current process for ensuring all staff members complete their required training and certifications on time?
Why ask this
- Why ask this
- Public records show that staff training requirements, including mandated training for returning personnel, have been an area of focus in recent inspection reports.
Related violations
Finding-specific
How do you manage the tracking of student health and immunization records to ensure they remain current for all children in your care?
Why ask this
- Why ask this
- Available inspection records show that keeping student health and immunization documentation current has been a repeated topic across multiple reports.
Related violations
Finding-specific
What steps are taken to ensure that all required emergency preparedness drills, such as lockdown or inclement weather drills, are conducted regularly?
Why ask this
- Why ask this
- Official inspection reports indicate that conducting and documenting various emergency preparedness drills has been a recurring topic in recent years.
Related violations
Finding-specific
Could you walk me through how you maintain and update personnel files to ensure all required annual forms are completed and on file?
Why ask this
- Why ask this
- Public records show that maintaining complete and up-to-date personnel records has been a topic noted in past inspections.
Related violations
General question
How do you communicate with families regarding changes in daily routines or updates to center policies?
Why ask this
- Why ask this
- Understanding how a center communicates with families helps parents feel confident about how information is shared and how the center manages day-to-day operations.