Program Name: The Learning Experience    License/Registration ID: 381167


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Stacey C. Guardado Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Northport
Site Address: Map
1014 Fort Salonga Rd, Northport, NY 11768
First Licensed/Registration Date: Dec 11, 2009
Current Registration Period: Dec 11, 2023 - Dec 10, 2027 		Phone: (631) 651-8322
Fax: (631) 651-8322
Total Capacity: 151
-Infants: 16
-Toddlers: 36
-Preschool: 81
-School-Age: 18
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 5/16/2023 11:50:09 AM
-Infants: 0
-Toddlers: 0
-Preschool: 13
-School-Age: 4

*Important Note: This self reported information on open child care slots can quickly change.


Please contact this program for the most current openings.


Care available during non-traditional hours: No
 Removed from referral list: No
This facility is approved to administer medications. This program is located in a school.
This facility has Non-Patient Specific Auto Injectors.

For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Long Island Regional Office
Phone: (631) 240-2560
For additional details and to view the checklist used during an inspection, please click on the Inspection ID links below. Inspection checklists are generated per inspection type and reason. Also note, that any regulatory requirement can be assessed and cited during an inspection and as a result, may not be reflected on the inspection checklist. These items would be reflected in the program's compliance history that is posted.
 Inspection History: (Inspections in the past 24 months)

Date Inspection Type Inspection ID Inspection Result  
Mar 26, 2026 Complaint (Investigation Pending) 2026-I-LIRO-026728 Results Pending
Mar 25, 2026 Self-Report 2026-I-LIRO-026485 Results Pending
Feb 19, 2026 Annual Unannounced 2026-I-LIRO-004039 Violations Found
Nov 3, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-LIRO-112788 Violations Found
Jul 9, 2025 Other 2025-I-LIRO-050864 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Jul 2, 2025 Monitoring 2025-I-LIRO-049446 No violations cited for this Inspection
Feb 20, 2025 Annual Unannounced 2025-I-LIRO-005066 Violations Found
Dec 6, 2024 Other 2024-I-LIRO-111963 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Oct 29, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-105041 Violations Found
Jul 25, 2024 Other 2024-I-LIRO-076000 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Jun 20, 2024 Monitoring 2024-I-LIRO-053028 Violations Found
Additional Inspection History
*Inspections may be conducted outside of program operating hours and/or off-site(where inspector was not on premises where care is provided) for the following reasons:
-Record/File Review
-Interviewing of Staff
-Or Other Investigative Reasons

 Compliance History
Date of Last Inspection: Mar 26, 2026 Currently uncorrected violations: Yes
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Feb 19, 2026 418-1.11(b)(1)(ii) Staff and volunteers must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider: before such person has any involvement in child care work. Not Corrected
Feb 19, 2026 418-1.11(c)(1) The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program's health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are: Not Corrected
Nov 3, 2025 418-1.8(k)(5)(ii) for 4-year-old children: the maximum group size is twenty-one children. Corrected
Feb 20, 2025 418-1.5(b)(4) Each program must hold two shelter-in-place drills annually during which procedures and supplies are reviewed. Parents must be made aware of this drill in advance. Corrected
Oct 29, 2024 418-1.8(k)(2)(ii) for children between ages 6 weeks old and 18 months old: the maximum group size is eight children. Corrected
Oct 29, 2024 418-1.11(i)(2) Staff and volunteers must ensure that children thoroughly wash their hands or assist children with thoroughly washing their hands with soap and running water when they are dirty, after toileting, before and after food handling or eating, after handling pets or other animals, after contact with any bodily secretion or fluid, and after coming in from outdoors. Corrected
Jun 20, 2024 418-1.5(z) All window and door blind cords, ropes, wires and other strangulation hazards must be secured and inaccessible to children. Corrected
*Violations are posted on this web site after the inspection results have been finalized in a report mailed to the provider. Violations are listed here as 'Corrected' after the Office has verified corrections with the provider, and a letter confirming the corrections has been mailed to the provider.
For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Long Island Regional Office
Phone: (631) 240-2560
 Enforcement History
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services uses a range of tools to help bring child care programs into compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.

The enforcement actions listed on this website only include denial, revocation or suspension of a child care program's license or registration. Fines are not shown on this website. OCFS stops referring families to the program if a program's license or registration is closed, revoked or suspended.

Other enforcement actions such as Corrective action plans and fines are not shown on this website.
Enforcement Actions since April, 2021: None