Dcpc Red Arrow Head Start

2096 Red Arrow Trl, Fitchburg, WI 53711 · Dane County

1cited violations

1serious

6inspection visits

0enforcement actions

Program

Type: Group center
Licensed capacity: 85
Ages: 6 weeks – 5 years, 11 months
Hours: 06:45 AM-05:15 PM (Jan-Dec)
Licensee: Richelle Ladwig
Contact: Morrow, Veronica
Phone: 608-275-6740
YoungStar: 5 Stars
Regulated since: 06/01/1997
DCF IDs: Facility 120699 · Provider 1000559601/001
Official record: DCF Child Care Finder

Violations by category

Discipline & child guidance 1

Year by year

Year	Violations	Serious	Main categories
2026	1	1	Discipline & child guidance (1)

Inspection visits

Aug 31, 2026 Licensing visit · 97 rules checked, 0 not met

No violations cited on this visit.

DCF visit report · Correction plan (PDF)
Apr 15, 2026 Licensing visit · 112 rules checked, 1 not met 1 serious
- Discipline & child guidance Serious
  Staff members were observed roughly grabbing children under their arms, moving them from one area of the playground to another.
  
  DCF 251.07(2)(e)1. — Prohibited Actions - Corporal Punishment
DCF visit report · Correction plan (PDF)
Sep 12, 2025 Licensing visit · 126 rules checked, 0 not met

No violations cited on this visit.

DCF visit report · Correction plan (PDF)
Apr 10, 2025 Licensing visit · 209 rules checked, 0 not met

No violations cited on this visit.

DCF visit report · Correction plan (PDF)
Jun 6, 2024 Licensing visit · 47 rules checked, 0 not met

No violations cited on this visit.

DCF visit report · Correction plan (PDF)
Apr 26, 2024 Licensing visit · 412 rules checked, 0 not met

No violations cited on this visit.

DCF visit report · Correction plan (PDF)

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DCF publishes about 3 years of monitoring. Older history, complaint files and self-reported incidents require a public records request. Wisconsin's public records law (Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31–19.39) gives anyone the right to ask. You don't have to say why.

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Send to: DCF Records Custodian · DCFRecordsRequest@wisconsin.gov · fax (608) 422-7161 · 201 W. Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53703 · agency instructions
Copy: DCF Southern Regional Licensing Office · DCFPlicBRLSRO@wisconsin.gov · 608-422-6765

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Letter text

Dear Records Custodian,

Under Wisconsin's public records law, Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31–19.39, I request copies of the following records for the child care program Dcpc Red Arrow Head Start, 2096 Red Arrow Trl, Fitchburg, WI 53711-4723 (DCF facility number 120699; provider number 1000559601, location 001; applicant/licensee number 1100022210), for January 1, 2019 to the present:

1. Every licensing or certification monitoring, renewal and follow-up visit report, including noncompliance statements, compliance statements and rule-monitoring summaries.
2. Every complaint investigation: intake summaries, investigation reports, and the finding for each allegation.
3. Every warning letter, order, forfeiture or other enforcement action, with related correspondence.
4. Every plan of correction the program submitted, and the department's response.
5. Every incident the program reported to the department (for example under DCF 251.04(3) or 250.04(3)): injuries requiring medical care, prohibited actions, suspected abuse or neglect, communicable disease, and children whose whereabouts were unknown.

I understand that child and reporter identities, and material made confidential by Wis. Stat. § 48.981, may be redacted; please release the remainder and cite the basis for anything withheld. Please provide the records electronically (PDF by email). If the estimated cost exceeds $5.00, please send me an estimate before proceeding. Please confirm receipt of this request.

Thank you,

[Your name]
[Email] · [Phone]

If something is happening now, file a child care complaint with DCF. For suspected abuse, contact your county child protective services or law enforcement.

Source: Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, via the Child Care Finder and the licensed and certified directories. Last read Oct 1, 2026. Violation text is DCF's own wording. The categories are ours, added to help you scan. About this data.