Description: DREXEL KIDS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER is a Three Star Center License in MORGANTON NC, with a maximum capacity of 99 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 through 12. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-03-04 | Violation | 841 | 15A NCAC 18A .2820(d) |
| Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container. In space #1, a bottle of DG Health Rapid Release Pain Relief acetaminophen, belonging to a staff member, was observed in an unlocked cabinet above a counter. | |||
| 2026-03-04 | Violation | 608 | 15A NCAC 18A .2803(c) |
| Children did not wash their hands upon arrival at the center, after each visit to the toilet, before eating, before and after water activity play, after outside play, and after handling animals or animal cages. In space #3, eleven children two and three years of age were observed sitting on the carpet listening to a book read to them by the teacher. The children were observed transitioning from the carpet to the table to eat lunch and did not wash their hands prior to eating. | |||
| 2026-02-13 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-12-16 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 1025-446A |
| 2025-11-04 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 1025-446A |
| 2025-11-04 | Violation | 1810 | GS 110-105.6(a) |
| There was a substantiation of child maltreatment. The Division determined child maltreatment based on staff members' failure to meet supervision needs of children. | |||
| 2025-11-04 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. Staff members failed to ensure a safe environment for children when staff were unaware of a child's whereabouts and the child exited the building and left the premises. The child crossed a street and was located by a passerby. | |||
| 2025-11-04 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. On October 29, 2025, the staff members did not provide developmentally appropriate supervision and were unaware of three-year-old child’s whereabouts when the child left the premises. | |||
| 2025-10-02 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 1025-002L |
| 2025-10-02 | Violation | 852 | .0802 (e) |
| Incident reports were not completed each time a child was injured, it did not include all the information required in rule, it was not signed by the parent and/or it was not maintained in the child's file. An incident report was not completed for an incident that occurred on September 23, 2025, involving a child kicking another child in the leg. An incident report was not completed for an incident that occurred on September 25, 2025, involving a child hitting another child in the temple with a plastic toy pig. | |||
| 2025-08-27 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-08-20 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-08-20 | Violation | 1125 | .1003(i)(j) |
| Before children were transported, written permission from a parent was not obtained that included when and where the child was to be transported, expected time of departure and arrival, and the transportation provider. The permission form to transport one school age child on a field trip to McGalliard Falls on 6/12/2025 did not include the parent's signature. | |||
| 2025-08-20 | Violation | 887 | .0606(g) |
| Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month. In space #2, on 7/14/2025, a sleep position was not documented at 10:25am for one eleven-month-old infant. On 8/14/2025, a sleep position was not documented at 9:25am for one four-month-old infant. On 8/18/2025, a sleep position was not documented at 12:25pm, 12:40pm, 12:55pm, 1:10pm, and 1:25pm for one four-month-old infant. | |||
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