Granite City Head Start - Mount Airy NC Child Care Center

401 Technology Lane , MOUNT AIRY NC 27030
(336) 786-6155

About the Provider

Description: Granite City Head Start is a Child Care Center in MOUNT AIRY NC, with a maximum capacity of 76 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 through 5. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 86000430
  • Capacity: 76
  • Age Range: 0 through 5
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • District Office: North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Services - Division of Child Development
  • District Office Phone: (919) 662-4499 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Violations Rule
2024-03-18 Unannounced Inspection Yes
2024-03-18 Violation 526 10A NCAC 09 .0901(b)
Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook. The menus posted in Classroom 1 and 3 were for the prior week.
2024-03-18 Violation 528 10A NCAC 09 .0901(b)
Food substitution was not of comparable food value or recorded on the menu prior to the meal or snack being served. The menu in Classroom 3 was for the current week, but listed that eh fruit served to children for breakfast would be sliced strawberries. The children in all classrooms were observed to be served oranges rather that strawberries with breakfast.
2024-03-18 Violation 1914 .0802(b)(1-2)
The person identified as the person or alternate person responsible for carrying out the emergency medical care plan was not on the premises at all times and/or did not accompany children for off premise activities. The alternate person named in Classroom 3, is no longer employed in the classroom or on-site.
2024-01-17 Unannounced Inspection No
2023-12-14 Unannounced Inspection Yes
2023-12-14 Violation 301 GS 110-91(7);.0713(a-e)
Minimum staff/child ratios and group sizes for the number and ages of children in care were not met. On 11/30/2023, staff members allowed 30 children, 3-year-old to 5-year-old, to play in a combined space on the playground. On 12/14/2023, staff members allowed 20 children, 3-year-old to 5-year-old, to play in a combined space on the playground. Based upon the center's license, the maximum group size, for a group including 3-year-old children, was 18 children.
2023-11-28 Announced Inspection No

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